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22nd Annual AAPLAC Conference
Perspectives on Reciprocity in International Education
February 16-19, 2011 • Kennesaw, Georgia, USA
AAPLAC held its 22nd Annual Conference at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Georgia, February 16-19, 2011.
Wednesday, February 16 | |
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| Session I: Focus on Atlanta Coordinated by: Education Abroad Office, KSU ($25 registration fee for this workshop, not included in conference registration) |
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| 9:00 - 11:30 AM |
The Carter Center: The Americas Program and the Internship Program Marcelo Varela-Erasheva, Associate Director, The Americas Program, and Lauren Kent-Delany, Director, Educational Programs |
| Lunch on your own | |
| 2:00 - 4:00 PM |
Session II: Choose Option A or Option B Option A: Visit of the Martin Luther King Center Option B: Trial by Fire: Workshop for New Education Abroad Professionals Willingham Hall Room 217 Presenters: Dr. George Ann Huck, Professor Emerita, Central College, Pella, Iowa, Founder and Executive Director of AAPLAC; Helen Stellmaker, St. Olaf College; E. Lupita Plum-Güçlü, Kennesaw State University |
| Session II: Conference Opening | |
| 6:00-9:30 PM | Pre-film Reception Foyer, Social Sciences Building Film: Mountains That Take Wing: Angela Davis & Yuri Kochiyama, A Conversation on Life, Struggles and Liberation SO1021 Co-sponsored by the Cultural and Regional Studies Program and the Bagwell College of Education, KSU Dinner on your own. AAPLAC will make arrangements for informal gathering at a local restaurant for participants who would like to have dinner together. |
Thursday, February 17 | |
| 9:00 - 10:15 AM |
Session III: Defining Reciprocity Leadership Room, Student Center Welcome to AAPLAC's 22nd Annual Conference Jean Silk, AAPLAC President Welcome to Kennesaw State University E. Lupita Plum-Güçlü, Vice President Barry J. Morris, Executive Director, Institute for Global Initiatives, KSU Defining Reciprocity Aynn Setright, Academic Director, SIT Semester Abroad, Managua, Nicaragua |
| 10:15 AM | Coffee break hosted by St. Olaf College |
| 10:30 - 11:45 AM |
Session IV: Spotlight on KSU Moderator: E. Lupita Plum-Güçlü Leadership Room Designing Mutually Beneficial and Responsible Partnerships in Study Abroad Dr. Dan Paracka, Director of Education Abroad, KSU; Adam Saks, Director of Custom Programs, ProWorld Closing the Gap: Reciprocity from Students' Perspective  David J. Galban, KSU student A Culture-Focused Women's Health Nurse Practioner Practicum in Xalapa, Mexico Dr. Genie E. Dorman, Ph.D., APRN, FNP-BC; David N. Bennett, Ph.D., RN, WellStar School of Nursing, KSU |
| Lunch on your own | |
| 1:30 - 3:00 PM |
Session V: Best Practices I Moderator: Søren Peterson Leadership Room Global Service Learning in Latin America: Creating Sustainable and Reciprocal Relationships Hannah Gill, Assistant Director, Institute for the Study of the Americas; Laura Cubilos Braswell, Gillings School of Public Health; Andrea Solorzano, undergraduate student, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Making through Doing: A Business and Cultural Study Abroad to Brazil Dr. Robert Simon, Assistant Professor of Spanish; Dr. Keith Tudor, Chair and Professor of Marketing, KSU |
| 3:30 - 5:15 PM |
Session VI: Mayan Heritage Project Workshop Moderator: Alan LeBaron Leadership Room 500 Years of Struggle: The Maya Quest for Survival Through Exile in the U.S. Juanatano Cano, teacher in Los Angeles, immigrant from Guatemala, national leader among Maya in exile in the U.S. Reading the Maya Calendar and that Stuff about 2010 Karen Ventura, 2nd generation Maya university student |
| 5:45 PM | Transportation provided to Los Reyes Restaurant Those who need transportation to the restaurant should meet at the Leadership Room at 5:45. Sign up sheet will be available at the registration check in table. |
| 6:00 - 8:00 PM |
Dinner at Los Reyes Restaurant, Kennesaw, with Mayan Heritage visitors Transportation will be provided back to the three conference hotels after dinner. |
Friday, February 18 | |
| 9:00 - 10:15 AM |
