Please join us on Friday, Dec. 8 at 3:00 pm ET (2:00 CT/1:00 MT/12:00 pm PT) to learn from university library colleagues some ways that they have been working to increase their international students' sense of belonging. Students' sense of belonging has been identified as a potential lever to promote success, engagement, and well-being at university. Sense of belonging is related to students' cognition, affect, and behaviors. In other words, students can think, feel, and act with an assurance that they belong.
Mark Mattson will discuss strategies he has introduced in his role as the Head of Global Engagement Initiatives and International Partnerships Librarian at Penn State University Libraries. Lauren Gavin and Nicole LaMoreaux, of The New School in New York city, worked together to create a 30 minute workshop for international students (as well as first gen and non-traditional students). They will discuss their process and how the first iteration went. There will be time at the conclusion of the panelists' presentations to ask questions and to share what you may be doing to increase international students' sense of belonging.
No registration is needed. The session will be held in Zoom: arizona.zoom.us/s/2525840592
No passcode necessary.
Hope to see you there!
Academic Library Services to International Students Interest Group Conveners
- Peggy Nzomo, University of Illinois
- Paula Johnson, University of Arizona
- Katie Odhner, Penn State Abingdon
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Paula C Johnson
University of Arizona Libraries, Student Learning & Engagement Associate Librarian
Liaison to Colleges of Engineering and Architecture, Planning & Landscape Architecture
520.621.9862
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