Perspectives on Global Education

June 5, 2017
NYIT Auditorium on Broadway, 1871 Broadway, between 61st and 62nd Streets
New York, NY

New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) together with IIE (Institute of International Education) will host a summit on Global Education on June 5, 2017, in New York. The event invites participants to explore promising practices for preparing, supporting, and retaining refugees in higher education around the globe.

The keynote and panel discussion, featuring leaders in the field, will focus on approaches to supporting refugees in higher education—both those that have worked and that have not worked. A reception with dessert follows the presentation.

In addition to learning from their colleagues’ successes and challenges, attendees can network with other participants, building a community of individuals with similar goals who can connect long after the conference ends.

Agenda

6:00 p.m.

WELCOME RECEPTION

7:00 p.m.

OPENING REMARKS

Henry C. “Hank” Foley, President, New York Tech

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Allan Goodman, President and CEO, IIE

PANEL DISCUSSION
Moderator: Rahmat Shoureshi, New York Tech Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Speakers:

Allan Goodman, President and CEO, IIE
Nina Lemmens, Executive Director, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Sana Mustafa, Founder & Manager, Sana Mustafa Consulting, and IIE Syrian Scholarship Recipient
Fr. Leo J. O’Donovan, Director, Jesuit Refugee Service/USA
Sarah Smith, Senior Director of Education, International Rescue Committee

8:30 p.m.

DESSERT RECEPTION

Conference Sponsors

IIE: The Power of International Education.

ABOUT New York Tech

New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) is a private, degree-granting, not-for-profit global university, committed to educating the next generation of leaders, inspiring innovation, and advancing applications-oriented research and entrepreneurship. With programs and campuses in New York (Manhattan and Old Westbury, Long Island) and Arkansas as well as China, Canada, and the United Arab Emirates, New York Tech provides a technology-infused education to 10,000 students. More than 100,000 New York Tech alumni are part of an engaged network of physicians, architects, scientists, engineers, business leaders, digital artists, healthcare professionals, and more. By learning how to analyze and question assumptions, New York Tech graduates are culturally aware, profession ready, and prepared to solve today’s—and tomorrow’s—greatest challenges.
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ABOUT IIE

For nearly a century, IIE has been a world leader in international education. We work to build more peaceful and equitable societies by advancing scholarship, building economies, and promoting access to opportunity. As a not-for-profit with 18 offices and affiliates worldwide, IIE collaborates with a range of corporate, government, and foundation partners across the globe to design and manage scholarship, study abroad, workforce training, and leadership development programs. This is how IIE helps people and organizations thrive in today’s interconnected world.
Learn more: https://www.iie.org/