Booklet Global Pathways Summit 2017 by Colombo Medellín

WELCOME Recently, Forbes ranked Nashville as the third best-positioned city ¨To grow and prosper in the coming decades¨ and the fourth ¨Brain Magnet¨ for gains in people with college education. Nashville is also known as being the Music Capital of the USA. The city offers multiple genres of live music played everyday. With more than 180 recording studios and over 5,000 working musicians, music is the main reason people visit Nashville; the diverse opportunities the city has to offer are the reason why many come back. Aside from it’s country music-inspired nickname “Music City, USA,” Nashville is also known around the country as the Athens of the South. With Greek-inspired architecture and a great number of higher education institutions, Nashville is known to be one of the most refined and educated cities of the south, filled with wealth and culture. We hope this summit will provide opportunities for organizations to explore, exchange knowledge and expertise in higher education as well as in the development of partnerships that will allow for more academic mobility between Colombia and the United States. Special thanks to our host universities for their hospitality and generosity and to our bi-national organizing committee for all the hard work in making this summit a reality. The organizers hope you will enjoy this experience and that many long lasting relationships and collaborations will be established during the days of the summit.

GLOBAL PATHWAYS SUMMIT February 22 -25, 2017 Nashville, Tennessee

From Wednesday February 22nd through Saturday February 25th, The Global Pathways Summit will take place in Nashville, TN. This summit will bring together Colombian and U.S. Higher Education Institutions to explore possibilities for greater academic exchange opportunities between both countries. The organizers from Colombia are the Centro Colombo Americano of Medellin, Universidad EAFIT, Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano and Institución Universitaria Pascual Bravo. In the United States the organizers and hosts are: Vanderbilt University, Tennessee State University, Belmont University, the Tennessee Latin American Chamber of Commerce and the Tennessee Independent College and University Association. The Colombo Americano Medellin has been for the past 70 years promoting cultural and academic exchange between Colombia and the United States. Through it´s EducationUSA advising office and its cultural exchange programs it has aided American and Colombian universities in establishing collaborations that result in greater academic exchange. In 2016 we collaborated with Partners Achieving Success a Non-Profit in the United States to hold the First Historically Black Colleges and Universities International Summit in Medellin – Colombia. As a result of this summit, new university agreements and a model to establish a Center of Excellence and research in Medellin were made possible. This second International University Summit seeks to strengthen the academic ties between Colombia and the United States, as well as discuss and analyze how higher education institutions can drive innovation in their communities. The focus of this summit will be The Role of Education in Innovation. The transformation of Medellin, Colombia will be used as a case study to show how education and culture can drive change in communities. The summit will bring together universities from Colombia and the United States to discuss and analyze how Educational Institutions can be instrumental in driving change and innovation in their communities. The summit will include presentations, case studies, open discussions and forums, institutional visits, cultural presentations, one on one meeting sessions and will close each day with cultural presentations at each of the host universities.

GLOBAL PATHWAYS SUMMIT FEBRUARY 22 – 25, 2017 EDUCATION DRIVES CHANGE ¨The Role of Education in Innovation¨ Wednesday, February 22nd, 2017 at Tennessee State University *simultaneous interpretation provided • 2:00 & 2:15 p.m. Bus departs from Homewood Suites hotel to Tennessee State University (included) • 3:00 p.m. Welcome and Opening Plenary* Avon Williams Campus Auditorium - Jewell Winn, Executive Director for International Programs, Tennessee State University - Glenda Glover, President, Tennessee State University - Joe Dipietro, President, University of Tennessee - Rep. Harry Brooks, Chairman, House Education Committee - Pat Ryan, Tennessee World Affairs Council -Maritza González, Executive Officer for Equity and Diversity, Metro Nashville Public Schools • 3:45 p.m. Summit Overview* • 4:00 p.m. Colombian Representatives Welcome* - Michael Cooper, Director General, Centro Colombo Americano Medellín - Marcela Wolff Lopez, Director of International Relations, Universidad EAFIT - Maria Fernanda Vega, Director of Cooperation and International Relations, Instituto Tecnológico Metropoliano • 4:15 p.m. Ice Breaker and Structured Networking • 5:30 p.m. Reception and Cultural Presentation • 7:00 & 7:30 p.m. Bus departs to Homewood Suites hotel (included) Thursday, February 23rd, 2017 at Vanderbilt University *simultaneous interpretation provided • 8:00 & 8:15 a.m. Bus departs from Homewood Suites hotel to Vanderbilt (included) • 9:00 a.m. Welcome to Vanderbilt* Library Community Room - Avery Dickins de Girón, Executive Director, Center for Latin American Studies, Vanderbilt University - Ted Fischer, Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair of Anthropology; Director, Center for Latin American Studies, Vanderbilt University • 9:30 a.m. Plenary* Library Community Room Mauricio Alviar, President, Universidad de Antioquia 11

• 10:15 a.m. Break 10:30 a.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS I A. Tools for Intentional Excellence as a Culturally Diverse 21st Century Global Leader* Library Community Room - Rubin Cockrell, CEO, Positive Images & Associates B. How Can EducationUSA Increase Student Mobility Buttrick Hall Room 123 - Ana Villavicencio, Regional Educational Advisor Coordinator, EducationUSA - Erika Lopez EducationUSA Advisor, Centro Colombo Americano Medellín C. Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) – The Virtuous Cycle of Collaborations for Internationalization Library Room 418A - Mark Gunter, Director, International Student Services, Tennessee State University - Mark Brinkley, Director, International Education, Tennessee State University D. Innovación social desde la Educación- Interacción Universidad- Empresa- Estado Penn Warren Center - Francisco Javier Gallego Restrepo, Academic Director, Esumer • 11:30 a.m. Lunch (provided) Library Community Room • 12:30 p.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS II A. How We Can Better Assist First-Year International Students in Tennessee through First Year Experience Program?* Library Community Room - Takeo Suzuki, Executive Director, Office of International Programs, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga B. Cultural Exchange and Academic Mobility Buttrick Hall Room 123 - Michael Cooper, General Director, Centro Colombo Americano Medellín - Luisa Mejia, Special Projects Director, Centro Colombo Americano Medellín C. Benefits of Working with a Network of Universities Library Room 418A - Marcela Wolff Lopez, Director, International Relations, EAFIT University D. UNIMINUTO in Africa: Establishing Higher Education Initiatives and Exchanges that Promote Human Development Library Room 800BB - Mauricio Izquierdo, Head of International Affairs, Uniminuto University • 1:30 p.m. Break

• 1:45 p.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS III A. Institutional Partnerships: A Model for Creating International Studies Programs* Library Community Room - Erica Volkers, Dean of Communication, Central New Mexico Community College, Humanities and Social Sciences - Amanda Wolfe, Associate Director, Latin American and Iberian Institute, University of New Mexico B. Futuro: Promoting Latino Student Engagement Library Room 418A - Ann Gillespie, Tennessee Latin American Chamber of Commerce - Jennifer Novo, Director of the ACE Center, Cumberland University - Student, Cumberland University C. Itacas – Alliance for Interculturality and Sustainability Penn Warren Center - Carolina Franco-Arroyave, Head of International Office, Tecnologico de Antioquia IU - Natalia Marin, Head of International Relations, IUE - Maria Fernanda Vega, Director of Cooperation and International Relations, Instituto Tecnológico Metropoliano D. Creating International Exchanges through Music Buttrick Hall Room 123 - Tom Verrier, Senior Band Conductor, Blair School of Music, Vanderbilt University - Ryan Middagh, Director of Jazz Studies, Blair School of Music, Vanderbilt University • 2:45 p.m. Coffee Break • 3:00 p.m. Partnership Exchange and Networking Library Community Room • 4:00 p.m. Closing* Library Community Room • 4:30 p.m. Welcome and Remarks about Colombiana Collection Library Special Collections - Paula Covington, Bibliographer, Center for Latin American Studies, Vanderbilt University • 4:45 p.m. Vanderbilt Reception in Special Collections (heavy hors d’oeuvres included) • 6:00 & 6:30 p.m. Bus departs to Homewood Suites hotel (included) Friday, February 24, 2017 at Belmont University *simultaneous interpretation provided • 7:30 & 7:45 a.m. Bus departs from Homewood Suites hotel to Belmont University (included) • 8:30 a.m. Colombia Tierra Querida Ayers 4094 - Luke Putney, Student at Belmont University

