DANIELLE L. GILLIAM, STRATEGIC PROJECTS OFFICER

ANNETTE MARES-DURAN, INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION SPECIALIST

Research Activities Abroad:An Administrative Overview

Ice Breaker – Things in Common • Break into groups of 3• Come up with as many things you as a group have in common that you cannot see• You have two minutes to come up with as many things as you can• At the end of two minutes we will share some of the findings and reflect

Diagnostic

What brought you to today’s session?What type of international activity

do you have in your office?

Global Education Office

Executive Director for Global Education

InitiativesDr. Nicole Tami

Center for English Language &

American CultureDr. Paul Edmunds

Education Abroad

Todd Karr

Global Programs and Partnerships

Danielle Gilliam

Int’l Admissions & Recruitment

Pablo Torres

Int’l Student & Scholar Services

Linda Melville

NM Trade & Higher Education Center

(Mexico City)Valerie Cardenas

Faculty Engagement In Internationalization

Fulbright and other established programs

Research collaborations

Teaching/mentoring international

students Taking students

abroad

Internationalizing the curriculum

Source: Robin Matross Helms, Ph.D., Manager for EducationUSAAdviser Professional Development, Institute of International Education (March 8, 2012)

Center for English Language & American Culture (CELAC)

CELAC prepares international students and professionals with the language skills necessary to succeed in a wide variety of academic studies or professional settings in the United States and in English speaking countries around the world.

CELAC students can easily transition into University studies at UNM upon successfully completing our English classes and receiving a passing score on our institutional TOEFL exam.

Approximately 52% of CELAC students transition to degree study at UNM.

Education AbroadUNM offers 250+ study abroad programs in 45 countries:

• 125 bilateral exchanges and 40 faculty-led programs!

Top10 majors for study abroad are:

• Business, Biology, Non-Degree, Law, International

Studies, Psychology, Political Science, Art Studio,

English, and Biochemistry.

Most popular destinations include:

• Spain, Mexico, United Kingdom,

Cuba, Ecuador, Brazil, France, Italy, South Korea, and

Australia

Interactive Data http://studyabroad.unm.edu/section/education-abroad-statistics.

Global Programs§Customized non-credit, short-term certificate programs hosted at The University of New Mexicofor students, faculty, and professionals at any level

§Designed to enhance a specific academic, research, or professional development skill. Participants receive a “Global Certificate” endorsed with the University seal.

§Custom-designed programs and open enrollment offerings

§Recent programs:§ English & Engineering Project Management§ Medical Simulation Training for Anasthesiologists§ Friends of Fulbright (Argentina)§ COMEXUS Teacher Training (English + TESOL Training)§ The Institute for Community Identity & Leadership§ Enrichment Program for Indigenous Women§ The Innovation Academy for Women of the Americas § Digital Screenwriting & Production

Global Certificate Programs§Benefits to UNM faculty and departments:§ Generate in-bound (vs. outbound) international mobility

§ Compliment existing outbound faculty-led program efforts to create bidirectional mobility / develop pathways for outbound activity

§ Strengthen relationships with institutional partners and/or sponsors§ Highlight unit/institutional strengths in academic, research,

and/or service§ Soft-recruitment/market degree programs§ Forge relationships / research partnerships§ Diversify/internationalize curriculum and classrooms

§ Engage in entrepreneurial activity§ Generate new revenue to support:

§ summer salary§ research activities§ faculty-led programs§ or opportunities for graduate students

Global Partnershipshttps://geo.unm.edu/int_agreement/index.html

International Agreements•GEO supports UNM faculty & staff by facilitating the process to develop, revise & renew int’l agreements. GEO collaborates closely with faculty/units who want to pursue int’l collaborations, & processes all new main campus int’l agreements, including contract review & signature-routing.

•GEO also supports int’l education agreements & initiatives with higher ed. partners in NM or other states (ex. CNM, NM Global Education Consortium).

•Shift in priorities from creating new agreements to implementing current agreements and expanding existing partnerships in order to maximize ROI. Unproductive agreements will not be renewed.

•General inquiries: intlagreements@unm.edu

•North Campus/HSC contact: cbeato@salud.unm.edu

UNM Passport Center @ UNM BookstoreSelf-funded initiative generates approx. $20K in scholarships for student and faculty mobility

Int’l Admissions & Recruitment

TOP ENROLLING COUNTRIES AT UNM

•China•India•Nepal•Iran•United Kingdom

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

• ~1,300 students from 99 countries

•~200+ scholars annually

•Admissions review:• Undergraduates à GEO• Graduates à Academic departments, but

GEO process admissions paperwork

International Student& Scholar Services (ISSS)

•ISSS handles all immigration compliance, including issuing of appropriate visas and other entry documents

•Orientation and onboarding of international students & scholars, providing social programming and support throughout the year

•VISITING SCHOLARS-Departmental Responsibilities: http://geo.unm.edu/scholars/department_information/responsibilities.html

•Relationships with international faculty have long-term impacts on UNM’s International partnerships.

