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 Definitions  Session goals › Approaches for preparing students › Focus on programming for returnees › Career integration and networking.

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2  Definitions  Session goals › Approaches for preparing students › Focus on programming for returnees › Career integration and networking

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4  CIEE SL DR Program › Holistic approach › Intensity factors › Skills enhancement

5 › Finding community, language and culture › Sharing experiences with others › What to do with new-found inspiration? Need to Relate Need to Express Need to Engage

6 In-country Record KeepingImpacts StudyAlumni Study

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8  In country re-entry meeting  On site Exit interviews  Potential alumni network in the works  Skyping with current students  Networking  Fundraising  CIEE Alumni Network

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10  Recognizing need for programming for returnees  Post program surveys to students, focus groups, advising session feedback

11  Best practices from the field  Other institutions’ programming models  International education conferences  Institutional practices across campus  Trial and error

12  Career Center  Service Learning  Alumni Office  Student-run organizations  Student Affairs  Program Specific Re-Entry  University-wide working groups  Staff, faculty, and administrator exchange

13  “Unpacking Your Study Abroad Experience”  Study Abroad Office/Career Center/Alumni Office  Reverse culture shock  Resume/Interview advice and mock interviews  Alumni presentation or panel

14  Program agenda  Culture shock discussion/activity  Resources for on and off-campus global involvement  Resources for curricular integration  Career Center handouts on transferable skills/career benefits of global education  How to talk about/capitalize on your global experience  Information on scholarships/ grad school/international job search

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16  International Experience graduation requirement for undergraduate students  Short-term and semester options  Business exchange programs  Liberal arts program options  Partnership with Carlson Global Institute & campus-wide Learning Abroad Center

17  Shared messages in student coaching: academic advising, career services, Carlson Global Institute  Employer conversations about hiring process  Referral to expert office across campus for visas, teaching & working abroad

18  Career coaching: marketing study abroad experience › Interview prep › Language competencies › Resume-writing › Elevator pitch › Transferable skills (intercultural communication, adaptability, ambiguity)

19  Networking with alumni abroad (during and post-program)  ‘Engage search’ for language-based student opportunities  Mentorship matches with alumni abroad  Coaching on employer conversations re: post-graduation experience abroad  GoinGlobal tool for hiring practices  Lifetime alumni career services

20 Junior returning from semester in developing country  Questioning major  Difficult reconnecting with family & peers  “No one wants to listen to me”  Wants to go back ‘somehow’

21 Program Alumni (Returnees) Study Abroad Office Faculty Student Affairs Offices

22  What are you currently doing to serve returnees?  What do returnees need? How do you know?  What are the current gaps in service?  What actions steps can you take in the next year in order to improve service?

23  Tommy DeMarco, tdemarco@ciee.org  Susan Pratt, pratt.susan@duke.edu  Katie Selby, kmselby@umn.edu


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