#24 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Managing International Students // Co-Directors of the IPO - Erin Kane & Heather Reed (4K)

Today is actually a very big milestone. Any guesses as to what we are celebrating today? This podcast is now 1 year old! In that year we’ve had 23 guests who came from 13 different countries but we are very much just getting started. Many more episodes have already been recorded and just between you and me, I may have a plan to record a few more in the not too distant future. Stay tuned. In this episode we’re breaking all the rules. We have not one guest but two. And… they’re not classmates of mine. In a Back to College first, we are sitting down with the Co-Direcors of the IPO (International Programs Office). These two take the lead of managing and looking after all the International students coming into Augustana, whether they are 4 year degree seekers like myself, international transfer students, or students on a study away program from other countries. On the flip side they also organise all the study abroad courses for students enrolled at Augustana University. It’s a massive operation but that alone is not what makes the IPO one-of-a-kind. I can’t stress enough how unusual it is to have such rich diversity at a college that would otherwise be more vanilla than your ice-cream. That’s all thanks to the IPO. With each guest having grown up in the midwest, we’ll hear about each of their study abroad experiences and how it transformed them into people with pure passion and care towards the work they do today. They are the unofficial mothers of the IPO, it’s time to go back to college with Erin & Heather. SHOW LINKS Follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠the IPO ⁠⁠⁠⁠on Insta⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠gram Follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Zac⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Listen to the podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Augustana University: Find your bold at Augustana: https://www.augie.edu/ Chapters: 0:00 Trailer 2:14 Intro 4:48 Welcome Erin & Heather 5:13 Roles as Co-Directors of IPO 8:44 Fostering a Family 10:27 Heather's Studying Abroad Experiences 13:14 Erin's Study Abroad Experiences 15:26 The importance of Sending Students Abroad 16:53 Preparing for J-Term 19:45 Most Common Questions Students Ask 21:53 Resources to Help Students Financially 23:35 Their "why" 26:02 Not Just Regular Students 28:31 A True Community 30:01 Small Enough to Actually Make a Big Impact 32:04 Challenges Navigating Students in a Volitile World 35:52 Erin and Heather's Lettergrade 39:28 Things that would make the job better 40:20 This is Why You Should Choose Augustana 42:48 Why Studying Abroad at College is a MUST