The Cooperative Center for Study Abroad Community Newsletter

Issue VIII – January 2018

WINTER 2017/2018 PROGRAM UPDATE In this issue  Program Updates The winter students and faculty have returned! The  Important Dates Australia program was very popular again this year  Faculty Proposals with 42 students enrolled in 2 classes. Kudos to Drs.  Spotlight Ruth Beattie and Sara Malone for their excellent  Impact of Study Abroad recruiting efforts. A summary of winter program  Scholarship Update reviews will be presented at the next board meeting. Thank you to all who helped to make CCSA MEMBER INSTITUTIONS winter 2017/2018 a success! Austin Peay State University

Bellarmine University SUMMER 2018 PROGRAM UPDATE The Citadel Eastern Arizona College Our summer 2018 program catalog has been Eastern University printed and distributed. The prime recruiting Finlandia University season is NOW, so good luck! Programs are Belize Anthropology, Belize Land & Sea, Ghana, Indiana State University Ireland, London Mid-Summer (Two Week), Kentucky State University London Full-Summer (Four Week), Scotland and Lincoln Memorial University South Africa. Middle Tennessee State University Morehead State University More info here: https://ccsa.cc/programs/

Northern Kentucky University Northwestern State University of IMPORTANT DATES - MARK YOUR CALENDAR Louisiana Summer 2018 Program Deadlines: Saint Francis University 09-Feb-18 Early Application Deadline - $150 Texas A&M San Antonio 23-Feb-18 Regular Application Deadline - $250 Thomas More College 30-Mar-18 First Payment Deadline - $1,850 20-Apr-18 Final Payment Deadline – Remaining Balance

Board Meeting / Faculty Prep & Training Session: University of the Virgin Islands At the Cincinnati Airport Holiday Inn: Walsh University 06-Apr-18 Prep & Training session for Winter 2018/2019 Faculty & Admin Western Kentucky University 07-Apr-18 CCSA Spring Board Meeting Western Oregon University Course Proposals

17-Mar-18 First round faculty proposals for Summer 2019 deadline

ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER. The CCSA Community Newsletter is a quarterly The Cooperative Center for Study Abroad publication that was created as a means of staying in touch with the CCSA 1906 College Heights Blvd. community. With CCSA’s growing membership and growing geographic Tate Page Hall 121 diversity, the staff felt it helpful to create a local source of regular information Bowling Green KY 42101 for members of the institutions we serve. Please feel free to provide suggestions (270) 745-4512 | www.ccsa.cc for information that you would like covered in future issues.

Issue VIII – January 2018 FACULTY PROPOSALS FOR Summer 2019 Winter 17/18 CCSA Storyteller Scholarship Update Faculty proposals are now being accepted for Summer 2019. The first round applications are due by March 17, 2018. The second round for specific course The Winter Storyteller Scholarship gaps will take place between April 1, 2018 and April 17th, 2018. winners have returned. They were:

Additional information about teaching with CCSA can be viewed here: $500 Victoria Carter https://ccsa.cc/faculty/ $500 Breanna Crump CCSA SPOTLIGHT - LEE REMINGTON WILLIAMS! $500 Haley Dorris $500 Seth Fischer CCSA would like to recognize Professor Lee Remington Williams. An interview regarding her work in $500 Melinda Harrison the case of civil rights pioneer Alberta Jones was recently $500 Jeremiah Kearns published in . Access the full article here: $500 Hollie Milliken https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/19/us/alberta-jones- $500 Allison O'Brien murder -louisville.html $500 Katelynn Patterson $500 Tayyab Qasmi SPREAD THE WORD! $500 Anna Schindler Sharing the positive impact of study abroad experiences. $500 Devan Schmidt

While many of us working in the study abroad industry are familiar with the $500 Hannah Sharp positive impacts of study abroad, it is important that we continue to share $500 Sydney Zanolini this information so that it is not forgotten. Here is a highlighted summary $500 Eric Zimmer listing some of the impacts of study abroad:

 Improved graduation rates, retention rates, and grade point averages  Increased intercultural understanding and confidence CCSA Towel Shots  Better job outlooks and higher income levels

Please make sure to continue sharing this information so that education abroad remains a relevant and important part of each of our member institutions at all levels.

More information references and resources are listed here: https://ccsa.cc/news/sharing-the-positive-impacts-of-study-abroad- experiences/

For those of you on CCSA programs, STORYTELLER VIDEO! don’t forget about the CCSA Towel Please view, like and share the story teller video that was created by some of the shots. Who knows - we may make you summer 2017 scholarship winners listed here: famous! https://www.facebook.com/CCSA.cc/videos/10155727324368594/

Thank you from the CCSA staff! Feel free to contact us with any questions or comments.

JERRY BARNABY JEFFREY WILLIAMS

Executive Director Academic Director [email protected] [email protected] 1-270-745-2231 1 - 270 - 745 - 4979

ROBIN BYERLY ROBERT BEDARD DAVID NELSON Programs Financial Operations and Coordinator Manager Outreach [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 1-270-745-4489 1-270-745-4487 1 - 270 - 745 - 4486

Issue VIII – January 2018