"Global Programs and Studies" Archive

Wake Forest awarded ‘Seal of Excellence’ for meeting study abroad goals

Wake Forest has earned the Institute of International Education (IIE) Seal of Excellence for achieving its goal to increase the number of U.S. students studying abroad. With a study abroad participation rate of 81% by 2020, the University exceeded its initial goal of 75%.

“The IIE Seal of Excellence is about more than just meeting our target percentage of the number of students studying abroad. Fundamentally, it reflects years of collective effort to make study abroad more accessible to all of our students. In this way, the recognition is a tribute to all the Wake Forest students, faculty, and staff who have made it possible to meet our goal,” said David Taylor, assistant dean of Global Study Away Programs.

Wake Forest is one of only 19 colleges and universities in the U.S. to be recognized by IIE for meeting their Generation Study Abroad commitments in 2020.

Read more at Wake Forest News.

Categories: Inside WFU

Kline Harrison named Vice Provost for Global Affairs

Kline HarrisonKline Harrison, who has led Wake Forest’s global programs for more than a decade, has been named Vice Provost for Global Affairs. 

Harrison joined the business faculty in 1990 and built Global Programs & Studies (GPS) from a small office supporting students studying abroad into a multi-faceted collection of initiatives establishing Wake Forest as a university with global reach.

“Our steadily expanding internationalization under Kline’s creative leadership has been a signal feature of the University’s development during the Hatch administration,” said Provost Rogan Kersh. “Emphasizing global moves – more students studying abroad, supporting faculty research around the world, vastly expanding our international student body, and globalizing curricula across our schools and disciplines – has transformed Wake Forest for the better. Kline, in his wonderfully collaborative way, has been an organizer of and inspiration for these historic changes.”The University’s re-accreditation in 2016 featured a Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) dedicated to ‘Global Wake Forest.’  As a result, four new programs have been launched.

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Categories: Inside WFU

Discussion session on internationalization of WFU to be held March 16

Faculty and staff are invited to participate in a discussion focused on the internationalization of Wake Forest.  The event offered through the Professional Development Center is called “The Internationalization of the Wake Forest Community: Transcending Campus Spaces by Transforming the Institution.”

It will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. March 16 at Wingate Hall’s Lower Auditorium.  Afterward, a reception will be held until 6 p.m.

The following is a guest post about the discussion session from the sponsors–the Office of the Dean of the College and the International Students and Scholars Division of Global Programs and Studies:

Join colleagues from around the Reynolda Campus as we discuss and expand on the Internationalization of Wake Forest University, particularly our student body.

The past decade has seen rapid growth and change in our campus community, leading to transformative and sometimes challenging experiences in the classroom and throughout campus spaces. As the student body has become more international in scope, so have efforts throughout campus to support our international students and scholars. This session, as part of the College’s MIMA (Maximizing Inclusivity + Minimizing Apathy) series, will present information and knowledge on the experiences of international students and scholars as they seek to become active members of our community and campus climate.

Furthermore, specific classroom and student services best practices will be shared. The session is designed to allow for ample questions and discussion throughout the three-hour workshop, and a reception will immediately follow. As with other MIMA workshops, attendees are welcome to come when they can and stay as long as they can.

Finally, this particular session will be co-sponsored by the International Students and Scholars Division of Global Programs and Studies and the Office of the Dean of the College.

Anyone with questions about the program may contact Karen McCormick at mccormk@wfu.edu or 336-758-5835.

Categories: Events

Staff Advisory Council to meet Feb. 10 in Benson Center

Two guest speakers will be featured Feb. 10 at a meeting of the Staff Advisory Council (SAC) .  Held in Benson University Center’s Room 401, the meeting will run from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.  All staff are invited to SAC meetings.

The meeting also offers staff the opportunity to participate in a raffle.  The SAC announced: Come to the February SAC meeting to enter to win four tickets to the February 21 Wake Forest vs. Boston College basketball game!  Only non-SAC members are eligible.  Must be present at time of drawing to win!

The speakers include Erika Griffith, program director for HELPS (Healthy Exercise & Lifestyle ProgramS), and J. Kline Harrison, associate provost for global affairs.  Griffith will tell staff about the program and how they can participate in it.  Harrison will give staff an update on the Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) process that Wake Forest is undertaking.

WakeUnited: Live United Andrea Ellis and Leigh Stanfield

Andrea Ellis, assistant vice president for innovation, and Leigh Stanfield, director of global campus programs, are Women’s Leadership Council coordinators for the 2015 WakeUnited Campaign. The campaign, which takes place during the month of October, is the Reynolda Campus initiative to support United Way of Forsyth County.

Wake Forest human resources director Andrea Ellis, Tuesday, November 29, 2011.

Ellis

“The Women’s Leadership Council gives women opportunities to grow as leaders through opportunities to volunteer, network, and support education,” says Stanfield. “Right now our work is most closely aligned with the United Way’s efforts to raise the high school graduation rate in Forsyth County. Our goal is 90 percent by 2018, which is a big improvement from 71 percent when we started the program.”

Many members of the Wake Forest community have personal experience with United Way and then are inspired to do more.

“I wanted to do something for the community that was service related but wanted it to be something that I believe in and that is meaningful to me,” says Ellis.  “Initially, United Way touched my family through its Hospice organization.  Since that time, however, I have learned of countless other ways UW has an impact on the entire Winston-Salem community.”

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Stanfield

“If we want to thrive as a community, we must engage with the community where we live,” says Ellis.  “Giving to WakeUnited helps make Winston-Salem a better place to live and, in a fundamental way, WakeUnited is Pro Humanitate.”

Want to get involved? Stanfield and Ellis are happy to talk with you individually, and they also suggest two opportunities to connect with WLC in September.

Join the WLC team (or cheer members on!) at the Moonlight Madness 5K & Fun Run to benefit United Way of Forsyth County at 6 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 18, in Bailey Park, which is located at 575 N. Patterson Avenue in Innovation Quarter.

Wake Forest will host a WLC gathering on Monday, Sept. 28, from 4:30-6 p.m. on the patio at Fratelli’s restaurant on Reynolda Road. This is a great opportunity for members to get updates about the work of WLC, for newcomers to learn more about the group, and for everyone to enjoy food and good conversation.

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