Portugal-USA Higher Education – Webinar-Based Training Series

The Fulbright Commission in Portugal will present a series of training webinars throughout the year of 2022, funded by USA Study Abroad and aiming to support the internationalization of Portuguese Higher Education Institutions (HEI) towards the US and attract increasingly higher numbers of US students and researchers to Portugal. The events are part of the USA-Portugal Campus initiative (Agência Nacional Erasmus+, FLAD – Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento, and Comissão Fulbright).

Each webinar will count on the participation of invited speakers whose profile and experience will provide expertise on the specific theme for that session. The sessions will be open to the entire community of Portuguese HEI – officers, administrators, researchers and any other attendees who wish to register and participate in the learning process.

The sessions will begin with generic information about the US higher education system, focusing gradually over time on different specificities of academic life in the US and its internationalization processes in particular. The expectation for these webinars is that the topics covered will help Portuguese HEI better prepare for meaningful and productive interaction with their counterparts in the US.

Next webinar:

May 6th, 2022 – Attracting U.S. Students to Portugal

  • Motivation and Decision-Making of U.S. Students and their families.
  • Access to study abroad. Diversity and Inclusion
  • Maximizing the attractiveness and value of Education Abroad Programs
  • Branding and marketing strategies (Recruiting fairs/NAFSA. Feeder schools/partner institutions. Working with providers.  Informational events. Alumni involvement. Social media, web content, recruiting portals)
  • Management of expectations – students, families, hosts
  • Best practices in providing support for US students on site

Register here:

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_baTTkio1TOO15uqAZyb5JQ

Dr. Kyle Rausch is an experienced education abroad professional whose work has focused on the oversight of faculty-directed education abroad programs, including the development of program leader training and institutional risk management policies and protocols. Currently serving as the Executive Director of the Study Abroad Office at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Kyle’s experience includes helping institutions build capacity for education abroad, specifically for institutions that serve high numbers of underrepresented students.

During his tenure with Arizona State University, Kyle led the faculty-directed programs team to scale programming responsibly, helping move the institution into the top 10 sending institutions as reported by the Institute of International Education. Kyle has also developed institutional risk management policies for international travel, managed the response to emergencies affecting institutional travelers abroad, and taught and led student groups on-site in Europe.

Kyle earned a Doctor of Education from ASU with his research focusing on supporting first-generation college students in education abroad. He earned a Master of Science in Higher Education Administration and a Bachelor’s degree in French and International Affairs from Florida State University. Kyle currently serves on the Council for the Forum on Education Abroad, as an affiliate with Gateway International Group, and volunteers by serving on advisory boards for various education abroad organizations.

 

Genesis Garcia is a 2017-2018 Fulbright Alum to Portugal and currently works as the Program Specialist at the Study in Portugal Network, powered by the Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) in Lisbon. Having worked in international education for the last 8 years, her passion for the field has focused mainly on developing intercultural competency among study abroad students and finding the intersection between diversity, equity, and inclusion and sustainable tourism within the realm of international education. She is honored to share her own experiences as a product of multiple foreign exchange programs in Spain and Portugal, as well as moderate this very important webinar connecting Portugal to US Higher Education Institutions.

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