Revamping Pre-Arrival Communications for International Students

July 13, 2011

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Overview

Are you effectively connecting with international students before they arrive on campus?

As the number of international students entering colleges and universities across the US and Canada has increased, welcoming and orienting students to college life in North America has emerged as a priority for higher education administrators. One of the primary challenges facing administrators charged with developing orientation and welcome programs for international students is connecting with students before they arrive on campus. Strategically crafting clear pre-arrival communications to connect with and engage millennial undergraduate students and busy graduate students is a key challenge for many offices.

Join Academic Impressions in this archived webcast for a program that will explore several innovative models for connecting with international students before they arrive on campus, including: comprehensive online orientation programs for international students, simple website enhancement, sample print pieces, pre-arrival student newsletters, and low-budget options to help guide students through their first days on campus.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

This event is ideal for directors, assistant directors, associate directors and coordinators of international student services and orientation, and any other individuals responsible for coordinating the details of international student orientation and welcome procedures. This content may also appeal to first-year student experience offices, graduate student services offices, and senior student affairs administrators who are experiencing expanding international student populations.

Agenda

Learning Outcome:

After viewing this archived webcast, you will be able to improve your pre-arrival communication with international students through a mix of media and messages.

Recorded on Wednesday, July 13, 2011 :: 90 minutes

Understanding the pre-arrival communication process
- The "must-haves" of pre-arrival communication
- Potential supplemental information
- Other considerations for pre-arrival communication
- The impact of effective pre-arrival communications
Timeline for organizing and deploying pre-arrival communications
Institutional examples and best practices

Want more information about this event?

Contact Erin E. Swietlik, Conference Director if you'd like additional information about the program agenda.

Instructors

John Leedock

Immigration Specialist and Program Coordinator, International Programs Office

Benedictine University

In his role as immigration specialist and program coordinator, John Leedock works with the faculty and student affairs offices to promote globalization of student education inside and outside of the classroom. He regularly works with various university offices to enhance traditional student services to supporting the unique needs of immigrant and non-immigrant students. In addition to his administrative work, he has developed and currently teaches a course designed to support the individual acculturation and integration processes of international students, scholars, and their dependents. Outside of the office, he volunteers with the South Suburban Immigrant Project in southwest suburban Chicago, which provides integration and legal counseling for local immigrants and non-immigrants. He also conducts research on international student, refugee, and immigrant acculturation in Chicago.

Chrissy Roth

Associate Director, Orientation Programs

University of Southern California

Chrissy Roth is the associate director of orientation programs at the University of Southern California. She is specifically responsible for coordinating international student orientation, graduate student orientation, and Hong Kong orientation. Additionally, Chrissy oversees “The United States: An American Culture Series,” where USC staff members and graduate students teach new international students about American ways and values throughout their first semester. Chrissy joined USC in 2007 after completing her master’s degree in higher education at New York University. She became interested in working professionally at a university while she was an journalism undergraduate student at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. As a graduate student at NYU, she held internships at NYU, Fordham University, and Temple University. She is an active member of the National Orientation Directors Association and is the co-chair and co-founder of the International Student Orientation Network.

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