Wake Forest community invited to WISE Conference 2019
This is a guest post from the Center for Global Programs and Studies:
The Center for Global Programs and Studies encourages members of the Wake Forest community to attend WISE Conference 2019 on Feb. 14-15, at the Benton Convention Center in downtown Winston-Salem.
Wake Forest faculty, staff and students may attend at no cost when registering with their Wake Forest email address.
The full schedule and session descriptions are available on the WISE website.
Registration is open through Monday, Feb. 4. Wake Forest personnel planning to attend for only one day* should utilize one of the following discount codes:
Thursday, Feb. 14 ONLY — WISE19THUR
Friday, Feb. 15 ONLY — WISE19FRIDAY
*If already registered, you are encouraged to email wiseconference@wfu.edu to adjust your registration to reflect the day you can attend. We appreciate your cooperation in helping us be mindful of fixed cost and food waste.
WISE is the pioneering conference for faculty leaders, program coordinators, and administrators to develop the knowledge and skills needed to help students advance their intercultural skills and awareness during abroad experiences. Founded as the Workshop on Intercultural Skills Enhancement, WISE has grown into a nationally-recognized conference. With approximately 275 attendees, the opportunities to have in-depth conversations and network with colleagues is the norm, rather than the exception.
The conference features a number of Wake Forest faculty, staff, and student presenters, including the following sessions:
- Supporting International Students: Understanding Cultural Barriers and Creating a Supportive Campus Network with Kawana Neufville, Porshè Chiles, and Joshua Ziesel.
- A World of Possibilities: Academic Library Partnerships for Intercultural Development with Joy Gambill and Hubert Womack.
- Speak Easy: Script-Based Communicative Strategies for Non-Language Programs with Rebecca Thomas.
- Impacts of the Study Abroad Gender Gap on Intercultural Competency: Data and Ideas to Help Engage Men in Intercultural Learning with Sean McGlynn.
- BRIDGE the Gap: A Rubric for Facilitating Meaningful Connections Between International and Domestic Students with Kara T. Rothberg.
- Collaborative Excellence in Global Education with Ashley Brookes and Marcia Crippen.
- The Relationship Between Domestic Student Friendships and International Students’ Social Outcomes at U.S. Universities with Nelson Brunsting and two Wake Forest undergraduate students, Yueying He and Yihan Zheng.
Categories: Events, Guest Post, Inside WFU
Mauro and Harris present at NASPA Multicultural Institute
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Alta Mauro, director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs, and Wesley Harris (’08, MA ’12), assistant director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs, recently attended the NASPA Multicultural Institute in Las Vegas.
Mauro and Harris presented “Best Practice in Leadership and Identity Development for Underrepresented Students of Color.” The session focused on Wake Forest’s M4 Initiative: Making Manhood Mean More, a nine-week discussion group for Black males created by the Office of Multicultural Affairs in 2010.
More information about The M4 Initiative is available here.
Categories: Staff News
VP for Campus Life to be introduced
The following is a message from President Nathan Hatch and Provost Rogan Kersh:
We are pleased to announce that the search for a Vice President for Campus Life has been successfully concluded and we will be able to introduce to you this individual on Monday, Feb. 18, at 9 a.m. at a welcome event to take place in the Green Room, Reynolda Hall. We hope you will be able to stop by and be part of this announcement and welcome.
As co-chairs of the Vice President for Campus Life Search Advisory Committee, we know we speak for all of the members of the committee in saying how excited we are about this important appointment. The advice and input from the committee members were critical throughout the process. Members of the search advisory committee were: Wake Forest Student Affairs Fellow Kristen Bryant, Vice President for Career Development Andy Chan, Associate Provost Jennifer Collins, Dean Jacque Fetrow, Professor and Faculty Senate Representative Sam Gladding, Special Projects Administrator Meghan Haenn, Professor Katy Harriger, Professor Jed Macosko, Director of Multi-Cultural Affairs Alta Mauro, Student Trustee Jim O’Connell, and Professor David Yamane.
We hope you can join us on Monday morning to meet and welcome our new Vice President for Campus Life.
Categories: Events, University Announcement
Design the next tie-dye t-shirt
Staff and faculty, University Stores cordially invites you to join in our Tie-Dye T-Shirt Contest. Feeling creative? Want to see YOUR design on the fans and in the stands? Submit your best design and you may win!
The contest begins ends Oct. 29 . For more info, go to stores.wfu.edu and click on the rotating Tie-Dye event banner at the top of the home page.
Our guest judges are: Provost Rogan Kersh, Alta Mauro of Multicultural Affairs, Mary Cranfill of Procurement and Brad Keen of Athletics.
Categories: University Announcement
Hatch names committee members
Dear Wake Forest Community,
Early this month, I shared plans for three advisory committees to lead Wake Forest in discussions of important topics: Commencement Speaker Advisory, Chick-fil-A Campus Dialogue and Vice President for Campus Life Advisory. Today, I am pleased to announce the faculty, staff and students who will serve on them this year.
The committees and members include: Read more
Categories: University Announcement
