Dr. Sudhakar R. Jamkhandi, Coordinator

Carolyn K. Jamkhandi, Administrative Associate

Phone: (304) 327-4036
Email: internationalbsc@yahoo.com

BSC’s Office of International Initiatives, in collaboration with appropriate campus offices and committees, and with input from the college community and the BSC International Initiatives’ Team will:

• Ensure international education is specifically included among the priorities in BSC’s current and future strategic plans;
• Develop guidelines that specify international work or experience (not necessarily overseas) as a consideration in faculty promotion and tenure decisions;
• Coordinate the BSC International Initiatives’ Team efforts to advance the internationalization of the college;
• Disseminate by email or newsletter information about the college’s international education activities and opportunities to faculty, students, public and the media;
• Provide data and updates about international education opportunities, activities, and resources to this office’s web site manager;
• Collaborate with the Vice President for Student Affairs, Enrollment Manager, and Registrar about international student recruitment opportunities, advising, and strategies for integration and retention of international students at the college and in the community (internships at area organizations, sharing of their cultures with area schools and civic organizations, teaching foreign languages at the college and/or at area institutions, exposing  American students to indigenous speakers of foreign languages);
• Upon their creation, oversee the operations of, and collaborate with,  the Offices of International Student Advisor and represent the President as Ombudsman in international student affairs/issues/concerns/wellbeing;
• Refer to Concord University international students requiring instruction in English as a Second Language;
• Collaborate with the Vice President for Academic Affairs/Provost and the Deans of the Schools to internationalize the curriculum (international studies, area studies and foreign languages programs, study abroad, international institutional linkages);
• Represent BSC in the absence of the college President/Vice President for Academic Affairs at formal meetings to establish international institutional linkages that foster mutually beneficial exchange of information, students and faculty;
• Pursue grant opportunities to fund study abroad and international institutional linkages (e.g., dialog started with representative of new college for women in Oman); mutually beneficial exchange of information; students and faculty exchanges; travel to meetings or conferences abroad; internationalization of courses; and the administrative costs of the Office of International Initiatives;
• Collaborate with the College’s Development Office to raise funds for  study abroad program(s) and scholarships for international students;
• Oversee, and collaborate with, the office(s) responsible for study abroad advising and international institutional linkages for compliance with US Department of State Travel Advisories, issuance of J-1 visas (and dependent’s visas) for visiting international faculty/researchers;
• Select/nurture College faculty to lead undergraduate students on study abroad programs;
• Convene periodic meetings of the BSC International Initiatives’ Team  to gauge progress made;
• In collaboration with the affected Schools within the college, oversee the delivery of the proposed undergraduate and graduate degrees in international studies (jointly delivered by BSC and Concord University);
• Compile international initiatives data for inclusion in college’s accreditation materials and COMPACT, if requested;
• Compile, and update as needed, BSC Personnel International Experience Inventory (citizenship, possession of a valid passport, foreign language ability—reading, writing, speaking, comprehension, travel abroad as tourist or in professional capacity, degree obtained abroad) to inform the college’s international initiatives.

Revised 3-31-08