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Session

International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS)

Collaborating Across Campus: ISSS and University Units

Thursday, October 31, 2024
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CDT
Location: Euphoria
Presentation Description: This session shares ISS campus education and collaboration efforts, focusing on an online course for faculty and staff at UW-Madison. We will share the current practices of our office, including what challenges we've faced.  The developing course is to help our campus partners to better understand cultural and visa contexts of international students. In this session, we will share how we are developing this course, information and resources we used. There will be space for discussion and information sharing among participants.

Learning Objectives:

  • During our presentation, attendees will learn about different ways to address knowledge gaps on campus around international students and intercultural communication/competency
  • After our presentation, attendees will know different resources and technology that can be utilized to improve cross-campus collaboration and education and consider common challenges.
  • During our presentation, attendees will discuss and share ideas and projects they have been working on in their professional roles.

    Presenter(s)

  • Sara Sheibani

    International Student Advisor
    University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Madison, Wisconsin

    • Chair and Presenter(s)

  • Stacy Woodward

    International Student Advisor
    University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Madison, Wisconsin