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Please consider attending this important conference on international foreign language education in the US and help us distribute this announcement widely. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Lynda Park<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><img width=1207 height=205 id=bfd447b8-952b-4258-9a03-31b7ec742cea src="cid:image002.jpg@01CF3C6B.8C1AAF40"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><a href="http://www.wm.edu/offices/revescenter/internationalization/description%20/index.php"><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Internationalization of U.S. Education in the 21<sup>st</sup> Century:</span></a></span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span class=MsoHyperlink><b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.wm.edu/offices/revescenter/internationalization/description%20/index.php"><u><span style='color:blue'>The Future of International and Foreign Language Studies</span></u></a></span></i></b></span><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><br><br></span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>A Research Conference on National Needs and Policy Implications</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>April 11-13, 2014</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Williamsburg, VA</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div style='margin-top:14.0pt;margin-bottom:14.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>J</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>oin us for this landmark conference on the importance of international and foreign language education to the nation's future.</span></b><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Please </span></b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><a href="https://reservations.wm.edu/EmsRegics/InternationalizationRevesCenter"><b><u><span style='color:blue'>register</span></u></b></a><b> by March 15th. Space is limited!</b></span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='margin-left:30.0pt;margin-top:14.0pt;margin-right:30.0pt;margin-bottom:14.0pt'><div><div style='margin-left:30.0pt;margin-top:14.0pt;margin-right:30.0pt;margin-bottom:14.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-left:30.0pt;margin-top:14.0pt;margin-right:30.0pt;margin-bottom:14.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>KEYNOTE SPEAKERS</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div style='margin-left:30.0pt;margin-top:14.0pt;margin-right:30.0pt;margin-bottom:14.0pt'><div><div style='margin-left:30.0pt;margin-top:14.0pt;margin-right:30.0pt;margin-bottom:14.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.washingtonspeakers.com/speakers/speaker.cfm?SpeakerID=7310"><u><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:blue'>Governor Jon Huntsman</span></u></a></span><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>, </span></b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>American politician, businessman, and diplomat who served as the 16th Governor of Utah from 2005 to 2009, and as United States Ambassador to Singapore from 1992 to 1993, and China from 2009 to 2011. He has served in the administrations of four U.S. Presidents and was a candidate for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-left:30.0pt;margin-top:14.0pt;margin-right:30.0pt;margin-bottom:14.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.ups.com/pressroom/us/bios/bios/About+UPS/UPS+Leadership/Speeches/Kurt+Kuehn/ci.Kurt+Kuehn.syndication"><u><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:blue'>Kurt Kuehn</span></u></a>, </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>UPS's Chief Financial Officer, who has been on the front lines of UPS's transformation from a private U.S.-focused small package delivery company to one of the world's largest publicly-traded logistics companies with more than 397,000 employees.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div style='margin-left:30.0pt;margin-top:14.0pt;margin-right:30.0pt;margin-bottom:14.0pt'><div><div style='margin-left:30.0pt;margin-top:14.0pt;margin-right:30.0pt;margin-bottom:14.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><a href="https://president.fiu.edu/about/"><u><span style='color:blue'>Mark Rosenberg</span></u></a></span><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>,</span></b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> P<span style='background:white'>resident, Florida International University. Dr. Rosenberg has served as the fifth president of FIU since August 2009. A political scientist specializing in Latin America, Dr. Rosenberg is the first FIU faculty member to ascend to the university's presidency.</span></span><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-left:30.0pt;margin-top:14.0pt;margin-right:30.0pt;margin-bottom:14.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Additional keynotes by: </span></b><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><a href="http://fsi.stanford.edu/people/thomas_fingar"><u><span style='color:blue'>Thomas Fingar</span></u></a></span><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>,</span></b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> Distinguished Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, and former Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analysis and Chairman of the National Intelligence Council; </span><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><a href="http://asiasociety.org/officers"><u><span style='color:blue'>Anthony Jackson</span></u></a></span><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>,</span></b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> Vice President, Asia Society; </span><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><a href="https://www.princeton.edu/~rkeohane/"><u><span style='color:blue'>Robert Keohane</span></u></a></span><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>,</span></b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> Professor of International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University </span><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div style='margin-left:30.0pt;margin-top:14.0pt;margin-right:30.0pt;margin-bottom:14.0pt'><div><div style='margin-left:30.0pt;margin-top:14.0pt;margin-right:30.0pt;margin-bottom:14.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Preliminary program now online </span><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.wm.edu/offices/revescenter/internationalization/schedule%20/index.php"><u><span style='color:blue'>here</span></u></a></span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:navy'>.</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:navy'> </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-left:30.0pt;margin-top:14.0pt;margin-right:30.0pt;margin-bottom:14.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>________________________________</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Sponsored by the Coalition for International Education and the College of William & Mary</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br>With generous support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Henry Luce Foundation and the following: African Studies Association, American Councils for International Education, Association for Asian Studies, Association for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies, and Middle East Studies Association<br><br>The United States faces an urgent education issue that will directly affect our nation’s wellbeing for generations to come: the global competence of Americans. Global competence includes deep expertise in the languages and cultures of other nations and regions, to basic understanding of the rest of the world and the United States’ role today. It ensures our national security, economic competitiveness, and foreign policy leadership. In short, global competence enables Americans to understand and cooperate with others to meet global challenges at home and abroad in the 21st century. Yet international and foreign language education—the essential means to building global competence—is in jeopardy due to shifts in institutional priorities and shrinking public and private investment.<br><br>Join leaders in academia, K-12 education, business, government, and the NGO sectors for timely research and discussion of national human resource needs and strategies for enabling U.S. educational institutions to address the broad national policy goals to: </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Ensure a globally competent citizenry and workforce</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Strengthen the U.S. ability to solve global problems</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Produce international experts and knowledge for national needs</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul></div></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Miriam A. Kazanjian, Consultant<br>Coalition for International Education<br>E-mail <a href="mailto:makazanjian@earthlink.net"><u><span style='color:blue'>makazanjian@earthlink.net</span></u></a><br>Tel 301-230-9214<br><a href="http://www.usglobalcompetence.org/"><u><span style='color:blue'>http://www.usglobalcompetence.org</span></u></a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>