The Office of International Affairs collaborates with Ohio State’s 15 colleges and four regional campuses to effectively manage the growth of high quality and affordable international experiences for students through a shared responsibility model.
College/Campus Liaison
A liaison is appointed to assist faculty and departments in developing new opportunities, leading the annual program reauthorization process and reviewing budgets for individual faculty-led programs in collaboration with the Office of International Affairs.
The liaison is responsible for providing information and resources to instructors who wish to propose new programs and for promoting the college's global education opportunities to college stakeholders and audiences. The liaison also serves as a central point of contact to provide information and global education updates to key partners in their college, including department chairs.
Access and Affordability
Plans are developed and resources determined for increasing participation in global education and encouraging affordability. Colleges are encouraged to identify plans to promote global education and ways in which the cost of programs can be lowered either through scholarships or strategic investments. These plans are to be communicated widely throughout each respective college.
Program Fees
In collaboration with the Office of International Affairs, colleges are actively involved in setting program fees for faculty-led and Ohio State sponsored programs. The Office of International Affairs investigates expenses for airlines, host organizations, land services, and distributes estimated costs to the colleges for review with their fiscal officers before program fees are finalized. This calendar of activities and deadlines for setting fees keeps programs on track to have a program fee finalized in advance of the student application deadline.
Authorization of New and/or Continuing Global Education Programs
All new or continuing global education programs must be approved at the college level before the sponsoring academic unit can begin working with the Office of International Affairs to coordinate the program.
The program reauthorization process is for existing programs and presents the opportunity to collaboratively determine whether a program will be repeated. Colleges and the Office of International Affairs should carefully consider whether the program stayed within budget, whether it met enrollment requirements, program leadership, and overall student satisfaction before reauthorizing a program. For more information about the reauthorization process, please contact global education associate director, Kyle Sturges.
The Guidelines for Developing an Global Education Programs section will provide faculty with detailed information about the proposal and approval process.
Opportunities for Collaboration
- Develop shared goals and strategies:
- Curriculum integration efforts
- Career integrations efforts
- Creating and retiring programming to meet changing student needs and interests
- Provide support and preparation to faculty leading programs
- Shared commitment to education abroad industry best practices, including adherence to The Standards of Good Practice from The Forum on Education Abroad
For additional information, please contact Jeannie Simmons, director of global education.
| College and Regional Campus Education Abroad Liaisons | |
|---|---|
| Arts and Sciences | Charlie Gbur |
| Business | Dominic DiCamillo |
| Dentistry | Andrea Zandona |
| Education and Human Ecology | Carlotta Penn |
| Engineering | Leslie Callihan |
| Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences | Elizabeth Shuman |
| John Glenn College of Public Affairs | Chris Adams |
| Law | Ukeme Awakessien Jeter |
| Medicine | Pam Potter |
| Medicine/Health Sciences | Lindy Weaver |
| Nursing | Dianne Morrison-Beedy |
| Pharmacy | Polly Carlson |
| Public Health | Trisha Ritter |
| Social Work | Sharvari Karandikar |
| Veterinary Medicine | Rebecca Garabed |
| Lima Campus | Kyle Sturges |
| Newark Campus | Virginia Cope |
| Mansfield Campus | Dawn Kitchen |
| Amy Brunell | |
| Marion Campus | Bishun Pandey |