Global Partners Project - Best Practices Conference in June, 2001

Birmingham-Southern College

Participants:

Nancy Davis
Ed LaMonte
Anne Ledvina (Task Force member)
Amy McDermott
Renee Norrell

Project Title: Improving integration of foreign students into campus community

Project Description:

Goal: Accommodate foreign students on a residential campus and improve the way they are integrated into the community. In so doing, improve communication among Admissions, Student Affairs, Residence Life and the Office of International Programs.

Participants:

Name: Nancy Davis

Title: Honors Program Director and Associate Professor of Psychology

E-mail: njdavis@bsc.edu

Presentation: Reflective Practices and International Education, Saturday, 1:30-3:00

Biographical Information: Having completed training in clinical child psychology (Ph.D., clinical psychology, University of Alabama ; M.P.H., University of Alabama at Birmingham), Nancy Davis teaches psychology at Birmingham-Southern College and directs its interdisciplinary Honors Program. She also works part-time in clinical practice with children and adolescents. She has participated in service-learning projects at international, national, and local sites, which piqued her interests in integrating service-learning into the academic setting. She recently began a new course on the psychology of service and altruism, and from that has focused more study on the use and importance of critical reflection in education.

Name: Ed LaMonte

Title: Director of Office of International Programs & Professor of Political Science

E-mail: elamonte@bsc.edu

Biographical Information:

Name: Anne Ledvina (Task Force member)

Title: Associate Director of the Office of International Programs

E-mail: aledvina@bsc.edu

Presentation: Simulation Games and Structured Debriefing Workshops for Pre-Departure Orientations/Re-Entry Sessions, Saturday, 9:00-10:30

Biographical Information:

Name: Amy McDermott

Title: Director of Residence Life

E-mail: amcdermo@bsc.edu

Biographical Information:

Name: Renee Norrell

Title: Chair of International Studies Committee & Associate Professor of French

E-mail: rnorrell@bsc.edu

Biographical Information: I was born in The Netherlands and immigrated to Canada and subsequently to the U.S. as a young teenager. After completing my Ph.D. in French Literature I started teaching at BSC , first part-time, and full-time since 1988. Currently I am Chair of the Faculty Committee of International Programs. Having experienced personally the problems of integration into a new culture and teaching French language and culture, I am particularly interested in the globalization of the curriculum and the intercultural contacts between students and faculty.




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	Best Practices Conference in June, 2001

	Birmingham-Southern College Participants: Nancy Davis Ed LaMonte Anne Ledvina (Task Force member) Amy McDermott Renee Norrell Project Title: Improving integration of foreign students into campus community Project Description: Goal: Accommodate foreign students on a residential campus and improve the way they are integrated into the community. In so doing, improve communication among Admissions, Student Affairs, Residence Life and the Office of International Programs. Participants: Name: Nancy Davis Title: Honors Program Director and Associate Professor of Psychology E-mail: njdavis@bsc.edu Presentation: Reflective Practices and International Education, Saturday, 1:30-3:00 Biographical Information: Having completed training in clinical child psychology (Ph.D., clinical psychology, University of Alabama ; M.P.H., University of Alabama at Birmingham), Nancy Davis teaches psychology at Birmingham-Southern College and directs its interdisciplinary Honors Program. She also works part-time in clinical practice with children and adolescents. She has participated in service-learning projects at international, national, and local sites, which piqued her interests in integrating service-learning into the academic setting. She recently began a new course on the psychology of service and altruism, and from that has focused more study on the use and importance of critical reflection in education. Name: Ed LaMonte Title: Director of Office of International Programs & Professor of Political Science E-mail: elamonte@bsc.edu Biographical Information: Name: Anne Ledvina (Task Force member) Title: Associate Director of the Office of International Programs E-mail: aledvina@bsc.edu Presentation: Simulation Games and Structured Debriefing Workshops for Pre-Departure Orientations/Re-Entry Sessions, Saturday, 9:00-10:30 Biographical Information: Name: Amy McDermott Title: Director of Residence Life E-mail: amcdermo@bsc.edu Biographical Information: Name: Renee Norrell Title: Chair of International Studies Committee & Associate Professor of French E-mail: rnorrell@bsc.edu Biographical Information: I was born in The Netherlands and immigrated to Canada and subsequently to the U.S. as a young teenager. After completing my Ph.D. in French Literature I started teaching at BSC , first part-time, and full-time since 1988. Currently I am Chair of the Faculty Committee of International Programs. Having experienced personally the problems of integration into a new culture and teaching French language and culture, I am particularly interested in the globalization of the curriculum and the intercultural contacts between students and faculty.

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