• 8:35 a.m. Welcome to Belmont* Ayers 4094 - Mimi Barnard, Associate Provost for Interdisciplinary Studies and Global Education, Belmont University • 8:45 a.m. Opening Plenary Session* Ayers 4094 - Ted Townsend, Chief Operating Officer, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development • 9:45 a.m. Coffee Break • 10:00 a.m. Corporate and Academic Panel Discussion “Developing a Global Workforce”* Ayers 4094 - Jeff Overby, Professor of Marketing and International Business Director, Belmont University - Lori Odom, Director of International Business, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce Cat Finance representative - Pat Raines, Dean and Professor of Economics, Belmont University - Evan Metcalf, Customer Relations Representative, Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation -José Núñez Abe, Manager Marketing Center of Excellence, Caterpillar Financial Services - Moderated by: Jose Gonzalez, Instructor of Entrepreneurship and Management, Belmont University • 11:30 a.m. Lunch (provided), Presidential Panel* Ayers 4094 - Bob Fisher, President, Belmont University - Alisa White, President, Austin Peay State University - Maria Victoria Mejia, President, Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano - Jorge Osorio, President, Universidad CES - Moderated by: Jewell Winn, Executive Director for International Programs, Tennessee State University • 1:30 p.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS IV A. The Multicultural Lens: Agility and Compatibility Inman 404 - Ann Gillespie, Tennessee Latin American Chamber of Commerce - Marcela Gomez, President, Tennessee Latin American Chamber of Commerce B. The Bridging Project: Using Place-Based Learning, Community Connections, and Augmented Reality to Promote Matriculation in Post-Secondary Language Studies Inman 405 - Stephanie Knight, Center for Applied Second Language Studies, University of Oregon - Marilyn Mi, Portland Public Schools C. Universidad de los Niños: A K-16 Model in Colombia Marcela Wolff Lopez, Director, International Relations Inman 406 - Ana Maria Londoño, Jefe Universidad de Los Niños, EAFIT University - Marcela Wolff Lopez, Director of International Relations, EAFIT University

D. Experience at CES University on Education Models for Innovation Inman 407 - Rubén Dario Manrique, Director, Research and Innovation, CES University - Jorge Julian Osorio - Juan Jaime Arroyave • 3:00 p.m. Closing First Lecture Hall • 3:30 & 4:00 p.m. Bus departs to Homewood Suites (included) [Break] • 5:30 & 6:00 p.m. Bus departs from Homewood Suites to Bridgestone Arena (included) • 6:30 p.m. Closing Reception, Bridgestone Arena Patron Platinum Club (heavy hors d’oeuvres included) • 9:30 & 10:00 p.m. Bus departs from Reception to Homewood Suites (included)

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The Centro Colombo Americano of Medellin is a non profit organization that furthers human development through academic, multicultural experiences among Colombia, The United States, and other countries. Founded in 1947, The Centro Colombo Americano Medellin promotes multiculturalism and diversity through it´s activities in the different areas: Kinetoscopio Cinema Program, Contemporary Art Gallery, English Teaching Programs, Study Abroad Office, and other cultural activities. Through mutual collaborations with the U.S. Embassy and the local and national government, the Colombo Americano is a forerunner in social programs that truly have a long lasting effect on the target population and the citizens of Medellin as a whole. The Gay Film Festival (Ciclo Rosa), DESEARTE PAZ socialartistic laboratories and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Fellowship Program are just a few of the programs that the Colombo Americano spearheads, all in the name of social, ethnic, racial, and gender equality.

• English Language Training • Music • Film and Cinema • Applied Arts • Artit Incubators • EducationUSA Advising Center • Spanish Immersion

• Music • English as a Foreing Language • Faculty Exchange • Film and Cinema Studies • Artistic and Cultural Exchanges • Spanish Language Immersion

• Education, • Social transformation and innovation. • Human development and communication • Social and productive innovations • Social management, • Participation • Community development.

• Joint Research • Faculty led Programs • English as a Second Language • Spanish Programs • Center for LatinAmerican and Caribbean Studies

In 2015 the Colombo Americano Medellin grew exponentially and offered language training to 15,269 people and reached 184.342 people in the community through its cultural and social projects and invested over 2.500 million pesos in these projects. The Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios, UNIMINUTO, is an institution inspired by the Gospel, the spirituality of the Eudist Order, and the work of Minuto de Dios. It is an innovative university model that: Offers college and university level education of high quality that is easily accessible, comprehensive, and flexible; Trains highly competent, ethically responsible leaders in social transformation processes; Fosters social justice, reconciliation, brotherhood and peace. In just 24 years enrollment has grown to 125.000 students, Ninety-seven percent of our students come from the country’s lowest economic (classed in Colombia as 1, 2 and 3), effectively addressing our goal of taking care of the most vulnerable communities. UNIMINUTO was created with the purpose of training skilled professionals who are technically competitive, ethically oriented and socially responsible, through an educational model based on social praxis and supported by each student’s own personal development.

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Institución Universitaria de Envigado is a public university located in Envigado, a Medellin neighbor city, leader in public education, environment and public management of the south region of Antioquia´s department. Our university has 3700 students in undergraduate programs and over 300 in extended education and postgraduates, This institution aims to research, and extend knowledge in humanities, sciences, business, law and engineering.

• Research groups such as Management Systems SIGET PROS group • Business • Materials engineering • Arts Psychology with collaboration of researchers of different universities in Latin America.

• Faculty and student

Tecnologico de Antioquia – IU (TdeA) is a public higher education institution established in 1983. It received its Top Quality Accreditation on August 2016. It has 9.300+ students in 25 undergraduate and 7 graduate programs divided in four schools: Management and Economic Sciences, Education and Social Sciences, Engineering, and Law and Forensic Sciences. It has vast experience in social intervention projects such as rural education, sustainability and environmental recovery, and early childhood public policies.

• Early Childhood Education • Finance & Management • Public Sector Administration • Environmental Engineering (UNESCOSOST Colombia) • Software Engineering • Criminalistics and Forensic Sciences

• Semester exchange • Academic Missions • Language Exchanges • Joint Research

Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga (UNAB) is a private university created in 1956. With a population of 10.900 students and 641 professors, UNAB is the second main university in Bucaramanga after the main public university. According to the Iberoamerican Ranking for Research Institutions (SCImago), UNAB is position 37 out of 133 universities in Colombia. There are 6 Colleges in Health Sciences, Engineering, Social Sciences, Business, Political Sciences, and Technological Studies which offer more than 100 programs at the undergraduate and graduate level.

The university has 8 research Centers. Most of the research funds and research products come from the Centers on Health and Engineering. The university also runs several nationwide government initiatives like the Internet of Things Research Center and several national Centers in Health. UNAB is well known by its contribution to the competitiveness and enterprise development in the region. It is the only university in Colombia that is implementing a curriculum based on the development

Our interests include several fields connected to our colleges and academic programs (http://www. unab.edu.co/programas). In particular, we are interested in collaboration related to the fields of Creativity and Innovation, Internet of Things, Business, Health and Engineering. We are mainly interested in collaboration through research and graduate education through programs like our Doctoral program in Engineering with has research areas in Energy, Informatics and Automatics.

exchanges • Collaboration in research projects • Technical cooperation for the creation of new presential and distance learning programs.

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of creativity skills as the engine for innovation and entrepreneurship through the Center for Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (UNAB Creative).

While the partnership with SENA is a good partnership for workforce related skills, CNM would welcome the opportunity to partner with other institutions in Colombia.

For more than 44 years, Esumer Marketing and Business School has achieved to consolidate itself as an educational institution dedicated to business intelligence, international business, marketing, finance, logistics and management areas in Medellín, Colombia.

Our academic programs are held by a didactic methodology, a flexible schedule. We offer online courses as a altertnative, as well as english and spanish courses in all of our academic degrees. We have a Business Research Center that impact the executive market, a Agribusiness program only for the productive sector and Future Studies Program.

Interest in collaborating in research, executive education, study abroad programs and all the projects that can be held to impact the society.

Universidad Central is a higher education institution with a wide variety of bachelor’s and master’s degrees from our three faculties, the Faculty of Administrative, Economics, and Accounting Sciences; the Faculty of Social Sciences, Humanities, and Arts; and the Faculty of Engineering and Basic Sciences.

