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James B. Milliken |
Others include the presidents of Stanford, Washington University (St. Louis) and Iowa State University. The delegation will promote international education and collaboration, including study abroad and student exchange programs, and encourage Latin American students to study in the United States. They will meet with students, educators and business leaders in Brazil and Chile.
Milliken will speak to students at Sao Paulo University in Brazil on Aug. 22 and participate in a press roundtable in Santiago, Chile, on Aug. 21, in addition to participating in a variety of events with the full delegation.
“In today’s global economy, it is more important than ever that students have an opportunity to explore and understand different cultures,” Milliken said. “This is an opportunity to help promote the best in U.S. higher education, and for the University of Nebraska to be one of a very few featured universities is a recognition of how well regarded it is.”
The University of Nebraska has a strong international program. Almost 2,400 international students from 120 countries are studying on the four campuses, and more than 1,100 University of Nebraska students studied abroad last year. In addition, the university has a wide range of partnership agreements with universities throughout the world, facilitating faculty and student exchanges and research opportunities.
For example, UNMC offers a number of clinical and pre-clinical experiences that took 187 students to Latin America, Africa and Australia in 2006-07. The medical center also offers research and exchange programs to train health care professionals through strategic partnerships with 70 institutions in 34 countries.
UNL’s College of Engineering has a study program with the university in Fortaleza, Brazil, home of one of the top engineering schools in the country. Students spend a semester studying Portuguese and engineering.
Other international partnerships include UNO’s Center for Afghanistan Studies and its programs for Afghanistan teacher education and women entrepreneurs; archeological expeditions to Israel and Turkey; a “global classroom” at UNL allowing U.S. students to interface in real time with students in Russia, Yemen, Spain and Turkey; and a new master’s degree in business with an emphasis on global leadership, offered in partnership with Gallup.
UNK has become one of the leading destinations for students from Japan, with nearly 300 Japanese students enrolled in 2006-2007.