Intentional Internationalization
- Intentional Internationalization Team Members
- Overriding Goals
- Research Questions and Strategic Goals
- Links
Intentional internationalization emphasizes the pursuit of intercultural and ethnic understanding, both at home and abroad. This desire for global engagement calls for an active exploration of events, institutions, peoples, problems, and issues within and beyond our nation’s borders in order to promote the peace, joy, and love of God and to help form culturally competent faculty and students.
Intentional Internationalization Team Members
Report to International Collaborative Committee
Co-Chair: Jim J. Adams, Ed.D.
Professor, Leadership and College Student Development
Executive Director, Center for Global Learning & Engagement
Co-Chair: Frances Wu, Ph.D.
Global Learning Faculty, Center for Global Learning & Engagement
Vice Chair: Carrie (Domen) Ullmer, M.Ed.
Associate Director, Center for Global Learning & Engagement
Members
Matt Browning, Ed.D.
Associate Vice President for Internationalization
Mary Grams, M.A.
Director of International Center and International Students and Scholars
Anita Henck, Ph.D.
Dean, School of Education
Alexander Koops, DMA
Director of Undergraduate Music Education, Symphonic Band Conductor
Director of Azusa Conservatory of Music Community Music School
Teri Marcos, Ed.D.
Associate Professor of Educational Leadership
Chair, Department of Educational Leadership
Program Director, Administrative Services Credential (Tier I and II)
Kathryn Smith, Ph.D.
Professor
Chair, Department of Biblical Studies
Stu Strother, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Business and Management
Ted Szeto, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Chair, Department of Math and Physics
Erin Thorp
Office Manager, Center for Global Learning & Engagement
Annie Tsai, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Chair, Psychology Department
Julia Underwood, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Business and Management
Faculty Moderator
International Collaborative Committee (ICC) Members
Chair: John Reynolds, NHDip (Comp)
Executive Vice President
Jim J. Adams, Ed.D.
Executive Director, Center for Global Learning & Engagement
David Bixby, Ed.D.
Executive Vice President
Matt Browning, Ed.D.
Associate Vice President for Internationalization
Kimberly Battle-Walters Denu, Ph.D.
Professor, Graduate Social Work
Vice Provost for Undergraduate Programs
Special Assistant to the President
Mark Dickerson, J.D. , Ph.D.
Vice President and General Counsel
Anita Henck, Ph.D.
Dean, School of Education
Mark Stanton, Ph.D.
Provost
Julia Underwood, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Business and Management
Faculty Moderator
Overriding Goals
By fall 2012, the university will have:
- increased opportunities for APU faculty, academic professionals and staff to incorporate intercultural and international dimensions into their teaching, research agendas, programs, and professional development.
- provided intercultural opportunities to such a degree that most undergraduate students can participate in at least one experience prior to graduation.
- developed new (or revised existing) international campuses/ programs to ensure the programs offered and students participating represent the best alignment and use of university resources.
- defined the characteristics and qualities of undergraduate and graduate students associated with intercultural competence.
- reduced the number of students taking leaves of absence to participate in an international experience by providing relevant university-sponsored or approved programs.
- increased the number of graduates from APU who choose to participate in some type of community development or ministry organization that focuses on global engagement events, problems, and/or issues.
Research Questions and Strategic Goals
Capacity and Preparatory Review
CPR Q7. How is cultural competence defined, assessed, and integrated into curriculum and student outcomes across disciplines at APU?
By the end of the CPR, we expect:
- the provost, academic deans, and faculty to collaborate to design, align, and promote international studednt learning outcomes (including co-curricular).
- the International Collaboration Committee (ICC) will adopt agreed-upon criteria, financial modeling, and appropriate input to decide on location for new international campuses.
- the conduct feasibility study, agree upon planning assumptions, design, and launch new international campus.
- the Center for Global Learning & Engagement (CGLE) will engage the new administrative faculty position to assess, promote, and address academic internationalization issues.
- the CGLE and International Programs will pursue opportunities for APU students to have intercultural learning experiences at an institute of higher learning in South Africa.
- the CGLE and the ICC will develop policies and goals for the number of students to be involved in specific APU intercultural experiences (academic and co-curricular).
- International Programs will develop a proposal for a new Center for Student Action at Azusa Pacific University.
- the CGLE will promote and increase short-term (i.e. summer) APU faculty-led study abroad programs.
- the CGLE will develop strategies to recapture APU students who leave us to study in Australia, Spain, and other countries.
- the CGLE will work toward replacing older approved third-party non-faith-based programs with high quality faith-based programs (our own and third-party).
Educational Effectiveness Review
EER Q9. How effectively do curricular and co-curricular experiences related to intentional internationalization increase intercultural competence among students?
EER Q10. How does international teaching and research impact faculty’s professional development and learning?
By the end of the EER, we expect:
- the CGLE, in collaboration with the provost, academic deans, and faculty, to design, align, and promote internationa student learning outcomes (including co-curricular). (Also see CPR Q7.)
- the CGLE and ICC to document and report use of best practices relevant to constituencies.
- students at APU will express greater skills and knowledge regarding intercultural competencies.
Links
Intentional Internationalization Vision
Center for Global Learning and Engagement