• Social Communication and We are interested in all Journalism collaborations with U.S. institutions. • Public Accounting • Film • Mathematics • Economics • Music Studies • Electronics • Engineering • Industrial Engineering • Advertising

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Fundación Universitaria Autónoma de las Américas is a private higher education institution, recognized by the Colombian Ministry of Education since 1985. It is located in Medellin, Colombia, and it also has a branch in the city of Pereira. It mission is to contribute to the progress of society through the holistic education of students, the encouragement of their capacity of leadership and entrepreneurship, as well as the promotion of applied research and the interaction with the community. Its academic offer includes undergraduate and graduate programs in several areas of knowledge: Health Sciences. Bachelor’s degree programs: Medicine, Dentistry, Respiratory Therapy. Associate’s degree program: Dental Prosthesis Laboratory. Economics and Administrative Sciences. Graduate programs: Project Management and Evaluation, Marketing Administration, Business Logistics. Bachelor’s degree programs: Tourism and Hotel Administration, Marketing Administration, International Business Administration and Business Administration. Associate’s degree program: Marketing and Advertising, International Business Management, Business Management. Engineering. Bachelor’s degree program: Administrative Engineering. Associate’s degree program: Software Development. Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences. Bachelor’s degree program: Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnics. Social and Human Sciences. Bachelor’s degree program: Law.

Academic Strengths - The interaction of students with their communities and the environment through educational practices from their area of knowledge, which bring them closer to the real world. - Promotion of leadership and entrepreneurship capacities as fundamental elements of the modern professional. - High quality scenarios for academic practicum, either in the institution’s own facilities or through agreements with recognized companies and hospitals of the country. Academic offer that includes diverse areas of knowledge, such as: health, social and human sciences, economics and administration, and agricultural and veterinarian sciences. Research Strengths - Research groups in different areas of knowledge, recognized and classified by COLCIENCIAS, the Administrative Department of Science, Technology and Innovation in Colombia. Research with social impact in response to the real needs of the context. - Researching component in all the academic programs. Participation of teachers and students in national and international academic networks. Promotion of formative research through Student Research Groups.

Students’ Mobility: Academic exchanges, long and short Internships, English courses for outgoing students, Spanish courses for incoming students, academic missions. Faculty and Administrative Staff Mobility: Visiting teachers, lecturers, English courses for our faculty, Spanish courses for incoming faculty, academic missions. - Research: Development of research projects in collaboration, visiting researchers (incoming and outgoing researchers), participation in academic events. On-line collaborative activities: Lectures, courses and specific programs.

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Unicolombo is an institute of higher education, located in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. The Mission of Unicolombo is to contribute to the education of a bilingual professional (English and Spanish), which is our main strength, and it also seeks to instill among students of its community a sense of social service and a high competence on communicative and new technologies skills. Unicolombo was founded by Centro Colombo Americano, a bi-national English language institute with fifty four years of experience. Our student population is about 2.500 and most of our students belong to neglected communities. The following majors are offered at Unicolombo: Business Administration, Public Accounting, Law, Education with emphasis on Bilingualism (English-Spanish), Technology in Tourism Management and Hotel Administration, Tourism and Hotel Administration, Technology in Quality Management Systems, Industrial Engineering, Technology in Software Development and Systems Engineering. It has a diploma course on Teaching English as a Foreign Language. The university has three campuses, the main one, located in the most popular sector of the city, “Cuatro Vientos”, another one in the historical site of the city, and the other one, a country site, located in the suburbs. All of our classrooms are well-equipped and conditioned with cutting-edge technology and language laboratories.

Our organization Interested in all is bilingual English collaboration Spanish in a opportunities spanish speaking community which is a strong competitive factor in Colombia. Also our academic and research strengths are specially related to education and tourism topics.

EducationUSA is a U.S. Department of State network of over 400 international student advising centers in more than 170 countries. The network promotes U.S. higher education to students around the world by offering accurate, comprehensive, and current information about opportunities to study at accredited postsecondary institutions in the United States. EducationUSA also provides services to the U.S. higher education community to help institutional leaders meet their recruitment and campus internationalization goals. EducationUSA is your official source on U.S. higher education.

• U.S. Higher Education experts • Student Advising • Help with U.S. visa information

• Can serve as liason between U.S. and Colombian universities • Help contact Colombian and U.S. universities

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On May 4th 1960 Universidad EAFIT was founded as • Business a non-profit private School of Business and Finance in • Engineering response to the demands of a rapidly changing world. • Law The real-world relevance of our university’s programs, combined with our close ties to the productive sector and faculty and staff, make our university a space that provides direct access to the outside world, while at the same time equipping students with knowledge that legitimizes the human/ethical component.

COLLABORATION INTERESTS • Joint research • Student and Faculty Exchange • Faculty led programs • Joint projects • Research internships

10.165 students are enrolled in 21 undergraduate programs and 2957 are enrolled in graduate programs of which 60 are graduate certificate programs, 34 masters and 5 PhDs, within our 5 schools, which are Business, Engineering, Science, Humanities, Law and Economics and Finance. EAFIT has 40 research groups and 39 of them are recognized by Colciencias. As a result EAFIT has proclaimed itself to be a teaching and research university. Students also have access to a large number of extension activities and cultural events. Sports facilities, technologically equipped classrooms, Wi-Fi access campus wide, medical and academic services are also permanently available to the EAFIT community. The Colombian government in 2010 renewed EAFIT’s High Quality Accreditation through 2018, a recognition granted to institutions that voluntarily submit each of their academic, research and administrative processes to public review.

ORGANIZATION SUMMARY The Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano -ITM-, is a public institution of higher education situated in Medellín, it has about 24,000 students and 26 undergraduate programs, two specialization programs, and nine master programs within four schools: Arts and Humanities, Management and Economic Sciences, Applied and Exact Sciences and, School of Engineering. Its offer stands out because of its high academic quality standards and its relevance in a variety of training fields. ITM has been granted a High Quality Accreditation by the Ministry of Education, making it the first public higher education institution in the country in obtaining this recognition. Presently in addition to this, the organization has 16 high quality programs accredited, and has all its processes certified by ISO Standards 9001. The participatory and supportive work of its entire academic community, is aimed to ensure the sustainability of a model of higher education with the highest quality standards, in the context of an innovative and competitive city, as is Medellin. This is why it is necessary to consolidate rigorous self-evaluation within ITM for the accreditation of its programs and processes. This is materialized thanks to the human capital of ITM. ITM offers a modern infrastructure equipped with a hightech integrated laboratories system called Parque i, which addresses its strategy to the technological cluster of Medellin and Antioquia, designing and developing projects in specific areas such as health, energy, nanotechnology and ICT, in the context of global trends and territorial priorities for sustainable development. Its regular classrooms, b-learning (smart) classrooms, auditoriums, the Museum of Natural Sciences, the Astronomical Observatory and all its sports facilities are spread over five campuses, where major transformation is taking place through knowledge and co-creation between the university and companies. In harmony with its missionary, educational and academic purposes, ITM continues its commitment to a culture of excellence for training improvement, in accordance with both municipal and institutional development plans.

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• Engineering • Business • Inclusive education

• Joint research • Faculty Exchange (short term) • Visiting professors and lecturers • Semester abroad • Joint scientific publications

ORGANIZATION SUMMARY Established in 1803 under the name of Real Colegio de Franciscanos, and under the Constitution of the State of Antioquia, Universidad de Antioquia is a governmentrun public university based in Medellín, Colombia. Its duties and its powers are prescribed in the provisions of Act 30 of 1992 of the National Constitution. The University can establish facilities and campuses anywhere across the nation as well as join or create corporations, foundations and other public or semi public bodies.

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• Medicine • Education • Law • Music

• Joint research • Student and Faculty Exchange • Faculty led programs • Joint projects • Research internships

Its mission is to generate, develop and disseminate knowledge in a wide range of disciplines including humanities, science, arts, philosophy, technics and technology through research, teaching and extension activities. Universidad de Antioquia offers nationally accredited undergraduate and graduate degrees and post-baccalaureate programs that are delivered through both face-to-face and distance learning methods. Over its more than 200 years of existence, Universidad de Antioquia (otherwise known as UdeA), has played a key role in the fields of medicine and law. It has also been a key actor in the rise of the Colombian industry and engineering, as well as an environmental leader and pioneer in research. With 80 undergraduate programs and more than 180 graduate programs including 11 doctoral programs, the University currently boasts a student body of nearly 36,000 undergraduate and graduate students.

