Ithaca College

The Office of International Programs and Extended Studies (OIPES) would like to invite all staff and faculty interested in taking students abroad to attend our upcoming workshop about  the development and planning of faculty/staff-led short-term study abroad programs.  The workshop will be held on Friday, February 17, from 3:00-4:30 pm, in the Taughannock Falls Room, Campus Center.  Participants are invited to stay for a wine and cheese reception with the workshop facilitator and International Programs staff from 4:30-5:00.

We are pleased to announce that our workshop facilitator and presenter will be Lex Enrico Santí, Coordinator for International Travel Safety at Cornell University.  His presentation will focus on travel safety and best practice in the field of international education for faculty/staff-led study abroad programs.

Risk Management and Travel Safety Planning in Short-term Study Abroad Programs
The adage is “Failing to plan is planning to fail”.  No one knows this better than someone who has weathered his own missteps as a young program developer at George Mason’s study abroad office and learned from his mistakes. Lex Enrico Santí now manages the development and travel safety plans of over fifty programs a year at Cornell. In this presentation, Santí will go over how travel safety fits into the overall plan of short-term study abroad travel management. Designed to be an interactive presentation, there will be a lot of group discussion and team exercises on scenarios dealing with travel safety issues.  

Lex Enrico Santí has been Cornell’s first Coordinator for International Travel Safety since 2011. He has worked in higher education at Washington University in Saint Louis, Webster University, George Mason University and Hobart and William Smith. He has traveled and worked extensively around the world, visiting over 20 countries and has lived in Spain, South Korea, and Romania. He was a Peace Corps volunteer in Romania and returned to Romania in 2006 as a translation scholar. He holds an MSW from Washington University in Saint Louis with a concentration in Social Justice and Mental Health and an MFA in creative writing from George Mason University. He speaks fluent Spanish and Romanian and can say thank you in over 20 languages.

If you are interested in attending this workshop, please RSVP by Wednesday, February 15.

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact the Office of International Programs at intlprog@ithaca.edu or (607) 274-3306. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.

If you are interested in leading a short-term study abroad program but are not able to attend the workshop, please feel free to contact Rachel Gould or Tanya Saunders to schedule an individual meeting.  You can also read more about the process in the publication  Procedures for Developing and Implementing Short-term Study and Educational Travel Abroad at Ithaca College

Please note the following upcoming deadlines for submitting proposals for short-term study abroad programs for 2017-18:

Winter Break 2017-18 programs
Intent form due: February 10, 2017
Proposal due: March 15, 2017

Spring Break 2018 programs
Intent form due: February 28, 2017
Proposal due: April 15, 2017

Summer 2018 programs
Intent form due: March 31, 2017
Proposal due: May 31, 2017