Category: Rinker Center News


  • Previous Faculty Spotlight: Kirk Robey

    Do you remember…the former Director of Foreign Student Programs, Kirk Robey?  Kirk joined Ball State in 1976, as an immigration specialist and advisor to international students. We recently had a chance to catch up with him.  Prior to coming to Ball State, Kirk graduated from the University of Buffalo (New York) with a master’s degree […]

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  • Global Advocacy: Faculty Spotlight – Dr. John Pichtel

    Dr. John Pichtel, Professor of Natural Resources and Environmental Resources, in the College of Sciences and Humanities, has led an effort to develop a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Mahidol University in Thailand.    Dr. Pichtel began this collaboration prior to the pandemic through discussions with institutional administrators and faculty at Mahidol University.  This MOU formally […]

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  • How is “Internationalization” measured?

    Global university activity and engagement is challenging to fully assess.  Participation in international projects is a longstanding aspect of measuring engagement.  When a university earnestly participates in this work, it may result in global mobility, but it commonly includes faculty professional development, organizational improvement, as well as research and publication opportunities. Similarly, the humanitarian and […]

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  • Introducing: Rinker Center for Global Affairs

    When the Rinker Center for International Programs was established in 1994, the term “international” focused on institutional growth areas of individual student mobility and connection across national borders. The Rinker Center continues to catalyze such activity and connection, but effective worldwide learning and learners depend upon the skilled navigation of a world of mobilized people, […]

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