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CES is a private, nonprofit, University which offers undergraduate and postgraduate educational programs with the highest human, ethical and scientific qualities, thus stimulating cultural, social, ideological, political and religious pluralism. CES University provides a holistic formation for its students through constant curriculum renovation and the promotion of self-training and innovation with the support of a highly qualified teaching faculty committed to institutional development. The programs at CES University are aimed at ensuring the construction and permanent development of its institutional educational project, with high standards of quality and excellence in order to offer society critical, creative, innovative, and ethical graduates capable of leading the transformation of their social and professional environment.

Academic and reserach strengths: Area: Medicine - Epidemiology and bioestatistics - Public health - Mental health - Thropical medicine - Technological and social innovations to solve health needs. - Health, humanism y bioethic - Anesthesia - Sexual and reproductive health - Dermatology - Heart disease - Genetic factors at health - Pediatric - Vascular diseases - Radiology - Mastology Area: Biotechnology - Genetics, Molecular and cellular biology - Biodiversity and preservation Pharmacoepidemiology y Pharmacogenomics Area: Psychology - Neurodevelopment y Neuropsychology - Childhood, adolescence and youth - Legal and Forensic Psychology Area: Physical therapy: - Body Human Motion Intervention - Measurement and Evaluation Area: Legal Studies Labor and Social Security Law Area: Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science Medicine and Veterinary Surgery Therapeutic Efficacy and Veterinary Pharmacocinetics Physiology and Biotechnology of Animal Reproduction

At CES University we are interest on finding partners for joint reseach and innovation, as wel as for student mobility, double degrees, joint offer for continuing education programs and services.

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Designated a National Resource Center (NRC) by the U.S. Department of Education, the University of New Mexico Latin American and Iberian Institute (LAII) offers academic degrees, supports research, and provides development opportunities for faculty. In addition to the Latin American Studies (LAS) degrees offered, the LAII supports Latin American studies in departments and professional schools across campus by awarding student fellowships and providing funds for faculty and curriculum development. The LAII is also committed to expanding awareness, knowledge, and understanding of Latin America and Iberia among diverse constituents. Through its community education programs, the LAII coordinates a wide array of outreach initiatives, including K-12 teacher professional development opportunities; postsecondary academic conferences and lecture series; workshops and symposia for business leaders, government officials, and media representatives; and cultural events for the general community.

The LAII’s mission is to create a stimulating environment for the production and dissemination of knowledge of Latin America and Iberia at UNM. We believe our goals are best pursued by efforts to build upon the insights of more than one academic discipline. Our interdisciplinary academic program offers bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in Latin American Studies.

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Central New Mexico Community College launched its Global Education initiative in December 2015 to help increase the global competence of CNM students and empower them with the skills to compete, connect and collaborate on a global scale. Soon after launching Global Education, the college was named a grant recipient for 100,000 Strong in the Americas Initiative – the education initiative in the Western Hemisphere designed to We support research from the foster region-wide prosperity through humanities and social sciences, as greater international exchange of well as the natural sciences, health students. sciences, and other professional schools. We give special consideration Through the grant, CNM partnered to broadly interdisciplinary projects with Colombia’s Servicio Nacional that promote active collaboration from de Aprendizaje (SENA), or its different schools, colleges, and/or National Training Service, which is departments. Colombia’s largest public institution that provides free vocational and technical training to nine million Colombians annually. Exchange students completed a four-course Cisco Network Administration program at their home institutions beginning then participated in a one-month cohort of test preparation for the international CCNA credential – two weeks in Medellin, Colombia and two weeks in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The exchange include language practice, entrepreneurship and participation in culture in the host countries. While the partnership with SENA is a good partnership for workforce related skills, CNM would welcome the opportunity to partner with other institutions in Colombia.

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Central New Mexico Community College (CNM) is a large urban community college, with 7 campuses in the Albuquerque, New Mexico and surrounding area, serving approximately 30,000 students per year. CNM serves about 62% students of color and approximately 60% of those enrolled at CNM are “first generation” college students. An estimated 65% of CNM students fall within federal low-income guidelines and approximately 80% of students work while attending school.

CNM was recently ranked as 2nd in the nation for the number of associate degrees awarded to Hispanic and Native American students.

In 2013, CNM was the winner of the American Association of Community College’s Student Success Award. The Student Success Award “recognizes a community college that has demonstrated, through evidence, a sustained commitment to, and proactively advanced, the cause of student success.” Criteria for the award included: developing a comprehensive, bold and strategic completion (graduation) plan; achieving measurable and significant increases in on-time associate degree completion, certificate completion and transfer from 2-year to 4-year institutions; developing innovative programs that support student success in areas such as student support services and K-12 partnerships/ collaboration; substantially contributing to the integration of completion goals and principles across the institution; and developing scalable, promising practices to advance student success.

Through the grant, CNM partnered with Colombia’s Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje (SENA), or its National Training Service, which is Colombia’s largest public institution that provides free vocational and technical training to nine million Colombians annually. Exchange students completed a four-course Cisco Network Administration program at their home institutions beginning then participated in a one-month cohort of test preparation for the international CCNA credential – two weeks in Medellin, Colombia and two weeks in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The exchange include language CNM has nationally accredited practice, entrepreneurship and programs in many career and participation in culture in the host technical fields including health, countries. advanced technologies, and business. CNM also has robust While the partnership with SENA is transfer programs in the areas of a good partnership for workforce math, science, communication, related skills, CNM would welcome education, humanities, fine arts, the opportunity to partner with and social behavioral sciences. other institutions in Colombia.

ORGANIZATION SUMMARY The Tennessee Latin American Chamber of Commerce (TLACC) is a nonprofit organization headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, and is an inclusive organization that welcomes all interested members of our community. Our vision is to be the leading voice on business issues relating to the Latino community across Tennessee.

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The TLACC establishes I n t e r e s t e d i n a l l programs that advance c o l l a b o r a t i o n achievement in education, o p p o r t t u n i t i e s . healthcare, and business development in the Latino communities in Tennessee.

TLACC provides our members with the leadership and support required to create opportunities for Latino-owned companies, Latino professionals and students, while also opening new markets for non-Latino organizations willing to become engaged with the growing Latino communities. National Foreign Language Resource Center at the University of OregonIn 1990, the Department of Education established the first Language Resource Centers (LRCs) at US universities in response to the growing national need for expertise and competence in foreign languages. Twenty years later, there are fifteen LRCs, supported by grants under Title VI of the Higher Education Act, creating a national network of resources to promote the teaching and learning of foreign languages. Led by nationally and internationally recognized language professionals, LRCs create language learning and teaching materials, offer professional development opportunities for teachers and instructors, and conduct research on foreign language learning. While some centers concentrate on specific language areas and others on foreign languages in general, all share the common goal to develop resources that can be used broadly to improve foreign language education in the United States.

Current approaches to curriculum and pedagogy in world language education

We always search out new institutions with which we can collaborate.

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Vanderbilt is an independent, privately supported university. With 6,871 undergraduate and 5,716 graduate students, Vanderbilt offers a combination of cutting-edge research, liberal arts education, nationally recognized schools of law, business, medicine, nursing and divinity, and one of the nation’s top-ranked graduate schools of education creates an invigorating atmosphere where students tailor their education to meet their goals and researchers collaborate to address the complex questions affecting our health, culture and society. The university collaborates closely with the separate, nonprofit Vanderbilt University Medical Center through education and research. Founded in 1947, Vanderbilt’s Center for Latin American Studies is one of the oldest and strongest interdisciplinary centers for the study of Latin America in the country. Since 2006, the Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) has been designated by the U.S. Department of Education as a National Resource Center on Latin America. As a comprehensive NRC, CLAS receives federal funding to educate undergraduate and graduate students, K–16 educators, the business community, and the general public about Latin America. CLAS also administers Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) funding from the Department of Education to support the study of Portuguese and K’iche’ Mayan as well as other indigenous languages. For more information about CLAS, please visit: www.vanderbilt.edu/clas

CLAS pursues a model of interdisciplinary collaboration that builds on departmental strengths and pulls together research from every school and college at Vanderbilt. CLAS is the only interdisciplinary center to work across the entire campus, with 140 faculty spanning 11 departments and 9 schools. Our model effectively combines research, teaching, and service around particular topics that are inherently interdisciplinary.

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Conservatory-level music Exchange and Vanderbilt´s Blair School of Music provides undergraduate conservatory-style education in a highly immersion opportunities education in music performance, theory, academic university setting through musical and history at Vanderbilt University, a major projects research university located in Nashville,

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Portland Public Schools, founded in 1851, is a PK-12 urban school district in Portland, Oregon. With more than 49,000 students in 78 schools, it is one of the largest school districts in the Pacific Northwest.

