Latest Updates

IL NAFSA is now International Educators of Illinois (IEI)

Greetings!

Based on a unanimous vote at the State meeting in Kalamazoo, we are pleased to announce that IL NAFSA has changed its name to International Educators of Illinois (IEI). We will still be sending out emails through the IL NAFSA listserve, but everything else will reflect the International Educators of Illinois name.

Additionally, we would like to inform you that IEI will be presenting two workshops in late April, on the topic "Research in International Education". The following is a description of the event:

"This workshop will explore research on a wide range of international education issues to help practitioners, administrators and students interested in learning how to collect data that will help improve international programs on campus and to impact institutional, state or federal policy. Additionally, this workshop will explore outcomes of overseas learning and the variety of tools available for this type of assessment. Finally, this workshop will discuss publishing and disseminating research results."

Please see the attached document with additional details about the workshop. Pre-registration is required, and is due on April 11th.

Lori Friedman
Chair, IEI

Wisconsin Invites Illinois International Educators to State’s April Conference

The Wisconsin Association of International Educators (also referred as WAIE) is extending an invitation to Illinois International Educators (IL NAFSA) to their upcoming conference which will be held at the Continuing Education Center, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

The conference will take place on Monday and Tuesday, April 7 and 8, 2008. Kevin Beisser, the chair of WAIE, hopes that this conference will help fulfill a range of interests for Illinois since the state is holding workshops in lieu of a conference this year. For more information and application, please click here.

2008 Conference Materials Now Available On-line

IEI Seeking for New Treasurer

Please review the following position description for the Treasurer-elect position. If you possess the necessary qualifications and would like to pursue this opportunity, please respond to il.nafsa@gmail.com with your resume and a brief letter of interest.

The treasurer-elect is responsible for:

Assisting in managing the assets of the State and maintaining appropriate financial records in accordance with the regionalbylaws.

·Ensuring that the income/expense ratio remains favorable. Otherwise, notify the State Team so the appropriate measures can be taken to ensure the state's financial solvency.

Assist in preparing an annual budget and presenting it to the State Team for approval

Assist in preparing quarterly and annual financial reports to the State Team including a financial report of the state conference.

· Person will take over Treasurer position at the end of the Treasurer's 2 year term

Previous experience in managing budgets is required. The representative will maintain an awareness of pertinent literature and international programs and opportunities of merit and will help with the orientation of his or her successor.

Do you have any Simple REAL ID Language for IL Students?

Rick Lane, the director of International Student Services at the University of Illinois at Springfieldis is seeking a clearer picture of how the new IL driver license laws resulting from REAL ID will affect our international students and whether there are any procedures (official or unofficial) that they can follow as they seek to meet their needs while all of this works its way through the legal morass. Please contact Rick if you know anyone who as figured all this out and put it into simple words that our students can understand. Please click here to contact Mr. Lane.