2025 Schedule and Speakers
Global Learning and Internationalization Institute Institute
Day 1: Monday, May 12
| 8:30 am | Breakfast and Sign In (Room 109) |
| 9:00 am – 10:00 am | Welcome, Introduction, and Overview of the Institute |
| 10:00 am – 10:10 am | Break |
| 10:10 am – 10:50 am | Comprehensive Internationalization |
| 10:50 am – 11:50 am | Global Learning & Intercultural Competency |
| 12:00 pm – 12:50 pm | Lunch |
| 1:00 pm – 1:45 pm | Global Learning Frameworks |
| 1:45 pm – 2:15 pm | Intercultural Development Inventory Group Debrief |
| 2:15 pm – 2:30 pm | Points to Explore 1: Explore the OIP Website Day 1 Wrap-Up & Exit Questionnaire |
Day 2: Tuesday, May 13
| 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am – 9:45 am | Curriculum Internationalization |
| 9:45 am – 10:00 am | Break |
| 10:00 am – 11:00 am | Career Value of International Engagement Academic Affairs Leadership Panel Jennifer Troyer, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Chris Boyer, Dean, College of Humanities, Earth and Social Sciences José Gámez, Dean, College of Arts + Architecture Shanti Kulkarni, Associate Dean or Research and Graduate Studies, College of Health and Human Services |
| 11:00 am – 11:55 am | Cultural Learning in Action: Applicable Activities |
| 11:55 am – 12:40 pm | Lunch (Room 278) |
| 12:40 pm – 1:15 pm | Globally Networked Learning |
| 1:15 pm – 1:45 pm | Internationalizing Your Research |
| 1:45 pm – 2:30 pm | Points to Explore 2: GLII Resource Folder Wrap-Up & Exit Questionnaire |
Day 3: Wednesday, May 14
| 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am – 10:00 am | Global Learning: Student Learning Outcomes and Assessment Tools |
| 10:00 am – 10:15 am | Break |
| 10:15 am – 11:30 am | “Design and Assessment of Discipline-Based Global Learning” Dr. Kirsten Davis, Assistant Professor of Engineering Education Purdue University |
| 11:30 am – 12:00 pm | OIP Units Introduction – ISSO & ELTI/OIEE |
| 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm | Lunch (Room 278) |
| 12:45 pm –1:15 pm | Supporting International Students and International Faculty |
| 1:15pm – 1:45pm | Examining Your Course & Curriculum: A Working Session |
| 1:45 pm – 2:15 pm | Points to Explore 3: In which course/program are you considering integrating global learning? |
| 2:15 pm – 2:30 pm | Day 3: Wrap-Up & Exit Questionnaire |
Reminder: Thursday, Breakfast in Room 109
Day 4: Thursday, May 15
| 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am – 10:15 am | UNC Charlotte Exchange Partnerships: Who they are, where they are, and what are the opportunities? Exchange Partners Panel (virtual) Participating Institutions: Kingston University (UK) Stellenbosch University (South Africa) University of Cantabria (Spain) |
| 10:15 am – 10:25 am | Break |
| 10:25 am – 10:55 am | OIP Unit Introductions – OGEE & OEA |
| 10:55 am – 11:45 pm | Faculty Led Study Abroad Programs & Curriculum Integration |
| 11:45am- 11:55 pm | Sign-up for Lightning! Presentation |
| 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | Lunch (Room 278) |
| 1:00 pm – 1:45 pm | Voices from GLII Alumni: cohorts 2022 to 2024 Charles Houck, Global Studies, GLII 2022 Participant Ginger Wyrick, Music, GLII 2022 Participant Dean Kruckeberg, Communication Studies, GLII 2023 Participant Fang-yi Chao, Languages, Cultures and Translations, GLII 2024 Participant |
| 1:45 pm – 2:15 pm | Bringing it all together: Global Learning Ecosystem |
| 2:15 pm – 2:30 pm | Points to Explore 4: Prepare your internationalization plan Wrap-Up & Exit Questionnaire |
Day 5: Friday, May 16
| 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am – 10:00 am | Forming a Community of Practice: 2025-2026 Plans |
| 10:00 am – 10:15 am | Break |
| 10:15 am – 11:15 am | Lightning Presentations Lightning Presentation Parameters – 3-5 minute oral presentation – No more than 5 presentation slides (if necessary) – Tell/show what are you considering modifying (teaching/research) – Tell/show how are you plan to integrating global learning – Tell/show how you might assess one or several SLOs – Tell how/if/where you plan disseminate your work in the future |
| 11:15 am – 11:30 am | Break |
| 11:30 am – 12:00 pm | Lightning Presentations |
| 12:00 am – 12:45 pm | Lunch |
| 12:45 pm – 1:45 pm | Lightning Presentations |
| 1:45 pm – 2:00 pm | Implementation Plans and Community of Practice Expectations |
| 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm | GLII Wrap-Up & Exit Questionnaire |
Your plan is due on May 23rd, 2025
Speaker Bio:
Kirsten is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research explores the intentional design and assessment of global engineering programs, student development through experiential learning, and approaches for teaching and assessing systems thinking skills. For her leadership, teaching, and research of global experiences for engineering students, Kirsten received the 2020 Graduate Teaching Excellence award from Virginia Tech and the 2019 Harold Josephson award for professional promise in international education from the Association of International Education Administrators. Kirsten holds a B.S. in Engineering & Management from Clarkson University and an M.A.Ed. in Higher Education, M.S. in Systems Engineering, and Ph.D. in Engineering Education, all from Virginia Tech.