PS has more than doubled Career Technical Education offerings in recent years, which show a direct link to its rising graduation rate.The districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s growing Dual Language Immersion program is closing the racial educational achievement gap and improving reading achievement in native and non-native speakers alike, according to a 2015 national study. One in 10 PPS students is in an immersion program.The district has launched an early learning hub model in which Headstart and community partners offer pre-school and culturally relevant instruction as well as parenting support for families. he Portland Arts Tax now guarantees arts education for all elementary students and is fueling the alignment of K through 12 programs in such disciplines as orchestra and dance. The Portland Interscholastic League has expanded into the middle grades with its Youth Sports Program, building strong athletic programs from 6th through 12th grade.

PPS is interested in collaborating with Colombian/ U.S. Institutions to support our diverse student population to be successful beyond high school education.

With highly trained teachers and staff; an engaged parent community; strong partnerships, and a focus on closing the racial educational achievement gap, PPS is at its highest graduation rate in at least 15 years and is enjoying its seventh straight year of enrollment growth. Thanks to the state Legislature, school funding is improving and thanks to Portland voters, a PPS School Building Improvement Bond is now fueling the modernization of our aging school buildings for 21st century learning.

Tuskegee University is an independent and state-related institution of higher education. It is a Historically Black University founded in 1881. Its programs serve a student body that is coeducational as well as racially, ethnically and religiously diverse. With a strong orientation toward disciplines which highlight the relationship between education and work force preparation in the sciences, professions and technical areas, Tuskegee University also emphasizes the importance of the liberal arts as a foundation for successful careers in all areas. Accordingly, all academic majors stress the mastery of a required core of liberal arts courses.

Ph.D. programs in STEM Interested in all fields such as Biointegrative collaboration Sciences, Material Science, opporttunities Vet School, Public Policy. We have a Bioethics Center. Also, we have programs in visual arts and voice performance.

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The Global Education Office (GEO) is committed to preparing global citizens by providing innovative and high quality international learning experiences that build on Vanderbilt University’s commitment to academic excellence, global engagement and community service

We work with all departments Interested in all collaand disciplines to develop boration opporttunities engaging and relevant study abroad programs for Vanderbilt students

The Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association (TICUA) engages Tennessee’s private colleges and universities to work collaboratively in areas of public policy, cost containment, and professional development to better serve the state and its citizens. TICUA’s 34 member colleges and universities educate over 80,000 students from across the state, country, and throughout the world and confer more than 19,000 degrees a year. TICUA is dedicated to the preservation of student opportunity and choice in higher education.

The Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association (TICUA) conducts research at the institutional level that is used for planning purposes by our member institutions. In addition, we conduct research at the state and national levels to support the development of public policy issues, and to understand the impact these issues will have on private colleges and universities.

Belmont University consists of more than 7,700 students who come from every state and more than 25 countries. Committed to being a leader among teaching universities, Belmont brings together the best of liberal arts and professional education in a Christian community of learning and service. The University’s purpose is to help students explore their passions and develop their talents to meet the world’s needs. With more than 90 areas of undergraduate study, 19 master’s programs and five doctoral degrees, there is no limit to the ways Belmont University can expand an individual’s horizon.

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Tennessee State University offers 45 bachelorÂ´s degree programs and awards doctoral degrees in biological sciences, computer information systems, engineering, psycholgy, public administration, curriculum and instruction, educational administration and supervision University of Tennessee, is a Carnegie I, comprehensive, public, research institution. UT co-manages Oak Ridge National Laboratory which is the Department of Energyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s premier research, national, governmental laboratory. UTK has a wide range of nationally ranked colleges and programs.

Engineering, Business, Interested in all Communications, Computer collaboration Science, Information Systems, opportunities Education, Health fields (Kinesiology, Nutrition, Sport Science, Public Health), Journalism, Architecture, Food Science, Arts and Sciences.

Bennett College is a small, private, historically Black liberal arts college for women. The College offers women an education conducive to excellence in scholarly pursuits; preparation for leadership roles in the workplace, society, and the world; and life-long learning in a technologically advanced, complex global society. As a United Methodist Church-related institution, Bennett College promotes morally grounded maturation, intellectual honesty, purposeful public service, and responsible civic action. The College welcomes students, faculty, and staff from diverse backgrounds, recognizing that the educational experience is enriched and strengthened when multiple voices are represented and heard. Operating in an interdisciplinary, learning-centered environment, students, working with faculty and staff, will learn to use sophisticated intellectual skills, think analytically, and solve problems in ways that respect a variety of viewpoints and deepen their understanding of different cultures.

Biology, business administration, and journalism and media studies are our three most popular majors on campus and we have some exciting projects occurring within these disciplines. Interdisciplinary studies is also a popular major for students who want to combine an interest in two different disciplines to focus on an issue or theme as their major.

Bennett College is very interested in forming exchange partnerships with Colombian institutions so that our students can exchange places for a semester abroad and still pay home tuition, room and board costs. In addition, our faculty are also interested in doing summer research abroad or collaborating on international topics and issues. We would also welcome collaborative work within the classroom using technology.

ORGANIZATION SUMMARY At Pellissippi State, academic excellence comes at an affordable price. We offer numerous Associate Degree programs and English as a Second Language courses to help students reach their academic and professional goals. Pellissippi State offers the Tennessee Transfer Pathway Program, which helps you make a smooth transition from your Associate’s Degree program to your Bachelor’s Degree program in Tennessee. The College has five campuses in the Knoxville area and enrolls approximately 10,000 students each year, including at least 150 international students from dozens of countries. We are also a nationwide leader in the number of our students who study abroad. Pellissippi State offers many ways to engage in local and campus life. As an international student, you can take part in student clubs and organizations, visit our recreation center, or join campus leadership.

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We offer numerous Associates Interested in all Degree programs from Engineering collaboration and Business Administration to opporttunities Healthcare and the Arts.

Founded in 1866, shortly after the end Historically Black Colleges and of the Civil War, Fisk University is a Universities historically black university, and is the oldest institution of higher learning in Nashville, Tennessee. Fisk’s outstanding faculty and students continue to enhance the University’s national reputation for academic excellence, which is validated year after year by the leading third party reviewers, as well as, by the pool of talented applicants and the large percentage of alumni who complete graduate or professional degrees and become leaders and scholars in their fields. From its earliest days, Fisk has played a leadership role in the education of African-Americans. Fisk faculty and alumni have been among America’s intellectual, artistic, and civic leaders in every generation since the University’s beginnings.

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The Nashville Career Advancement Center works • Career advise with individuals to explore career options, decide on • Job search a direction, target a career or industry, then strategize and market oneself for the job search. NCAC’s governing Workforce Development Board promotes workforce and economic development as well as youth education throughout our region. The agency is a proud partner in four American Job Centers located in Davidson, Rutherford, Wilson and Trousdale Counties. “We visualize a skilled workforce that supports business and economic growth in the Region.”

Positive Images is company that seeks to empower, enrich, and educate all clients to achieve their fullest potential through maximum results. Company Vision: To provide result oriented services to our clients so that they may in return have an overall positive image and experience. Positive Images & Associates is a consulting firm that started in January of 2006. The main goal and objective of the firm is to help clients reach their fullest potential through consulting, training, and the creation of key specific curriculum for clients. Positive Images & Associates values the following core key components: The value of Effective Strategic Communication The value of Relationships and Client Satisfaction The value of Effective Leadership The value of Affirmations and Confirmations The value of Human, Intellectual, Social, and Financial Capital The Tennessee Higher Education Commission is a state agency serving as coordinating body for public colleges, universities, and technology centers. News and information about programs and current issues in public higher education can be found at their website. www.tn.gov/thec/

Public Higher Education in the State of Tennessee

PARTICIPATING PRESIDENTS Mauricio Alviar-Ramírez, Ph.D. studied economics as an undergraduate at the Universidad de Antioquia in Medellin, Colombia, then studied in the United States to obtain his Master’s of Development Policy (at Duke) and his Doctorate of Agricultural Economics and Natural Resources (at Oklahoma State University). Now he is the rector of the Universidad de Antioquia. From 2004-2009, he was a member of the National Commission for the Assurance of Quality in Higher Education and the Board of Masters and Doctoral Programs of the Colombian Ministry of Education. He has been a visiting professor at Universidad de los Andes, researcher in Fedesarrollo, and a summer intern at the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington D.C. He has also acted as an evaluator in the doctoral fellowships of Banco de la República and Colfuturo.

