Part of the Spring 2025 Conversations Centering International and Multilingual Students:

Part of the Spring 2025 Conversations Centering International and Multilingual Students:

This six-week online strategic planning and networking experience, held March 18–April 29, is designed to enable higher education institutions to take their emergent or established Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) initiative to the next level of scale and engagement. Participants from both U.S. and non-U.S. higher education institutions of all types are invited to apply. 

The Josef Mestenhauser Student Award for Excellence in Campus Internationalization recognizes outstanding student contributions to international education. It acknowledges important work being done by students at the University of Minnesota to internationalize the curriculum and campus.

The deadline to submit nominations is March 5, 2025.

The “Power of One,” a new open-access book published by the University of Minnesota Libraries, will be available to read online as an e-book or to download as a PDF on January 8.

This collection illustrates the power that one teacher, researcher, or administrator has to change their campus and the hearts and minds of students. Through developing programs and redesigning courses, faculty can build a better tomorrow through international and intercultural education.

This event is designed for faculty, staff, and internationalization officers to explore approaches to curriculum internationalization across institutions and cultures. Using the World Café method, participants will collaborate in small, interactive groups and reflect on what curriculum internationalization means to each of us, why it's important, and how we can help prepare colleagues to design and facilitate transformative internationalized learning experiences.

A hands-on experience from the Office of Curriculum Internationalization is helping faculty and instructors deepen their students’ international, intercultural, and global learning.

Stephanie Doscher, assistant vice provost for curriculum internationalization, has been named to the inaugural cohort of the Stevens Initiative Global Champions. Doscher was selected for her outstanding contributions and commitment to advancing global education and virtual exchange.

As a Global Champion, Doscher will work closely with the Stevens Initiative to advocate for virtual exchange, share best practices, and inspire new ways to connect young people and educators across cultures.

Stephanie Doscher, assistant vice provost for curriculum internationalization at the University of Minnesota, told NAFSA's International Educator magazine that unconscious bias is especially detrimental in higher education, where it undermines the essential collaborative spirit of academia, hindering faculty, staff, and students in the exchange and creation of new knowledge.

An announcement from Stephanie Doscher, the new assistant vice provost for curriculum internationalization:

Our team is evolving and expanding and so is our name and activities!