Session Descriptions
TUESDAY SESSIONS
8:30-9:30am:
Change Before You Have To: New Rules of Marketing for Sustainability & Growth
Presenters: Emilia Doerr, Serena Gonzales, Anthony Yuen
Session Format: Roundtable Discussions
As markets evolve along with technology and communications channels, organizations must change to keep up with new customer demands and expectations. This session will examine how marketing practices are constantly evolving and how study abroad organizations must redefine their approach to educating and engaging their audiences to gain a competitive advantage. Our challenge is identifying and anticipating changes in order to take control of our own destinies – before someone else does.
9:30-10:30am:
Making Study Abroad Matter (Part One): Successes & Challenges with Campus Internationalization
Presenters: Kim Burton, Kelly O’Sullivan, Marcella Khelif
Session Format: Presentation w/ Q&A
Increased collaboration and stronger partnerships with Academic Affairs will be necessary to achieve UCEAP's goal of 5,000 students abroad. Presenters will share strategies that have been implemented on their respective campuses, and will discuss results or outcomes to date. The session will also be a forum to hear other ideas from colleagues, and to discuss how we measure the success of our internationalization efforts.
9:30-10:30am:
You CAN afford it! Breaking down Financial Barriers & Getting Students on the Plane
Presenters: Sue Asch-Luna, Dennis Dent
10:45am-12:00pm:
Making Study Abroad Matter (Part Two): Building for Success through the Academic Integration Strategic Initiative
Presenters: Juan Campo, Ann Marie Plane, Lauren Nestler, Kelly O’Sullivan, Chris Silverstein Session Format: Roundtable Discussions
One barrier to student participation in study abroad rests in concerns about whether the coursework pursued abroad will “count”. And yet, with so many UC departments and majors, and so many UCEAP program choices, Academic Integration of study abroad remains a bit daunting—both at the level of course articulation and as longer term campus internationalization. This session presents the work of the recently launched UCEAP Strategic Initiative for Academic Integration, and offers participants a chance to brainstorm new approaches and convey winning models.
10:45am-12:00pm:
UCEAP Scholarships: Progress & Plans for the Future
Presenters: Stacey Lydon, Karen Mead
Session Format: Roundtable Discussions
This session will review the outcomes from the first round of the UCEAP online scholarship application and selection process, and will engage campuses in giving feedback for future application cycles. Participants will also discuss ways to use UCEAP scholarships as a recruitment and retention tool, and look at current and future resources that UCEAP hopes to make available to all staff and students through expanded scholarship services.
1:00-2:15pm:
MyEAP for Participants
Presenter: Maria Ayllon
Session Format: Roundtable Discussions
This session will review the rationale, goals, and status of the project to transition the Pre-Departure Checklists (PDCs) from the web on to MyEAP, and its impact on MyEAP.
1:00-2:15pm:
Working Together to Manage Returnee Programs: Campus Peer Advisors/Interns & UCEAP Student Ambassadors
Presenters: Emily Tom-Atzberger, Kate Musselman, Natalie Wolfe, Nadine Gerdes, Anthony Yuen, Briana Sapp
This session consists of two parts. The first part will be a “best practices” session and will allow campuses the opportunity to share how they most effectively utilize their UCEAP returnees for recruitment/retention purposes. Questions to be addressed include: How do peer advisor/intern programs differ on each campus? What are the challenges that advisors face when managing these programs? What worked well and didn’t work as well? What type of training do these returnees receive? For the second part of the session, UCEAP will present its new Student Ambassador Program and will discuss what type of relations the ambassadors will have with the campus study abroad offices. UCEAP will have the opportunity to explain how they envision campuses will incorporate the new ambassadors into their existing programs. Campuses will be asked to share how they envision the new ambassadors will be integrated into their established programs. How can we all work together to use our returnees which are our best UCEAP recruiters?
2:30-3:45pm:
Region I Roundtable
Presenter: Linda York
Each region will prepare an information note to be distributed to staff regarding key changes, new programs and program updates. Then each region will choose a few key programs to discuss the challenges facing that program, and how UCEAP Systemwide staff & the campuses can work together more efficiently to increase enrollment and retention.
4:00-5:15pm:
Region II Roundtable
Presenter: Mary McMahon
WEDNESDAY SESSIONS
8:30-9:45am:
Region III Roundtable
Presenter: Melody Knutson
10:00-11:15am:
Region IV Roundtable
Presenter: Karen Mead
11:15am-12:00pm:
Closing Session
Presenters: Jean-Xavier Guinard & Session Chairs
Session chairs will be asked to report back to the entire audience the main outcomes of each session including actions identified to help acheive UCEAP's goal of 5,000 students enrolled. The session outcomes will be compiled into a summary report and integrated into a roadmap to be distributed to all Systemwide and campus staff for implementation.