Joe Dipietro, Ph.D. became the 25th President of the University of Tennessee schools system in 2011. DiPietro is the chief executive officer of a statewide university system that includes the flagship campus in Knoxville, campuses in Chattanooga and Martin, the Health Science Center in Memphis, the Space Institute in Tullahoma, and statewide institutes of agriculture and public service. Before coming to UT, DiPietro served as dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Florida from 1997 to 2006. Prior to that, he rose to tenured professor of veterinary clinical medicine and veterinary pathobiology at the University of Illinois, Urbana, and held administrative positions there including assistant director of the Agriculture Experiment Station and associate dean for research of the College of Veterinary Medicine. Prior to becoming president, DiPietro served as chancellor of the UT Institute of Agriculture from 2006 to 2010.

Blanca Libia Echeverri Londoño, President in charge of Institución Universitaria de Envigado in 2015 and reelected by students and faculty members in October 2016. Public accountant with postgraduate in Public Economics and Finances, Master in Public Governance of University of Medellin. Her experience bases in Pedagogy, finance and public governance. She´s been part of the local government and frequently served as professor and advisor for several universities and governmental entities in institutional planning. Her current challenge is to lead the accreditation process of the different programs at the IUE and to foster international collaboration projects with other universities to boost our academic internationalization.

Robert C. (Bob) Fisher, Ph.D. is President of Belmont University. Prior to his appointment at Belmont in April of 2000, he was vice president for academic affairs at Arkansas State University and had previously served as dean of the school of business at Henderson State University. He has served the community of Nashville in various roles including chair of the Greater Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, chair of the board of the Pencil Foundation, co-chair of the Mayor’s Task Force on Public Education and as a member of the board for non-profits such as the Nashville Public Education Foundation, Alignment Nashville, Cumberland Region Tomorrow, United Way, Nashville Symphony, Country Music Hall of Fame, and others. Fisher earned his BSBA from Henderson State University, an MBA from the University of Memphis, and a PhD from the University of Arkansas

Dr. Glenda Baskin Glover began serving as President of Tennessee State University on January 2, 2013. She has advanced a five-point vision that includes: (1) academic progress and customer service, (2) fund raising and partnerships, (3) diversity and inclusion, (4) shared governance, and (5) business outreach. She was formerly the Dean of the College of Business at Jackson State University in Jackson, Miss., where she led the College of Business throughout the accreditation process, and spearheaded the implementation of the nation’s first Ph.D. in Business at an HBCU. She is a certified public accountant, an attorney, and is one of two African American women to hold the Ph.D.-CPAJD combination in the nation. Dr. Glover’s educational development began as a student at Tennessee State University, where she majored in mathematics. After graduating with honor with a Bachelor of Science degree, she pursued the Master of Business Administration at Clark Atlanta University. She then completed her doctorate in business from George Washington University, and later completed her law degree from Georgetown University.

María Victoria Mejía is the director of the Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano (ITM) in Colombia. She is the incumbent director from 2015-2019 for the institution, and a lawyer and specialist in administration and management. She has worked on accreditation and teaches administration at the Universidad de Medellin.

Lorenzo Portocarrero Sierra, holds a Bachelor Degree in Business Management from Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia; graduate certificates as Specialist in Finance from Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, in Public Finance from ESAP, in Banking and Finance from the IEB - Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain); and a Master’s Degree in Management from Universidad EAFIT. He is currently studying a PhD in Sustainability at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain) and a PhD in Management at Universidad Simón Bolívar (Colombia). He currently is President of Tecnologico de Antioquia-IU, where he has over 24 years of experience as a professor and researcher. He is the author of two books of academic relevance for the Higher Education in Colombia: “Peace Pedagogy in the Higher Edcuation Scene” and “Memories and Horizons”. He has contributed to the development of Higher Education in Colombia, with over 35 years of teaching experience and his influence in public policies due to his election, since 2012, as the representative of University Institutions and Technological Schools in the National Council of Higher Education (CESU), where he coordinates the Financial Sustainability Committee. He also exercises as its delegate on the National Advising Board of the Special Fund for Education Loans for Black Communities.

Alisa White, Ph.D. is the tenth president of Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tenn. She previously served as provost and senior vice president for Academic Affairs at the University of Texas at Tyler, where she oversaw approximately 7,500 students, 450 fulltime faculty members and a $45 million operating budget. During her time at UT Tyler, White secured $4 million from The University of Texas System to establish the Patriots Applying Technology for Success and Savings (PATSS) program. White graduated in 1980 with her B.A. in business from Lee College (now Lee University), in Cleveland, Tenn. In 1984, she received her Master of Science in library and information science from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. She earned her Doctor of Philosophy in mass communication degree from UT Knoxville in 1990

Nicholas S. Zeppos was named Vanderbilt University’s eighth chancellor on March 1, 2008. A distinguished legal scholar, teacher and executive, Zeppos served from 2002 to 2008 as Vanderbilt’s chief academic officer, overseeing the university’s undergraduate, graduate and professional education programs as well as research efforts in liberal arts and sciences, engineering, music, education, business, law and divinity. As provost and vice chancellor, he chaired Vanderbilt’s budgeting and capital planning council and led all fundraising and alumni relations efforts across the institution, in addition to overseeing the dean of students and dean of admissions.

TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY (Nashville, TN) Dr. Jewell Winn, Executive Director of Diversity and International Affairs, Tennessee State University, Nashville. Dr. Jewell Green Winn has over thirty years of experience in higher education and serves Tennessee State University as Executive Director for International Programs and Chief Diversity Officer. Dr. Winn completed the Bachelor of Business Administration degree at Middle Tennessee State University, Masters of Public Administration and Doctorate of Education degrees at Tennessee State University. She is a member of Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society, the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education, Women in Higher Education in Tennessee, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., and the Coalition of 100 Black Women of Middle Tennessee. She is a graduate of Leadership Nashville, the Maxine Smith Fellows Program, the Middle Tennessee Leadership Development Program, the Millennium Leadership Institute and most recently, the American Council on Education’s Spectrum Executive Leadership Program.

Dr. Robert Elliott, Chair, Department of Music, Tennessee State University, Nashville. Dr. Elliott serves as Head of the Department of Music at Tennessee State University. He holds the Bachelor of Arts in Instrumental Music Education from the University of New Orleans, the Master of Music Education from Loyola University, New Orleans, and a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Memphis. His studies also include work at Northern Kentucky University, the University of Central Arkansas, and Duquesne University. He was a school music teacher in and around New Orleans and has also taught at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and the University of Memphis. He frequently serves as a consultant for other universities in the areas of music technology and music education, writes nationally distributed technologybased instructional materials in music, and is the author of the music appreciation course textbook, Our World, Our Music. Dr. Elliott continues his career as an upright and electric bassist.

Mark Gunter, Director of International Student Services, Tennessee State University, Nashville. Mark Gunter has been serving diverse and underrepresented groups for over twenty years at Tennessee State University. He began working with ethnically underrepresented students in 2000 and transitioned into international student services in 2008. He currently serves as the Director for International Student Services at Tennessee State University where he has lead the efforts to increase international student enrollment by over 700% in the last five years. Mr. Gunter, who is a Nashville native, is married and has two children. He completed his Bachelor’s degree in Communications and Master’s degree in Speech and Communications at Austin Peay State University. He is a member of the National Association of Foreign Student Advisors and the Tennessee Association of International Educators. Mr. Gunter strives to ensure that all TSU students are exposed to culturally enriching programs and have access to global education opportunities.

Mrs. Wolff has worked at EAFIT since July, 2009. She represents EAFIT in Colombia Challenge Your Knowledge – CCYK, a national initiative led by accredited universities in Colombia and supported by several government and private entities, with the objective of promoting Colombia worldwide as an academic destination, where she was a member of the Steering Committee from 2011 until 2013. She was previously responsible of EAFIT’s international projects in the Continuing Education Center (20082009) and she was a part-time lecturer on International Aid in the School of Business (2005-2009). She received her MBA degree from Universidad EAFIT in 2008, her Graduate Certificate in International Business from the same university in 2003, and her Architecture Bachelor’s degree from Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana in 1999. She is a DAAD DIES alumnus as she participated in the University Leadership and Management Training Program (UNILEAD 2010-2011). Her areas of expertise are international project management, intercultural communication, international education management, south-south cooperation practices and development of global partnerships. Marcela Wolff has been a speaker at the two 100,000 Strong in the Americas Initiative Fund Workshop held in San Diego (2014) and Boston (2015), sharing EAFIT’s experience in study abroad programs with US Universities as Grant Winners of one of the first calls of the program. has participated as expert or part of the steering team of different projects that share the objective of capacity building in international education in Colombian higher education institutions. An example is the Assessment Program in Internationalization of the Ministry of National Education (2011 and 2012), UNILEAD Colombia with the Ministry of National Education, DAAD, Universidad La Salle and University of Oldenburg (2012-2013). She is an active member of the Colombian Network on Internationalization of Higher Education, of which she was co-coordinator of the regional node from 2010 to 2012. She also co-authored a Case Study on Colombia’s Cooperation Strategy with the Caribbean Basin, within the effort of the South-South Task Team to gather best practices for the Busan High Level Forum, held in 2012.

