Best Practices in International Education Award

Award winning programs relate to one of the four below categories. Recipients and programs are honored as a part of the annual International Symposium at the NASPA Annual Conference. The International Education Knowledge Community recognizes that many international education initiatives may fall into multiple categories, or may not fit perfectly in one of the categories below. We encourage applications for any programs related to international education and ask applicants to select which category is most applicable.

Intercultural Awareness and Programming: Programs that encourage the development of intercultural competency, exposure to various cultures and perspectives of others, and allow students to engage in active self-reflection to develop self-awareness and understanding of the experiences of others from various cultural backgrounds.

International Programming: Programs sponsored by student affairs professionals and/or organizations that develop global perspectives and multicultural competence in college students through campus-based initiatives, projects, and conglomerates.

Study Abroad Programing: Programs sponsored by student affairs professionals and/or organizations that promote and facilitate mutual understanding, and student/staff participation via institutional-sponsored travel and/or host family initiatives and international service projects.

Student Affairs Professional Global Partnership: Programs that encourage international engagement, cooperation, and collaboration with and between student affairs professionals in two or more countries.

Current Recipients

 

2020 | Best Practices in International Higher Education Award: Intercultural Awareness & Programming

ECHD 4000: Global Perspectives in Culture

Recipient: University of Georgia 

 

2020 | Best Practices in International Higher Education Award: Study Abroad Programming

CU-ODU Study Abroad Program and Exchange 

Recipient: Old Dominion University 

 

2020 | Best Practices in International Higher Education Award: International Programming

Kids Summer School in Kesen, Tohouku, Japan

Recipient: Arkansas Tech University

 

2020 | Best Practices in International Higher Education Award: Student Affairs Professional Global Partnerships

University of Massachusetts Boston – University of Limerick Twinning Project

Recipient: University of Massachusetts Boston 

 

Past Recipients

2019 | Best Practices in International Higher Education Award: Intercultural Awareness and Programming
UMBC’s International Student Career Development Initiative - University of Maryland, Baltimore County

2019 | Best Practices in International Higher Education Award: International Programming
Carolina Global Scholars - University of South Carolina

2019 | Best Practices in International Higher Education Award: Student Affairs Global Partnerships
Ireland Summit - University College Dublin

2019 | Best Practices in International Higher Education Award: Study Abroad Programming
Purdue Promise - Purdue University

2018 | Best Practices in International Higher Education Award: International Programming

Global Monarch Club : Connect Globally Engage Locally - Old Dominion University

2018 | Best Practices in International Higher Education Award: Global Partnerships

University of Hawai'i at Manoa and Federation University Resident Assistant Exchange Program - University of Hawai'i at Manoa

2018 | Best Practices in International Higher Education Award: Study Abroad Programing

Freshman Seminar Abroad (FSA) - Michigan State University

2017 | Best Practices in International Higher Education Award: Study Abroad Programming

Discover Ghana 2015 - University of North Carolina Ashville

2017 | Best Practices in International Higher Education Award: International Programming

The First Year Dialogue (FYD) - New York University Abu Dhabi

2017 | Best Practices in International Higher Education Award: Global Partnerships

Books & Beyond - Indiana University Bloomington

2017 | Best Practices in International Higher Education Award: Study Abroad Programing

Higher Education and Student Affairs Leadership (HESAL) Graduate Preparation Program - University of Northern Colorado

• Description – details of the program, its context, and the context of the institution(s)
• Justification – how does this award connect to the purpose of the NASPA International Education Best Practices award?
• Innovation – program approach takes into account various perspectives, resources, or partnerships; innovation is judged based on the context of the program 
• Examples – program can provide examples of its impact, effectiveness on participants