Faculty Senate

International Education Council

Role statement

The International Education Council serves in an advisory capacity to initiate, review, and recommend policies dealing with the international aspects of the University’s mission and goals. The council serves to advocate the continued internationalization of the University and to maintain review of the University’s various administrative arrangements, policies and procedures for the conduct of international programs and activities.

The council’s oversight includes internationalization activities on campus including, but not limited to, internationalization of the curriculum and enrichment of the international development and experience of faculty, staff and students, as well as the University’s presence in other countries and territories.

2026-27 Charges

In addition to its specific responsibilities listed in the International Education Council’s role statement and the work of its standing committees if such exist, the Faculty Senate Executive Board charges the IEC to consider, as a committee of the whole or through the appropriate committee or task force, the following:

  1. Support and engage in the Haenicke Institute for Global Education five-year recruitment plan. Conclude the initiative by producing a report to the Executive Board or a Memorandum of Action.
  2. Continue contact and collaborations with college-level international committees.
  3. Promote greater internationalization by...
    1. developing and recommending mechanisms to encourage faculty to develop and/or participate in bringing global perspectives to teaching, scholarship, and research
    2. communicating with the provost’s office and the Office of Research and Innovation.
  4. Develop and recommend best practices for ensuring that international students at WMU are made to feel welcome and directly connected with U.S. based students in real and meaningful ways. Conclude the initiative by producing a report to the Executive Board or a Memorandum of Action.
  5. Establish links to the current Global Learning Outcome Guide in multiple locations, so faculty, departments, and colleges creating global learning outcomes are better able to utilize the GLO Guide. Conclude the initiative by producing a report to the Executive Board or a Memorandum of Action. Conclude the initiative by producing a report to the Executive Board or a Memorandum of Action.
  6. Encourage and facilitate utilization of external campus resources and innovative programs (i.e., Institute of International Education, Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Program, Visiting Scholar-in-Residence Program, and Scholar Rescue Fund), and reciprocal faculty exchanges with international partners to increase internationalization on WMU’s campus.
  7. Review the scope and description of the council’s role statement and assess the effectiveness of the council’s practices.
  8. At the annual April IEC meeting, the council members must review the draft year-end report, to be submitted to the Faculty Senate office, by the council chair no later than May 30.
  9. Address any continuing or outstanding issues or initiatives as directed by the Faculty Senate Executive Board, members of the council, faculty, and/or academic administrators. Conclude the initiative by producing a report to the Executive Board or a Memorandum of Action.

Approved by the Faculty Senate Executive Board on Aug. 14, 2026

Printable version of the IEC 2026-27 Charges.

NOTE: The IEC will seek information from the Haenicke Institute for Global Education (HIGE) and related administrative offices to maintain communications with those office on issues directly related to them. Council recommendations are to be submitted to the Executive Board in the form of a memorandum of action (MOA) on which the recommendation(s) is/are stated. Draft MOAs should be submitted using the MOA template.

REPORTING: The IEC chairperson shall provide a written report of the council’s accomplishments and progress for the year; list the above charges noting each item’s progress and current status; any other activities undertaken; and draft charges for the 2027-28 academic year, no later than May 30, 2027. Reports should be submitted using the Year-End Report template.