Office of Global Strategies
109 McMahon Hall
Phone: 202-319-6010
Web: http://global-strategies.catholic.edu
Email: global-strategies@cua.edu
Education Abroad (CUAbroad)
Director, Robert Dowden
Intensive English Program (IEP)
Director, Sister Margaret Andrew Baker
International Relations
Officer, Maricy Schmitz
Rome Center
Director, Alessia Noro
Mission Statement
The Office of Global Strategies (OGS)’s mission is to foster a sense of international community that builds on the university's strong intellectual and Catholic mission. OGS Coordinates and facilitates University-wide global education by sponsoring international exchanges of students and faculty and serving as a resource for departments and schools on campus that undertake international initiatives. In coordinating international initiatives, Global Strategies advances the international character of the university by promoting, supporting, and developing a wide range of international and intercultural educational opportunities for members of the community.
OGS includes three units. The Education Abroad unit (CUAbroad) develops and administers global educational opportunities overseas for students in coordination with the University’s academic and administrative units and other institutions in the U.S. and abroad. OGS also manages the Rome Center, where students are able not only to take Catholic University courses but also to immerse themselves in the Eternal City. The Intensive English Program (IEP) is an ESL academic program for undergraduate and graduate students who need to increase their English language proficiency before or after admission to a degree-granting program at The Catholic University of America. OGS is also one of the pillars of the Institute for Latin American and Iberian Institutes (ILAIS).
Services
The Office of Global Strategies provides the following services to the Catholic University community:
- Provides university-wide international strategic vision
- Provides university-wide guidelines and standards (i.e., overseas crisis management, health, safety, and liability overseas)
- Follows and ensures best practices in matters of education abroad
- Oversees and coordinates university-wide international agreements and Memoranda of Understanding
- Coordinates the hosting of international visiting scholars, including Fulbright scholars, and visiting delegations
- Acts as a clearinghouse for Catholic University international programs and services
- Covers Catholic University overseas program participants with emergency evacuation insurance
- Supports schools in their efforts to internationalize their curricula
- Provides staff and faculty training in overseas program management
- Administers a variety of education abroad programs around the globe (short-term, semester/year long, internships)
- Issues the International Student and Teacher Identity Cards (ISIC and ITIC)
- Host education abroad and travel resource library
- Assists international students, scholars, and faculty with immigration-related advising and cultural programming
- Serves as the University's official liaison to the federal government for immigration-related issues
CUAbroad (Education Abroad)
110 McMahon
Phone: 202-319-6010
Web: http://cuabroad.catholic.edu
Email: cua-cuabroad@cua.edu
Director, Robert Dowden, dowden@cua.edu
CUAbroad, the education abroad unit of the Office of Global Strategies, develops and administers international educational opportunities through collaboration with Catholic University faculty and academic and administrative units, as well as institutions in the US and abroad. Students may select from semester, academic year, summer, and spring break study abroad options or pursue international internships. CUAbroad provides advising on program selection and credit transfer, pre-departure and re-entry services, international health insurance, the International Student ID Card, and information on scholarships and grants.
Intensive English Program (IEP)
109 McMahon Hall
Phone:202-319-5229
Web: http://iep.catholic.edu
Email: bakermar@cua.edu
Director, Sister Margaret Andrew Baker, bakermar@cua.edu
Established in 1983, this English language training program is for international undergraduate and graduate students whose application to an academic program needs the support of further instruction in English, with special emphasis on academic English.