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HAPPY NEW YEAR & LEADERSHIP UPDATE
Your Region VII Leadership Team wishes you a Happy New Year and successful start to your Spring term. A few new people have joined the regional leadership team as others rotated off. Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the changes. Their faces, names and home institutions are listed on our Region VII
leadership page for reference.
We look forward to seeing you in Orlando for our annual regional conference this November 17-20. Enjoy these promo videos to kick off the planning year ahead!
Thank you for all you do to support international education across our great region!
~ The Region VII Leadership Team
ADVOCACY DAY 2019
When: March 18-19, 2019
What: Each year, NAFSA convenes a 2-day event in Washington DC called
Advocacy Day. It is a powerful way for international educators to be heard. As an attendee, you'll share your personal stories and communicate the value of a globally engaged United States via:
Meeting personally with your members of Congress and their staff as scheduled by NAFSA
Influencing new and pending legislation that affects our profession, students, and scholars
Sharing your personal stories and communicating the value of international education
Advocacy Training to enhance your presentation skills
Providing data on how international education impacts economic growth in your states and districts
Region VII is pleased to support 3 travel grants up to $750 each to defray the cost of travel and participation in NAFSA's Advocacy Day, 2019. Travel Grant applications closed January 8th.
Notification: Awardees will be notified by Tuesday, January 15, 2019 in time to register for the Advocacy Day early bird rate, which expires, Tuesday, January 22, 2019.
REGBUD UPDATE
USCIS To Discontinue Email Boxes for Service Centers
On January 21st, 2019 USCIS will discontinue he service center e-mail boxes for case-specific questions. The following email boxes will be discontinued.
You are encouraged to visit the USCIS website for more details about this discontinuation and guidance on how to seek assistance on your case.
PLEASE: Continue to submit case issues and those with no clear resolution to NAFSA's "IssueNet Report An Issue" so that we can track trends and provide liaison help.
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Thank you to Regina George at University of South Alabama for this update.
REGION VII STATE UPDATES
Please note: The following state updates from within Region VII derive from our 7 state associations, which are not associated with NAFSA.
SOUTH CAROLINA
South Carolina Association of International Educators (SCAIE)
Registration is OPEN for SCAIE's state conference on February 1st at Charleston Southern University. A pre-conference workshop on F-1 Visa advising will take place January 31st. Please visit the SCAIE website for all the details.
FLORIDA
Florida Association of International Educators (FAIE)
Registration is OPEN for FAIE's 2019 Annual State Conference at Florida International University, February 21-22, 2019 in beautiful Miami! Please visit the
FAIE website for all the details.
GEORGIA
Georgia Association of International Educators (GAIE)
Registration is OPEN for Georgia Association of International Educator's (GAIE) Winter Conference 2019 in Savannah, GA, Jan. 30 - Feb. 1, 2019. Please visit the
GAIE website for more details, session submissions, and the registration form.
Georgia International Leadership Conference (GILC)
Feb. 22-24, 2019. GILC is a weekend student conference primarily focused on bringing together international students and study abroad students (both those returned from, going or interesting in going abroad) from across the state of Georgia. All institutions are invited to send students with a chaperone. See website for details. Registration opens January 15 - February 15, 2019.
The vacancies below are listed free as a courtesy but are not associated with paid listings in the NAFSA Career Center.
To add a position, email [email protected] with your request.
