University International Council
Charge and Membership
The University International Council (UIC) serves the President and the Executive Vice President and Provost (EVPP) in an advisory capacity on global matters. Its broad charge is to propose new policies and support the initiation, implementation, and ongoing evaluation of global activities of the University. The UIC shall undertake proactive steps to monitor and encourage the globalization of the University’s academic and co-curricular programs, research, and creative activities.
More specifically, the UIC is charged with the following:
- Supporting internationally focused academic programs and support units.
- Encouraging and supporting faculty to incorporate global components into new or existing curricula.
- Supporting faculty to participate in interdisciplinary global research and creative activities.
- Fostering faculty and staff engagement in global activities for professional purposes.
- Encouraging students to actively participate in global academic experiences both virtually and abroad.
- Supporting the continued development of a global, diverse, and inclusive academic environment through engagement with experiential learning opportunities and intercultural awareness and competence across all campus communities.
- Supporting policy, structural, and operational changes to increase and retain the presence of diversity across all campus communities.
Composition
4 Ex-Officio - The Associate Provost for Global Affairs, the Vice Provost of Faculty Development (or EVPP designee), and a representative from the Vice President for Research and Creativity will serve as ex-officio members. The Chair of the Committee will also serve as an ex-officio non-voting member.
Committee Roster
Faculty
Ilana Chertok
chertok@ohio.edu
HSP/Nursing
Catherine Cutcher
cutcher@ohio.edu
Associate Director, Center for International Studies
Haley Duschinski
duschins@ohio.edu
Director of the Center for International Studies and Professor of Anthropology
Todd Fredricks
fredrick@ohio.edu
Natalie Kruse-Daniels
krusen@ohio.edu
Environmental Studies
David LaPalombara
lapalomb@ohio.edu
Vic Matta
matta@ohio.edu
Associate Professor of Analytics & Information Systems
Greg Obi
obi@ohio.edu
Associate Professor of Management
Saumya Pant
pant@ohio.edu
Barbel Such
such@ohio.edu
Modern Languages
Bilal Urkmez
urkmezbi@ohio.edu
Assistant Professor Counseling and Higher Education
Yuquiu You
youy@ohio.edu
Engineering
Graduate Student
Harry Insaidoo
hi148617@ohio.edu
Administrators, Voting
Diane Cahill
cahilld@ohio.edu
Director
Rebecca Challenger
challenge@ohio.edu
OPIE
Gerry Krzic
krzic@ohio.edu
Director of OPIE
Catherine Marshall
marshallc@ohio.edu
Global Opportunities
Andy Ray
raya@ohio.edu
Director, International Student Services
Dr. Mateo Remsburg
mremsburg@ohio.edu
Assistant Vice President for Enrollment Management and Executive Director of Undergraduate Admissions
Vicki Seefeldt West
westv@ohio.edu
International Recruitment
Administrators, Non-Voting
Gillian Ice
iceg@ohio.edu
Professor and Director of Global Health
Roxanne Male-Brune
male-bru@ohio.edu
Director
Undergraduate Students
Emma Furr
ef185522@ohio.edu
International Affairs Commissioner
All University committees follow the academic-year calendar.
All students serve one-year terms. Faculty, administrators, and staff generally serve three-year terms. Ex-Officio appointments have voting privileges unless otherwise noted.