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COMMITTEE MEMBERS:

Co-chairs:

• Kathy Bruzzese (Director, International Programs)
• David B. Smith (Faculty / Special Assignments, Provost’s Office)

Members:

• Eliazer Ayala Austin (Program Coordinator, SOLES Global)
• Moisés Barón (Assistant Vice President, Student Wellness)
• Michel Boudrias (Faculty, Marine and Environmental Studies)
• Mary Jo Clark (Faculty, School of Nursing and Health Science)
• Malu Dantas (Faculty, School of Leadership and Education Sciences / Committee Chair, SOLES Global)
• Denise Dimon (Faculty, School of Business Administration / Director, Ahlers Center)
• Bethami Dobkin (Associate Provost, Provost’s Office)
• Yvette Fontaine (Director, International Services)
• Carl Jubran (Faculty, Languages and Literatures / Director, Guadalajara Program)
• Bert Lazerow (Faculty, School of Law / Director, Institute on International and Comparative Law
• Chia-Yen Lin (Assistant Director, International Services)
• Maria Malloy (Assistant Director, Admissions)
• Kira Mendez (Director, International MBA and SBA Study Abroad Programs)
• Joyce Neu (Executive Director, Institute for Peace and Justice)
• David Shirk (Faculty, Political Science / Director, Transborder Institute)
• Shelley Smith (Director, Arts & Sciences Study Abroad Programs)
• Julie Sullivan (Provost and Vice President, Academic Affairs)
• Carmen Vazquez (Vice President, Student Affairs)
• Peter Weldon (Graduate Student)

DEFINE SUCCESS: proposed objectives for this time period

• Define mission and global competencies for students, faculty, and institution
• Identify program additions, subtractions, and reconfigurations with their related costs and savings
• Establish appropriate performance indicators with current benchmarks

DISCOVERY: summarize the current situation

• Revise reports of international activities
• Survey current international activities at USD to identify revenues and expenditures
• Evaluate revenues and expenditures for overlaps
• Develop and administer survey to identify current international activities

DEVELOP PLAN: proposed timeline with dates

February 2006	- Write mission statement and global competency definition - Administer Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) survey
March 2006	- Identify units and programs that currently engage in international activities
May 2006	- Complete financial matrix of international activity expenditures
June 2006	- Combine and revise existing reports of international activities - Define performance indicators - Propose program additions, subtractions, and reconfigurations

What resources will be required to accomplish the objectives?

Financial	- Existing
Personnel	- Hiring of a part-time, administrative support person with web-maintenance duties
Space	- Existing
Technical	- Existing

SUCCESS: list accomplishments and dates achieved

• Identified cross-campus international activities (August 2005 through June 2006)
• Updated SOLES and admissions reports concerning international activities (September 2005)
• Collected and compiled faculty survey data on international research and activities (September 2005)
• Defined mission and core competencies for students, faculty and the institution (November 2005-January 2006)
• Created international website (February-June 2006)
• Identified current expenditures that support international activities, programs and offices (February through Summer 2006)
• Brainstormed and prioritized additions and changes to current international activities, programs and offices (February-April 2006)
• Developed implementation strategies (April-May 2006)

MEASURABLE INDICATORS: list the indicator(s) that serve as a baseline or show progress toward the objectives

# study abroad programs

# students studying abroad

# international students enrolled

$ collected for International Student Scholarship Fund