About the Center

Responsibilities

The Center for Global Initiatives and the Global Initiatives Committee are charged with the following responsibilities:

• Support efforts towards improved integration of international experiences into the curriculum and co-curriculum
• Through the Global Initiatives Committee Grant program, allocate internal funding for internationalization efforts, outside of specific department/office budgets, in accordance with strategic goals and needs
• Align visiting scholars, speakers, events and programs with curricular and co-curricular goals and needs for internationalization.
• Support efforts to assess and benchmark internationalization activities and programs and global learning
• Manage the Rollins International Grant (RIG) program including Faculty-Staff Group Travel Seminars and individual faculty-staff grants.
• For the College of Liberal Arts and the Holt School, consult on the development and continuation of new semester study away programs, and review and select field study/summer programs each year.
• Consult on academic policies involving or affecting study abroad/away or other internationalization programming, and on policies or processes that impact or involve faculty.

Committee Structure

• Faculty Coordinator: Co-Chairs the Committee and Co-Leads the Center, 3 year term, open call to CLA and Crummer faculty for application and final appointment made by the Provost
• Director of Global Initiatives: Co-Chairs the Committee and Co-Leads the Center
• International Student and Scholar Services Representative: Standing appointment
• International Admissions Representative: Standing Appointment
• Six Divisional Elected College of Liberal Arts Faculty Representatives: 2 year terms
• Crummer Representative: Selected by the Crummer faculty, 2 year term
• At-Large Elected Staff Representative: Elected by staff through email ballot process, 2 year term
• Student Representative: 1 year term, renewable, open to CLA, Holt, and Crummer students