East Campus SAGE Conference/Workshop
Application/Funding Procedure
East & Winter Park SAGE Conference/Workshop Funding Deadlines:
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For Conference/Workshop Travel in the Fall Term [Sept 1 thru Dec 31]:
June 15
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For Conference/Workshop Travel in the Spring Term [Jan 1 thru April
30: October 15
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For Conference/Workshop Travel in the Summer Term [May 1 thru
August 31]: February 15
How to Apply:
 Select a conference from the approved list or get the conference approved by the
SAGE office (ext. 3188).
 Complete the International Education Conference Request Form.
 Obtain approval of Discipline Dean [Supervisor].
 EAST / WINTER PARK: Once your form is submitted by the deadlines above, it is
electronically submitted to your Discipline Dean [Supervisor] and the Campus Dean
of Academic Affairs.
 All East & Winter Park requests will be considered immediately following the
deadlines by the Campus President, East Campus Dean of Academic Affairs, and
the Winter Park Executive Team.
 Funding Decisions will be communicated within two weeks of each deadline noted
above.
o NOTE: If the conference/workshop has an “early bird” deadline with
reduced registration fees and the dates fall outside of the campus
deadlines, please notify your discipline dean for further consideration.
 Once your conference travel has been approved at the campus-level it will be
forwarded to the SAGE office for processing:
Selection and Award Criteria
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The requestor must explain how the conference is relevant to the work of
internationalizing the college/campus/curriculum.
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Preference may be given to those who have not been funded previously by the
SAGE office or to those who are actively engaged in the work of internationalization
at Valencia.
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Preference may be given to someone whose proposal was accepted to present at
the conference.
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Upon return, the requestor must: (1) share the information with colleagues; and (2)
report on how the information was used to support any of the goals in the Strategic
Plan for International Education. Please note that the following information will
appear in the International Education Annual Report and will be distributed collegewide:
o
Ideas for reporting out include: Type up your workshop notes and send to your
supervisor and the SAGE office, present at a division meeting, present at a Café
Conversations session coordinated by SAGE, offer a brown bag lunch session on
your campus for faculty and staff, create a PowerPoint with information to
distribute via email and post to the SAGE website, create a video on a topic and
upload to YouTube and link to the SAGE website.
o
Ideas for this requirement related to internationalizing include: Use an idea
presented at the conference in your classroom and report out how it went, plan to
apply to lead a short-term study abroad program next year, create a Skillshop
session for students based on what you learned (i.e., cross-cultural
communication or area studies), plan to submit an Action Research Project
through Faculty Development related to internationalizing the curriculum, add to
an existing course internationalization toolkit.
Revised: 5-17-2013