•To ensure a productive and successful stay, host units should carefully arrange all logistical details, facilitate cultural and social connects, and provide support to assist in the adjustment of the participants.

•All individuals who want independent access to campus services and facilities will ALSO need to be entered into the relevant UNM system(s).

•Information as to which office(s) are involved in the visa & UNM entry processes is also available.

Hosting Int’l Scholars & Visiting Academics

https://geo.unm.edu/scholars/department_information/index.html

Administrative HighlightsHonorariums and payments to foreign nationals

◦ They must be set up with a banner “vendor” ID (this is done with a W8-BEN through LoboMart)

◦ Letter of invitation

◦ If U.S. source dollars, U.S. taxation withholding may be required

◦ 14% for F-1 and J-1 degree students / typically 30%+ for other types

◦ Documentation may include: W8-BEN, passport, visa stamp from entry into the U.S., and/or I-94

Payments to vendors outside the U.S.

◦ Need to obtain a W8-BEN (IRS form) or W9 (if they are a U.S. entity)

Payments involving foreign nationals and P-Card purchases

◦ P Card Department requests you fill out a Foreign National Travel Request Form for approval (it covers all types of expenses for foreign nationals, including food and supplies)

◦ Approval entities P Card Department, General Accounting or C&G Accounting, & Taxation Office

◦ http://pcard.unm.edu/foreign-national-travel-request-form.html

Student Research Abroad and Travel Health & Safety (UNM Policy 2710)We love to hear about this, so please feel free to let us know about your activities abroad: geo@unm.edu

For research activities abroad involving students…individual students must:◦ Follow Policy 2710: Education Abroad Health and Safety (All, but pay attention to section 7)◦ UNM monitors students and resident travel, not faculty/staff unless they are traveling with

students. ◦ Register their travel on the GEO website: Travel Registration is a quick and easy process that

will help GEO advise students and enable us to provide assistance in the event of an emergency (https://studyabroad.unm.edu/section/independent-study-abroadacademic-travel-registration)◦ free if not transferring credit from another institution ◦ takes about 15 minutes

◦ location, dates, travel purpose, flight itinerary, health insurance, passport copy, contact information while abroad, registration in STEP, digital signatures.

(Continued…)Obtain UNM-prescribed health and accident insurance (including medical evacuation and repatriation of remains) that covers all travel dates. ◦ Exceptions may be granted by GEO on a case-by-case basis (such as travel to a student’s home country)◦ Purchasing insurance is part of the travel registration ◦ $22.50 for two weeks and under. $11.25 per week after two weeks.

To the extent possible, stay current on any pertinent U.S. Department of State Travel Alerts and Advisories, and CDC Travel Health Warnings before and during travel. The Global Education Office will contact students whose travel dates and destinations are covered by an Advisory;

If a Travel Advisory is in effect for travel dates and destinations:◦ Graduate researchers and other graduate students must read, sign, and submit to GEO the “Travel Advisory

Acknowledgment form” in order to travel without seeking the exemption (Section 4)◦ Undergraduate researchers and other undergraduate students traveling under the auspices of a chartered student

organization must follow the steps in Section 4 to request an exemption.

Exemptions are reviewed by UNM’s Health and Safety Advisory Committee

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Resources:

◦ The Office of Export Control can determine whether any items, biological agents, or technical data

that travelers plan to take abroad are subject to export-control restrictions under federal law and

can help with obtaining export licenses

◦ SHAC Travel Health Clinic offers comprehensive travel health consultations and vaccinations. $15

for students.

If you are aware of students conducting research, attending a conference, or working

though clinical rotations abroad please refer them to GEO’s Independent Travel

Registration.

Faculty & Staff Travel AbroadNot required to register, but we like to know what our faculty outreach activities are abroad to help advance international education initiatives

Faculty/Staff traveling for UNM business have the opportunity to purchase international health insurance through UNM’s group policy with Cultural Insurance Services International (CISI) for $11.25 per week.

This coverage will help travelers who become sick or injured while traveling in a foreign country to locate and receive medical care. The insurance also covers medical evacuation and repatriation of remains.

While this coverage is available, it is considered an optional, personal expense, and therefore cannot be paid with University funds, including grant funds, except when faculty/staff are facilitating a study abroad program, then insurance is required and UNM funds can be used.

Thank You!Danielle Gilliam, Strategic Projects Officerdgilliam@unm.edu

Annette Mares Duran, International Education Specialist

amares2@unm.edu