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8^th Annual

BEST PRACTICES AWARD

I - International Programming - Programs that stimulate increased awareness and enhanced global perspective in college students through campus-based initiatives or projects sponsored by student affairs organizations. 

• (Domestically-sponsored Best Practice Award): The Global Link Scholarship Program, University of Wisconsin—La Crosse
• (Internationally-sponsored Best Practice Award): Wharton Leadership Ventures at Universidad de Monterrey: Building Multicultural Leadership thru Adventure

• (Honorable Mention): Experience Kenya: An International Service Learning Program, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
• (Honorable Mention): Perspectives on International Development Speaker-Series, University of California, Berkeley
• (Honorable Mention): Sixth Annual Muslim Student Association’s Fast-a-Thon Program, Emory University

II - Global Partnership Program - Programs that encourage collaboration with colleagues and students internationally to enhance global perspective.

• (Best Practice Award): Research Partnership to Increase Global Understanding about College Student Development, University of Florida

III - International Exchange Program - Programs promoting global competency and cultural exchange via campus sponsored travel and or host family initiatives.

• (Best Practice Award): Emerald Eagle Program, University of North Texas

• (Honorable Mention): Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholar Program: A Learning Community at Ithaca College
• (Honorable Mention): Global Poverty and Practice Fellows Program, University of California. Berkeley

IV - Student Philanthropy - Programming that engages students in an international focused service project. Program length may vary (i.e. shorter term relief effort or an ongoing project).

• (Domestically-sponsored Best Practice Award): The Heston Summer Experience, Gettysburg College
• (Internationally-sponsored Best Practice Award): Transformational Leadership and Service Project in Rural Area, Universidad of Monterrey

• (Honorable Mention): Student Group Philanthropy Programs, Tecnologico de Monterrey
• (Honorable Mention): Relations with Associates to Form Persons with Integrity and Leadership in Social Development, Tecnologico de Monterrey

The International Education Knowledge Community has four OVERALL goals:

1. To stimulate increased awareness of the global perspective in higher education;
2. To provide a forum for addressing global issues related to student affairs;
3. To provide a structure and opportunity for members with interests in global issues to communicate;
4. To encourage professional connections with colleagues in other countries.

NASPA IEKC Goals and Objective for 2007-2008

The main programs for the International Knowledge Community are listed below. To view the highlighted programs click onto the appropriate link on the menu to the left.

• International Exchange Program (Goals, Objectives and Outcomes) (Power Point Presentation)
• International Exchange Programs
  
• International Exchange Application
   

Previous NASPA International Symposia

The 2008 NASPA 13th Annual International Symposium was held in Boston from March 8-9, 2008. Access the Boston program. Access a slide show from the Boston International Symposium. 

The 12th Annual NASPA International Symposium was a hugh success. The program was held in Orlando, Florida from March 31 to April 1, 2007. There were representatives from the following countries: Australia, Canada, Ecuador, Germany, India, Ireland, Lebanon, Lithuania, Qatar, Russia, South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and the United States of America. Access the 2007 schedule; 2007 NASPA Annual International Symposium

6th Annual IEKC Best Practices Award

IEKC 6th Annual Best Practices Award Recipient List 2008 - Sixth Annual NASPA IEKC International Best Practices Award - Boston, MA from March 8-9, 2008.