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IIE's Andrew Heiskell Awards - Deadline Extended to October 15th
IIE is delighted to invite you to
nominate your program for the 2006-2007 Andrew Heiskell Awards for Innovation in
International Education. Please note that we have made few changes to this
year's award categories,
including adding a new category for "International Exchange
Partnerships."
IIE created these awards to honor
outstanding initiatives in international higher education by IIENetwork member
universities and colleges. IIE’s Heiskell Awards showcase the most innovative
and successful models for internationalization of campuses, study abroad, and
international exchange partnerships in practice today. We look forward to
receiving your nominations and to learning about the creative ways that you and
your campuses are responding to the challenges of preparing the next generation
to think and work on a global basis.
THE HEISKELL AWARD
CATEGORIES:
Category 1: Internationalizing the
Campus
Advancing curriculum development
and creatively integrating international students into university life
Category 2: Study
Abroad
Providing innovative programs and services
which make study abroad more accessible to a broader student population
**Special Focus 2006-2007 -
Increasing Diversity in Education Abroad**
The 2006 Award in the Study
Abroad category will recognize best practices in increasing diversity in
education abroad, with a particular focus on increasing participation of
students of color and others who have traditionally been underrepresented in
study abroad.
Category 3: International Exchange
Partnerships
Developing
innovative and effective collaboration with counterparts abroad
**New Category in 2006-2007**
IIE is pleased to launch this new Heiskell Award category in 2006-07. The
award for International Exchange Partnerships will recognize institutions
successfully collaborating with counterparts abroad. Consortia, direct
exchanges, and development of joint curricula, including dual degree and joint
degree programs, are just some of the effective partnerships eligible for the
award. Exchange of faculty and administrators, as well as innovative use of
technology to sustain research and teaching partnerships, are also encouraged.
All innovative forms of linkages will be eligible for this award in the 2006-07
academic year.
NOMINATING YOUR
PROGRAM:
Please describe your initiative's key components - highlighting what is the
most innovative or outstanding feature - in a document of 3 pages or less.
Please use the Heiskell Awards Nomination Cover Page (available online) as your
cover sheet. Be sure to indicate on the cover page the award category for which
you are nominating, and include a brief summary paragraph defining the program.
In your nomination, please consider
the needs that your program addresses, whether it removes barriers or broadens
the reach of international education, how the program has contributed to
internationalization on your campus, and any documented results the program has
achieved. You may also wish to describe any public, private or non-profit
partnerships you have developed, or examples of cooperation with institutions in
other countries, as well as how you spread the word about your program to
students and parents, faculty and administration, and to the media and other
audiences.
Finally, please also provide a
signed letter from your Provost or President endorsing your program's
nomination.
Winning programs will be featured on
IIE's "Best Practices in Internationalization" website at www.iienetwork.org, and will
be recognized at an award ceremony in New York in Spring 2007, in conjunction with
IIE’s second annual Best Practices Seminar.
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EXTENDED:
Deadline
extended to: October 15, 2006. Your institution must be an IIENetwork member to
be eligible for the Heiskell Award.
MORE
INFORMATION:
For more
details on the Andrew Heiskell Awards, and for the complete nomination package,
please go to:
http://www.iienetwork.org/?p=BestPractices
Daniel
Obst
Director, Membership and Higher Education Services
Institute of International Education
809 United Nations Plaza
New York, NY 10017 – USA
Tel: 212-984-5453
Fax: 212-984-5496
Email: dobst@iie.org
