Global Education & Affairs

The Office of Global Education & Affairs (GEA) assists the college in preparing students to successfully compete in the job market, improve their quality of life, and embrace cultural diversity. The GEA seeks to increase global awareness throughout the college, while serving the international needs of the local community.

The GEA includes the Director of International Projects, Center for International Business Education (CIBE) and the Office of International Students (OIS). The GEA is responsible for developing international academic exchanges and linkages for the college, coordinating college study abroad programs, assisting in recruiting international students, seeking outside funding for and administering international education (IE) activities at the College, coordinating faculty and staff exchanges, assisting in IE curriculum development activities, and acting as liaison to public and private domestic and international agencies and associations. The GEA also directs the CIBE in developing international business education curriculum and soliciting input from the CIBE citizen advisory board on Daytona State College international education programs and in obtaining internationally related contract-training programs.

Over the past several years the GEA has administered several projects for the college including a Workforce Development Project, funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and AACC with the Universidad Regiomontana in Mexico to develop import/export programs; the Tertiary Education Linkage Program, funded by USAID and administered by the United Negro College Fund, as part of a consortium with Bethune-Cookman University and the University of Central Florida with Vista University in South Africa for curriculum development activities; and the North American Mobility Program for Higher Education (Mobility) with colleges and universities in Canada and Mexico exchanging students, faculty and staff, the first from 1997-2001 was in computer engineering technology and international business. Each of these projects has allowed the college to send faculty, staff and students for an overseas experience.

The College is currently funded for two additional North American Mobility programs, one in Hospitality Management, Tourism and Culinary Arts which began in 2003 and ends in 2008.  During the length of the grant, more than 20 students have been exchanged.  The other project, North American Culinary Arts Specialization Program, started in 2007. As with the other NAMP projects, this one includes two institutions from Canada, two from Mexico and two from the US.  In addition to academic exchanges the programs support the developing of joint curriculum, faculty exchanges and other related activities.  On-going projects also include faculty and staff exchanges with the Wuxi Institute of Technology in China.

In addition we are cooperating with the government of the Dominican Republic, the Office of the President, the Secretary of Higher Education, Science and Technology, and a businessmen’s association there to develop a community college in Eastern Santo Domingo, The Instituto Tecnico Superior Comunitario (The Superior Technical Community Institute).  Activities were formally initiated in March 2007 with the signing of a contract with the Domincan government for $1.78 million sponsored by the Inter- American Development Bank (IDB).  The inauguration is expected in the Fall 2008 with classes to begin late 2008 or early 2009. A similar project was initiated in November 2007 with the signing of a contract with Government of the Bahamas, also sponsored by a $1.01 million IDB contract with the government of the Bahamas to restructure its Bahamas Vocational Technical Institute over a period of three years.  That project will include the structuring of the BTVI to be more like a US style community college. 

The office also assists faculty and staff in coordinating student study abroad programs.  Currently we have one program to England.  The college has also sponsored trips to India, Mexico and Italy.  Finally in cooperation with the Center for Business & Industry, the Visual Arts/Graphics Department and the Tryone/Donegal Partnership in Ireland, the college has been host to students from Ireland for a 10-week program in Digital Media and will renew the program in 2008. 

The office also houses the Office of International Students (OIS). The OIS assists international students in finding housing and host families, dealing with health insurance issues, and assisting in opening bank accounts. OIS also provides other community information, general advising from academic peer support to student activities, and on-campus student employment information. The OIS is located adjacent to the GEA office in Building 110, Room 204.  The office can be reached at (386) 506-3565.

The GEA is located in Building 110, Rooms 201, 202 and 203. The Department can be reached at (386) 506-3141, 506- 3683, or 506-3675.

rev. 3-03-08

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