Session VII: Global Competency and Global Citizenship Moderator: Elizabeth Mahan Leadership Room The Use of International Students: Reciprocity or Convenience? Lukas Szabo, MA Program in International Studies, and Elizabeth Mahan, Ph.D., Interim Executive Director, Office of International Affairs, University of Connecticut The Concept of Global Competency and Its Relationship to Global Citizenship Dr. Geir Bergvin, Director of the Center of Global Studies, Associate Professor of Marketing, and Dr. Tom D. McFarland, Director of the School of Business, Associate Professor of Business Administration, Tusculum College |
| 10:15 AM | Coffee break hosted by Central College |
| 10:30 - 11:45 AM |
Session VIII: Preserving Diversity, Conserving Indigenous Cultures and Languages Moderator: George Ann Huck Leadership Room Cultural Revitalization and Academic Reciprocity: The Yale/IDIEZ Nahuatl Program John Sullivan, Ph.D., Director, Instituto de Docencia e Investigación Etnológica de Zacatecas Integrating Reciprocity into Study Abroad Spanish Language Programs: Internships in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico Helga Loebell, Director, Institute de Lenguas de Jovel, San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico |
| 12:00 - 1:00 PM |
Lunch and Business Meeting Leadership Room |
| 1:30 - 2:45 PM |
Session IX: Perspecives on Reciprocity Moderator: Jean Silk Leadership Room Reciprocity Between Like-Minded Organizations  Brian Whalen, Ph.D., President and CEO, The Forum on Education Abroad Building Bridges to Foster Better Working Relationships with Latin American Cultures Sonia Valle and Margherita Tortora, Lectors of Spanish and Coordinators, Ecuador Program, Yale University Central College Discovers the Gift That Keeps on Giving Dr. George Ann Huck, Professor Emerita, Central College, Pella, Iowa, Founder and Executive Director of AAPLAC |
| 3:00 - 4:15 PM |
Session X: Strategies Leading to Internationalization of Education Moderator: Steve Gardner Leadership Room Internationalizing Education in Colombia Giovanni Anzola, Head of International Affairs, La Salle University, Executive Secretary, International Association of Lasallian Universities Make It or Break It: Making Undergraduate Research Abroad a Success (Best Practices for Home-Campus Academic Advisors and Program Directors Abroad) Diana Arízaga, Director, IFSA-Butler in Mexico; Steven M. Gardner, Associate Professor of Spanish, Illinois College Bridging Cultures Through Food in Ten Days Dr. Audrey Garcia, Director of Center for Latin American and Iberian Studies, KSU |
| 5:00 PM | Reception hosted by KSU/Institute for Global Initiatives Institute for Global Initiatives Art Gallery, Willingam Hall, 2nd floor Dr. Dan Paracka, Director of Education Abroad, and Dr. Audrey Garcia, Director of Center for Latin American and Iberian Studies, KSU |
| 5:30 - 6:30 PM |
Daring to Be: Women Leaders of the Yucatan Institute for Global Initiatives Art Gallery, Willingam Hall, 2nd floor Introduction: E. Lupita Plum-Güçlü, Vice President Book presentation and photography exhibit by Dr. George Ann Huck, Professor Emerita, Central College, Pella, Iowa, Founder and Executive Director of AAPLAC. |
| 6:30 - 11:00 PM |
Fernbank Museum Salsa Night Event "Dancing Under Dinosaurs" Fernbank Museum, Atlanta Transportation provided from the reception to Fernbank Museum and then back to hotel. Sign up sheet provided at registration check in table. |
Saturday, February 19 | |
| 9:00 - 11:30 AM |
Session XI: Best Practices II Moderator: David Burton Leadership Room Developing Global Engagement Activities for a Mutually Beneficial Partnership: The Student Teaching Program Experience of Kennesaw State University and Colegio Menor San Francisco de Quito, P-12 International School, Ecuador Andrew Sherman, General Director, Colegio Menor San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador; Dr. Sandra Bryan, Global Learning Coordinator, International Education Programs, Bagwell College of Education, KSU A Global Perspective on Literacy: Why We Need to Reach Out to U.S. Teacher and Teacher Leadership Programs Kathleen McInerney, Ph.D., Saint Xavier University School of Education Using Study Abroad Exchange to Put Caring Back on the Priority List for a Young Teaching Professional Mark Odenwelder, Executive Director, Fundación CEDEI, Cuenca, Ecuador |
| 12:00 PM | Conference Closure |
