Friday, April 1, 2011
9:30am - 2:30pm

Location: University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)

Map: Main Campus: West Los Angeles (Westwood)

Co-Sponsored by:

• Southern California Consortium for International Studies (SOCCIS)
• Region XII, NAFSA: Association of International Educators, Education Abroad Knowledge Community
• California Colleges for International Education
• California State University Systemwide Office of International Programs
• University of California Systemwide Education Abroad Program
• Northern California Advocates for Global Education (NCAGE)
• HTH Worldwide
• Renaissance Insurance Agencies
• Center for Global Education at the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies

Agenda:

9:30am - 9:45am: Welcome and Introductions

9:45am -10:15am: An Update on Study Abroad at the UC, CSU, and Community College Systems in California, Updates to the California Study Abroad Website

10:15am - 11:00am: Town Hall Issue 1: Including Brief Presentations, Round-Table Discussions About: Financial Challenges: Responding to the financial crisis in California: Strategies for maintaining current funding. Financial models for program sharing. Federal and State financial aid support for study abroad.

11:00am - 12:00pm: Town Hall Issue 2: Including Brief Presentations, Round-Table Discussions About: Increasing Collaboration Through Study Abroad Program Sharing in California Within and Across Systems. Easing the Process of Study Abroad Participation for Students During the Transfer Transition and After Transfer From a Community College to a 4 Year College or University

12pm - 1:00pm: Lunch and Presentation: Town Hall Issue 3: Study Abroad Health and Safety Issues and Resources: Assessing, Preparing, and Responding to Health and Safety Challenges and U.S. Department of State Travel Warnings and Travel Alerts: From Japan to Egypt to New Zealand to Mexico to Australia to Chile to the U.K. - Civil Unrest, Crime and Safety, Floods, Earthquakes, Tsunami, and Environmental Challenges, and Heightened Alerts to Terrorism (Highlighting Current Challenges in Japan and the Middle East)

1:00pm -1:45pm: Continuing Round-Table Discussions About Study Abroad Health and Safety Issues

1:45pm - 2:30pm: Town Hall, Part 2: Reporting Back from Round-Table Discussions, Suggestions for Future Collaboration and Future Steps

For More Information or to RSVP, Please e-mail Gary Rhodes, Ph.D., Director,
Center for Global Education, UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at: