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International
I would like to offer a few comments about international issues.
Last year, about 1,200 students studied abroad, about half of them for the entire semester. Though this is more than a 50% increase over five years ago we must encourage even greater participation. We are working to minimize disincentives for returning students, like loss of priority for housing and employment, and for access to student groups and internships. Our goal is to facilitate an international experience for every undergraduate student.
To better serve our international interests the Office of International Programs is consolidating the Study Abroad Office, the Office of International Education Services, and the Maryland English Institute from ARHU, essentially all of our international academic and service responsibilities for students and faculty, into a single office. A faculty oversight committee will guide the new consolidation. Professor Saul Sosnowski, Associate Provost for International Affairs, will direct this consolidated unit beginning in Spring 2006.
As I leave entrepreneurship, innovation, partnership and international, I hope that you agree that substantial changes have taken place over the last year that reflect their spirit. My hope, my urging is that each of us will take the opportunity to reflect on our own work vis-a-vis these directions. Self-assessment can lead to changes in focus that will shift our institutional course for the future.
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