Amanda Wolfe, Associate Director, Latin American and Iberian Institute, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Amanda Wolfe has worked in the field of international education for almost twenty years, holding positions in Latin American Studies-focused programs at the University of Florida and the University of New Mexico where she currently serves as the Associate Director of the Latin American and Iberian Institute (LAII). She provides academic advisement for students in the LAII’s degree programs, develops support resources for students, supervises the institute’s extensive K-12 and community outreach program, and coordinates various initiatives to expand the study of Latin America. During her career, she has authored/co-authored grants totaling almost $6.5 million in support of Latin American Studies education and research. Ms. Wolfe has been an external consultant to area studies programs and has served as a reviewer for federally-funded grant competitions. Ms. Wolfe completed her Bachelor’s degree in Foreign Service at Baylor University and her Master’s degree in Political Science at the University of Florida. She is a past president and current Executive Committee member of the Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs which promotes Latin American Studies by fostering educational competency and cultural awareness of the region.

Carolina Franco-Arroyave holds a Master’s degree in International Business from Universidad EAFIT. She is also an International Negotiator from the same University. She has experience in various settings such as the public sector working in Special Projects for the City Hall of Medellin; at the private sector in the Logistics Industry and in academia as researcher and lecturer of Conflict Management and Negotiation for International Business programs. She currently works at Tecnologico de Antioquia-IU as Head of the International Office, which she established in 2015. Languages Spoken: Spanish, English, French and Portuguese.

Stephanie Knight, Language Technology Specialist, Center for Applied Second Language Studies at the University of Oregon, Eugene Stephanie Knight holds an M.A. in Latin American studies from the University of New Mexico and serves on the Teacher Advisory Board for the Vanderbilt Center of Latin American Studies and on the board of Spanish Teachers Bridge the Gap. She spent eleven years serving as a Spanish teacher in grades 5-16. During this time, she served as coordinator for the International Baccalaureate Middle Years and Diploma Programmes. Knight currently devotes much of her time to curriculum development and leading professional development opportunities around the country centered on best practices for planning, cross-curricular design, and the integration of digital technologies in the classroom. Marilyn Mi, Mandarin Secondary Curriculum and Instruction Specialist, Departmet of Dual Language at Portland Public Schools, Portland Marilyn Mi taught AP Chinese for 8 years and helped Franklin High School develop a full alignment of the Chinese Language courses, including Chinese Mandarin 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, AP Chinese, online course 1, and online course 2 from 2006 -2015. Currently, she supports grades 6-12 Mandarin immersion classes as well as the world language Mandarin classes in the district. She is the Bridging Identities and Cultures Mandarin online course instructor. Inspired by the social justice mission of community colleges, Dr. Erica Volkers is currently serving as the Dean for the School of Communication, Humanities & Social Sciences at Central New Mexico Community College. Erica has developed several innovative programs to include a “fast track” online liberal arts degree, an early childhood degree program for primary Spanish speaking students, and an alternative teacher licensure certificate. Erica is passionate about improving access, graduation, and transfer for community college students. Under her leadership, her school doubled graduation numbers in a three-year period, and has created multiple new transfer degree programs to include an associate’s degree in Latin American Studies. Erica has a Ph.D. in Educational Philosophy and Human Resources with an emphasis in community college leadership.

Mauricio Izquierdo, Director of International Affairs, UNIMINUTO University, Colombia Mauricio Izquierdo serves UNIMINUTO University as the Director of International Affairs. With over 11 years of experience in higher education he has accomplished significant achievements in conducting training programs, seminars and workshops; developing, leading and implementing successful educational projects between South-American institutions and Universities and Colleges in Canada, the United States of America, Europe, Central America, the Caribbean and Africa. Mauricio Izquierdo holds the Bachelor’s Degree of International Business from Politécnico Grancolombiano University, Colombia, and the Master’s Degree of International Relations from Javeriana University, Colombia. He is the scholarship winner of Scholarship for the Program ELAP - Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program (Canada) and the DAAD Program of Management of Internationalization at the Leibniz Universität Hannover. Mauricio has been an active member of the Foundation in Colombia for OUI and is the former coordinator of the Colombian Network for the Internationalization.

Natalia Marin Tabares is head of International relations office of Institución Universitaria de Envigado, with over 12 years of experience in education, teaching and serving the university for more than 8 years. Business Manager of Eafit University, with postgraduate in Marketing and Master in Project Management. Professor in the program of International business administration and the school of languages. Committed with the creation of opportunities abroad for teachers and students of the municipality, guiding management of social and educational projects with childhood and youth.

Ryan Middagh is the Director of Jazz Studies at the Blair School of Music. Since his arrival at the Blair School, the jazz program has received national and international recognition and jazz festival invitations, including the 2017 Jazz Education Network Conference in New Orleans. An accomplished composer and arranger, he receives commissions annually from some of the most respected high school, collegiate, and professional jazz ensembles in the world, as well as composes and arranges for Grammyaward winning jazz artists. Middagh publishes his compositions and arrangements through UNC Jazz Press. As a saxophonist, Middagh is endorsed by Conn- Selmer and D’addario, has recorded two albums as a leader, and plays acclaimed jazz festivals both domestic and abroad. Prior to his appointment at Vanderbilt, Middagh was the Doctoral Fellow in Music Technology at the University of Northern Colorado, and prior to that appointment, served on the faculty at Middle Tennessee State University. Middagh holds a Doctor of Arts degree in Jazz Studies with a secondary emphasis in Music Composition from the University of Northern Colorado, a Master of Arts degree from Middle Tennessee State University, and a Bachelor of Music Education Degree from the University of Northern Iowa.

Thomas E. Verrier is Senior Band Conductor and Director of Wind Ensembles at Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music. He serves as Conductor of the Vanderbilt Wind Symphony, Artistic Director of the Vanderbilt Music Acadèmie in Aix-en-Provence, France, and Founding Director of the Conductors Lab (a joint project with musicians of the Berlin Philharmonic). His teaching duties include undergraduate and graduate- level courses in conducting, pedagogy, and education. In addition, Dr. Verrier has served as the Program Director of the Sistema Nacional de Educación Musical Instituto de Desarrollo Musical, a collaborative project of the Blair School of Music and the Ministry of Culture of Costa Rica. Verrier is an active conductor and clinician recognized both for his artistic approach and his pedagogical knowledge. Verrier has accepted invitations to conduct and to teach throughout the North and South America, Asia, and Europe.

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Jacky Akbari, Director of Government Relations Workforce Services.

Patricia Higgins, International Admissions Specialist at Pellissippi State Community College.

James Threalkill, Senior Executive Consultant - Strategic Diversity Consultants.

Susan Bell, Public Affairs Officer U.S. Embassy in Bogotรก.

Rosemarie Igbo, Intensive English Language Coordinator at Bennett College Rosemarie Igbo, Intensive English Language Coordinator at Bennett College.

Rachel Wilson, Higher Education and Alumni Coordinator at U.S Embassy Bogotรก.

Chandra Norman Lipscomb, Coordinator, International Student Services & Cultural Programs, Office of International Affairs.

Lee Todhunter, Director Center for Global Studies at Bennett College.

