4/30/02

Bob Lowry, 334/844-9999

AU HOSTING ALABAMA ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATORS

AUBURN -- Officials from the U.S Immigration and Naturalization Service and the FBI will be among the speakers on Thursday and Friday (May 2-3) at the 2002 Conference of the Alabama Association of International Educators hosted by Auburn University.

The meeting, which begins at noon Thursday at the AU Hotel and Dixon Conference Center, is being hosted by the AU Office of International Education and Office of International Student Life.

Much of the two-day program will center around the issue of international students in the United States in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist acts.

Guest speakers include Tamara Mathews of the INS in Atlanta; Bill Jordan of the INS in Mobile; Brig. Gen. Mike Sumrall of Montgomery, Alabama's adjutant general; Gregg Miller, manager of the Alabama Emergency Agency's Terrorism Program; Dr. Donald Williamson, director of the state Department of Public Health; Lt. Col. Charles Andrews, assistant director of the state Department of Public Safety; and Sharon Ormsby, supervisory senior agent for the FBI.

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Here's the complete agenda:

** noon - 1 p.m. Lunch - Opening Remarks/Welcome (Meeting Room E, R & G)

** 1:15 p.m. - 2 p.m. Student Confidentiality Issues and Government Update: David Ware, David Ware & Associates (Seminar Room I)

** 2:10 p.m. - 3:10 p.m. Immigration and Naturalization Services Update: Tamara Mathews, INS Atlanta; Bill Jordan, INS Mobile (Seminar Room I)

** 3:10 p.m. - 3:25 p.m. Break

** 3:25 p.m.-4:10 p.m. Concurrent Sessions; Our Undocumented Students: They Canšt Go Home! Are They Welcome on Campuses? Doug Podoll, Georgia State University (Seminar Room I) F-1 Basics Part I; Brenda Hinson and Cindy Nobles, University of South Alabama (Computer Lab) Advanced Immigration Issues: Lisa Scott, University of Alabama at Birmingham (Meeting Room H).

** 4:20 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. The Student Exchange Visitors Program (SEVP): Amy Archambault, Eileen Schittino, and Cathy Finnerty, EDS (Seminar Room I)

** 5:30 p.m.-5:45 p.m. Break

** 5:45 p.m. -6:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions; F-1 Basics Part II: Brenda Hinson and Cindy Nobles, USA (Computer Lab); Multicultural Encounters: How do you handle multicultural diversity? What can you do to raise multicultural awareness within your campus and community? Dr. John J. (Jay) Ketterer, Jacksonville State University (Seminar Room I) International Admission Issues Panel Discussion: Edwina Crawford, University of Alabama; Maynard Odom, Bishop State Community College; Nejla Orgen, Auburn University (Meeting Room H)

** 8 a.m.-8:45 a.m. INS Questions & Answers: Tamara Mathews, INS Atlanta; Bill Jordan, INS Mobile; Lisa Scott, UAB; and Brenda Hinson, USA (Seminar Room I)

** 8:55 a.m. - 9:40 a.m. Concurrent Sessions; Essentials of Foreign Educational Credential Evaluation: Mike Lisano, Lisano International (Computer Lab); Foundations of Education Abroad and Management of Student Expectations: Jim Ellis, Auburn University (Seminar Room I); How to Conduct Simple Surveys of Your Students: Adrian F. Aveni, Jacksonville State (Meeting Room H)

** 9:50 a.m. - 10:35 a.m. Concurrent Sessions; Evaluating Chinese Educational Documents Can Be FUN! Mike Lisano, Lisano International (Computer Lab); Advising on International Student/Scholar Employment Reva Bailey, University of Alabama at Huntsville (Seminar Room I); Orientation, Activities, and Community Involvement: Stacye Fraser-Thompson, UAB; Debbie Russell, Jacksonville State (Meeting Room H)

** 10:35 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Break

** 10:45 a.m. - noon Keynote Panel: Security and Safety Issues After Sept. 11; Brig. Gen. Mike Sumrall, Adjutant General of Alabama; Gregg Miller, manager, Alabama Emergency Agency's Terrorism Program; Dr. Donald Williamson, Director, state Department of Public Health; Lt. Col. Charles Andrews, assistant director, state Department of Public Safety; and Sharon Ormsby, supervisory senior agent, FBI (Seminar Room I)

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