Additional International Opportunities for Faculty/Staff

• Faculty Senate International Programs Committee: The Faculty Senate International Programs Committee (commonly called "IPC") is a Faculty Senate standing committee whose role is to explore internationally-related topics and issues for the UWRF campus. The IPC reviews education abroad course and program proposals, explores faculty leader topics (compensation, selection, etc.), examines issues relating to international students, etc., to manage and maintain standards and make recommendations to the campus regarding international programs. The IPC also strategizes ways to internationalize the campus as a whole, and acts as an advisory body to the Office of International Education. Faculty/staff members will serve three-year terms with approximately one-third being appointed each year.

The Core Fulbright Scholar Program offers teaching, research or combination teaching/research awards in over 125 countries. Opportunities are available for college and university faculty and administrators as well as for professionals, artists, journalists, scientists, lawyers, independent scholars and many others. 

At UWRF, the Faculty and Staff Handbook policy states that, "faculty who wish to accept a Fulbright grant will be continued in their present salary and benefits by UWRF through the mechanism of turning over to UWRF the cost of replacing their teaching services for the duration of the Fulbright" (Article IX: Fulbright Fellowships).

Fulbright Scholars on Campus:

• Matt Vonk, Physics, Nicaragua, 2009, Fulbright Ambassador
• Geoffrey Scheurman, Teacher Education, Norway, 2012
• Gary Onan, Animal Science, Romania, 2016
• Rhonda Petree, Teaching English as a Foreign Language, Estonia, 2018

Adding a Global Perspectives University Requirement designator (a "GP") to your course is a formal way to indicate the internationalized components of that curriculum. GP courses support the campus strategic goal of developing global education and engagement, and also have the added benefit of positively positioning a course that could be under-enrolled within the University and/or departmental curriculum. GP designators are allowable for courses at the 200-level or above which are 3+ credits. The GP works well for on- and off-campus courses. For more information, visit the Faculty Senate Academic Forms page and look for Appendix GP: Global Perspectives.