2010-2011 International Committee Annual Report - School of Nursing

International Committee
Final Report
2010-2011 Academic Year
Committee Members:
Doris Greiner, Director of International Initiatives
Marianne Baernholdt- Incoming Director of International Initiatives
Elizabeth Epstein (Faculty)
Audrey Snyder (Faculty)
Anita Thompson Heisterman (Faculty, Chair)
Teresa Carroll, Assistant Dean for Student Services
Mary Grecco 2 nd year undergraduate student rep
Melanie Sayre 4 th year undergraduate student-
Jen Krynitsky RN to BSN student
Terra Bailey, CNL student
Bess Tarkington-MSN specialty track student
Julie Schexnayder, DNP student
Emma Mitchell, PhD student
Megan Coe- graduate assistant
Actions of the committee:
Information and Education Sessions
• Held two information sessions regarding international study
• Held 6 educational seminars
• Created an informational web site
• Created a technology and information task force to enhance visibility and possibility of
global educational opportunities for students
Scholarships, Funding and Awards
• Developed a list of financial resources/scholarships for global study
• Developed procedure for J-Term students to apply for travel funds.
• Awarded 11 scholarships for summer travel and 6 for J term travel.
• Awarded the Global Visionary Award to Emma Mitchell, PhD
Partnerships and Collaborations
• Collaboration with ISO through ISO liaison to committee.
• Participated in Symposium on Rural Global Health with–Center for Global Health
• Megan Coe has been named as a member of the Trainee Conference Advisory
Committee for the 2011 GHEC-CUGH-CSIH Global Health Conference
• Supported the development of clinical sites and international partnerships for student
exchanges including from Australia, Denmark, Taiwan, Hong Kong and New Zealand
through assignment of faculty and/or clinical liaisons to each.

• Continued connections with Universitas 21
• Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) – D. Greiner attended meeting,
850 people, they are looking at merging with Global Health Education Consortium
(GHEC)
• D. Greiner and M. Baernholdt visited Lillian Carter Center at Emory and plan to contact
other SONs that have international programming.
• Created task force to explore and make recommendations regarding Globalization of the
Curriculum – ensuring that nursing curriculum includes content on global health issues.
Motions passed by the committee:
• Endorsed the proposal from the task force to develop a Rural Global Health Center.
Passed November 2010.
• Proposal to require all International Graduate Students who have not completed at least
12 regular, non English as a Second Language (ESL), credits at an American University,
to take the course in American Culture and English offered by the International Studies
Office prior to enrollment in the nursing curriculum. Passed in committee (December 6,
2010). Presented to Steering (Feb 2011) then to MSN DNP and PhD Committees and
passed in Faculty Organization March 28, 2011
Recommendations for the incoming committee:
• Continue to support mission of globalization of the curriculum
• Continue to support international exchange of students and development of international
sites for clinical experiences
• Continue to explore and develop interdepartmental, interdisciplinary, local, regional and
global partnerships that contribute to the teaching, research and service missions of the
School of Nursing.
Chair signature: Anita Thompson Heisterman Date: April 21, 2011