Adriana González-Moncada is the Director of the International Affairs Office at Universidad de Antioquia since May, 2015. She holds a professor position at the School of Languages of the same University since 1998. She has taught in the undergraduate and graduate programs in Foreign Language Teacher Education. Her academic training includes a doctoral degree in Linguistics (TESOL) from State University of New York at Stony Brook, an M.A. in Language Sciences from the Université de Nancy II (France), and a B.Ed. in English-Spanish from Universidad de Antioquia. Additional to her professorship duties, she has been a member of the National Commission for the Assurance of Quality in Higher Education in the board of Education of the Colombian Ministry of Education and the vice-president and secretary of the Colombian Association of English Teachers (2006-2012). She is an evaluator in the Colombian research foundation – Colciencias- and has acted as a jury in the scholarship committee of the Fulbright Commission in Colombia. Her areas of research and publications in national and international journals and book chapters include the professional development of foreign language teachers, language policies, Second Language Acquisition, and task-based language teaching and learning. She belongs to the editorial committee of the journals PROFILE, Colombian Applied Linguistics, Lenguaje and IKALA. Dr. César D. Guerrero, Director of the Engineering Research Center and the Center for Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga, Colombia. Dr. Guerrero is Fulbright scholar and IANAS Fellow from the American National Academy of Sciences. He has been visiting professor at Stanford University and Carlos III University in Spain. He holds a M.S. degree in Computer Science, a M.S. degree in Computer Engineering, a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering, and a graduate certificate in Creativity and Change Leadership from the International Center for Studies in Creativity in Buffalo. He is the Director of the Engineering and Organizations Research Center, the General Director of the first Joint Engineering Doctoral Program between three Colombian Universities, leads the East Branch of the National Internet of Things Research Center and the Center for Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Professor Guerrero has been President of the Colombian Innovation Managers Association (CIMA), Academic Coordinator of the Regional Network of Universities (UNIRED), and Governor Advisor for Science, Technology and Innovation in the state of Santander.

Julian Lugo is the Director of International Relations of Universidad Central since 2012, he have been involved with this university as a student representative, advisor and director for more than 10 years. Originally as engineer, he holds a Master in Education, Master in International Affairs and currently is candidate for Master in Business Administration (MBA). His research interests are focused on corporate government in higher education, organizational culture and public policy on education. Parallel to his academic background, Mr Lugo has served as advisor of United Nations Alliance of Civilizations program and the Organization of American States as an electoral observer.” Felipe Maestre has served for seven years in several areas of higher education, mainly oriented to strategy and institutional development, and in the design and implementation of IT in academic and administrative processes at Fundación Universitaria Autónoma de las Américas. He has led, among other system designs and implementations, the academic management system and the institutional self-evaluation system, under the accreditation guidelines of the National Accreditation Commission, in which internationalization is considered a determining factor in the quality of higher education. Mr. Maestre is an Industrial Engineer from the EIA University, Medellín, Colombia, with a graduate degree in Finance from EAFIT University, Medellín-Colombia.

Mariana Maestre, President’s Assistant at Fundación Universitaria Autónoma de las Américas, holds a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from EIA University, Medellín. From her position, she provides assistance to the President’s Office in the institutional strategies and processes like in the internationalization, one of the pillars in which the institution is working hard. Her performance is highly focused on the continuous improvement and standardization of processes as well as on the support of institutional initiatives.

Alisa Meador has worked in International Education for nineteen years. Ms. Meador has been at the University of Tennessee (UT) since 2007 and worked in almost every area of study abroad and hosting international short term students. During that time, Ms. Meador was chosen to participate in the UT Leadership Program, the 2011 International Education Administrator’s Fulbright Program in Japan, and participated in delegation visits in Asia and South America. Her focus now is increasing student mobility through international exchange and direct enroll experiences as well as increasing the depth of international partnerships at the university. Ms. Meador earned her Bachelor’s degree in Design and Master’s degree in Counseling from Clemson University.

Maria del Pilar Ramírez holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Translation English-French-Spanish and a Master in Foreign Languages Teaching and Learning, both from the University of Antioquia, Colombia. Since 2000, she has worked in the field of higher education as a Professor as well as in administrative positions in different colleges and universities in the city of Medellín. She is currently the Director of the International Affairs Office at Fundación Universitaria Autónoma de las Américas, where she has been leading and promoting the Institutional Internationalization Process for five years. Ms. Ramírez has researched in the areas of Language Policies and Terminology and Translation.

Sonia Solis is currently the coordinator of the work Study program and the Special projects at the Colombo Americano in Medellin. She has a B.S. in Administrative Engineering from Universidad Nacional in Medellin. She has over 25 years of experience working in education and the NonProfit world in Colombia.

Natalia Urrego is the Marketing and Communications Director of the Colombo Americano in Medellin. Natalia has a B.A. in Journalism from Univerisdad de Antioquia and a specialization in Marketing Management from Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. Currently finishing specialization in Financial Administration at Instituto Tecnólogico Metropolitano. She has over 10 years of experience in marketing, communications and publicity. In her years working in communications she has become an expert on social media marketing.

Jennifer Venececk has a B.A. in Anthropology, and a Masters in International Education – focusing on the design and delivery of International Education programs. She studied abroad as an undergrad in Prague; and went on to spend eight years living abroad in Tanzania, Malawi, and Egypt serving twice as a Peace Corps volunteer, working in the international development sector, and finally as the Director of a study abroad program with CIEE. Jenny is proficient in Swahili, and happy to prepare students for their experiences in East Africa.

Dr. Rhonda Collier is an Associate Professor of English at Tuskegee University, where she also serves as the Interim Director of the TU Global Office. She is a Fulbright Scholar, who studied at the Universidad de São Paulo in Brazil. She also received a 2017 Fulbright International Education Administrator’s Fulbright Grant to Taiwan. She received her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. She also holds a B.S. and a Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and Georgia Tech respectively. She has published in the areas of Afro-Brazilian, Afro-Cuban, African-American, and global hip hop studies. At Tuskegee, she manages study abroad, international agreements, and international student services. She also teaches American literature and composition courses with an emphasis on service-learning. Her work “Mothering Cuba: The Poetics of Afro-Cuban Women” appears in Another Black Like Me: The Construction of Identities and Solidarity in the African Diaspora (Cambridge Scholar Press, 2015). Her upcoming work “Xavier Naidoo and Double Consciousness: Introducing German Hip Hop to the American Literature Classroom” will appear in the Fall 2017 edition of the CLA Journal. She discusses art as a space of forgiveness and reconciliation. She is passionate about education abroad and cross-cultural student engagement.

Dr. Ruben Dario Manrique, Pharmaceutical Chemist of Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia, Master of Science and PhD in Epidemiology of Universidad de Antioquia. Dr. Ruben Dario Manrique has worked with Universidad CES, Medellin - Colombia for more than 20 years. At this institution he has developed his professional career dedicated to Scientific Research in the field of Epidemiology and Clinical Genomics, and as a professor in the areas of Biostatistics and Scientific Methods for research. He has held the position of Director of Research and Innovation in the last 12 years, where Dr. Manrique has assumed the responsibility of designing and constructing the Research and Innovation System of the University using strategies of articulation between formative research, research training and innovation. Dr. Manrique has proposed a system of innovation aimed at identifying and strengthening the capacities of students and teachers to solve problems of industry and society.

Juan Jaime Arroyave Restrepo, Lawer of CES University, Colombia, Master of International Relations of Universidad Medellin. Juan Jaime Arroyave Restrepo has worked with Universidad CES, Medellin - Colombia for more than 6 years. At this institution he has developed his professional career dedicated to international affairs for education, and as a researcher in the area of Geopolitics. He has held the position of Head of Global Affairs in the last 4 years, where he has assumed the responsibility of cordinating the international mobility, international cooperation and internationalization at home.

THANK YOU! On behalf of the organizing committee we would like to thank you for your participation and commitment to making the 2017 Global Pathways Summit a huge success! We hope this summit will be the start of friendships that will lead to greater academic exchange and collaboration between Colombia and the United States. Special thanks to: Dr. Jewell Winn / Organizer Dr. Avery Dickins de Giron / Organizer Lisa Finelli / Organizer Marcela Gomez / Organizer Dr. Claude Presnell/ Organizer Dr. Mimi Barnard/ Organizer Jennifer Shirley/ Organizer Michael Cooper / Organizer Mark Brinkley/ Organizer Mark Gunter / Organizer Marcela Wolff / Organizer Maria Fernanda Vega / Organizer Juan Guillermo Mazo/ Organizer Sonia Solis / Organizer Natalia Urrego/ Organizer Erika Lopez / Organizer Luisa Mejia / Organizer Dr. Glenda Glover Dr. Robert Fisher Dr. Nicholas Zeppos Center for Latin American Studies at Vanderbilt University Diversity and International Affairs at Tennessee State University Belmont University Margaret Allen Middle School The Faculty and Graduate Student Music Ensemble TSU Music Ensemble Vanderbilt University Music Ensemble Belmont University Visiting University Presidents Guest Speakers All of our attendees!