University Committee Year-End Communication
International Committee
Committee
Name
2009-10
8
Academic Year
Number of Meetings
Committee Members (available at http://www.umt.edu/committees/) 
EXECUTIVE OVERSIGHT
George M. Dennison, President
CHAIR
Marc Hendrix, Geosciences
FACULTY (Eight; Three-year term)
Nader Shooshtari, School of Business Administration (2011)
Diana Six, Society and Conservation (2011)
Clint Walker, Modern and Classical Languages and Literature (2012)
Elizabeth Kronk, School of Law (2012)
John Lundt, College of Education and Human Sciences (2012)
Craig Molgaard, College of Health Professions and Biomedical Sciences (2012)
Mike Monsos, College of Visual and Performing Arts (2012)
Clem Work (School of Journalism (2012)
STAFF (Two; Three-year term)
Kevin Hood, Internship Services (2011)
Bill Johnston, Alumni Association (2012)
STUDENT (Two; One-year term)
Ching Chuang (2010)
Erik Rose (2010)
ADDITIONAL REPRESENTATIVES (Appointed by the President;
Three-year term)
Administration
Terry Weidner, Director, Mansfield Center (2011)
College of Technology
Barry Good, Dean, College of Technology (2012)
Humanities and Foreign Languages
Jon Tompkins, Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences (2012)
PERMANENT MEMBERS
Juana Alcala, Associate Director, Enrollment Services
Effie Koehn, Director, Foreign Student and Scholar Services
Ex-Officio (Non-voting)
Mehrdad Kia, Associate Provost for International Programs
Jeanne Loftus, International Programs
Marja Unkuri-Chaudhry, International Programs
Please describe your experience on the committee (What information would you
share with a faculty member who is considering service on this committee?)
This committee is charged with coordinating all activities of an international nature, to
recommend acquisition of resources for promotion of international awareness and
activities, and to encourage and promote participation in international matters by
students, faculty, and staff. The committee composition is designed so that all schools
and colleges are represented. Meetings typically involve working through a pre-set
agenda, holding open discussions on the topics at hand, and making decisions that are
passed to the president in the form of recommendations. The committee meetings
typically last for two hours.
Topics Addressed (agenda items)
1) Modified call for faculty exchange proposals; evaluated and ranked received
proposals
2) Modified call for international activities funding proposals; evaluated and ranked
received proposals
3) Evaluated and ranked proposals for Al Price undergraduate opportunity
scholarships
4) Evaluated and ranked nominations for the Distinguished Service to International
Education Award
5) Evaluated the effectiveness of existing institutional exchange partners in terms of
impact to the campus community; recommended actions regarding the
continuation of partnerships that are productive, the improvement of partnerships
that have promise but that are not as productive as desired, and the termination of
unproductive partnerships.
6) Evaluated proposals for new institutional partnerships and made
recommendations for actions to be taken regarding those proposals
Actions Taken (resolutions, proposals, recommendations)
1) Evaluated and ranked 2010-2011 faculty exchange proposals
2) Evaluated and ranked international funding proposals (fall and spring calls)
3) Evaluated and ranked Al Price proposals
4) Evaluated and ranked Distinguished Service to International Education Award
nominations
5) Recommended new partnerships be initiated with Universitat Autònoma de
Barcelona, Doshisha University, European Business School, The International
University for Science and Technology, Ittihad Private University, Yemen
College of Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Arabic as a Foreign Language
6) Recommended the following existing partnerships be extended for a period of
three years: University of Talca, Xinjiang Normal University, Kazakh National
University
7) Recommended the following partnerships be extended for a period of five years:
Charles University, Université Paul Valery, University of Siena, Al Akhawayn
University
8) Recommended the following partnerships be terminated Xi’an Jiaotong
University, International University of Kyrgyzstan
9) Developed a matrix for evaluation of faculty exchange proposals.
10) Revised and circulated call for faculty exchange proposals for 2010-11 academic
year
Unresolved Issues 
1) Evaluation of proposed partnership with Sangmyung University, and Central Asia
University?
2) Design survey for faculty members to gather “international information”