It’s time to submit your events, activities, speakers, and programs to be included in the Ready for the World Passport for the fall semester of the 2013-2014 academic year. Faculty, staff, and students are urged to use an electronic form to quickly and easily provide information about events related to the international and intercultural initiative. In order to produce the Passport in time for the start of the fall semester, information about your unit’s fall programs is needed by Friday, May 17.
The Ready for the World Cafe at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, invites diners to experience a fusion of Japanese and French fare on Thursday, April 25. The cafe operates from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Thursdays in the UT Visitors Center on Neyland Drive. Cost is $12, and the faculty-staff discount does not apply. For tickets and reservations call 865-974-6645 or e-mail rhtm@utk.edu.
An executive committee oversees the initiatives of RFTW in coordination with a broadly representative steering committee.
The executive committee includes:
Provost Susan Martin
Vice Provost for Academic Affairs Sally McMillan
Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs Sarah Gardial
Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School Carolyn Hodges
Associate Provost Pia Wood, who also directs the Center for International Education
The steering committee includes representatives drawn from the faculty and administration of the academic colleges, students, the Council on Diversity and Inclusiveness and other campus constituencies.
The following are the names of the Steering Committee Members:
Amy Blakely, Assistant Director of Media Relations
Neal Eash, Associate Professor of Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science
Rita Geier, Special Associate to the Chancellor
Robert Hinde, Professor of Chemistry
Pam Hindle, Associate Registrar
Carolyn Hodges, Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School
George Hoemann, Assistant Dean of Distance Education
Barbara Klinkhammer, Associate Professor and Associate Dean of Architecture
Jan Lee, Professor and Associate Dean of Nursing
Ada Leung, Graduate Assistant in Child and Family Studies
Ebone Lipsey, Student Assistant in Undergraduate Admissions
Gayle Lodato, Coordinator III in the College of Social Work
Susan Martin, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Michael McFall, Assistant Director of Institutional Research and Assessment
Jake Morrow, Research Associate II in Institutional Research and Assessment
Kristi Nelms, Assistant Director of University Housing
John Peters, Professor of Educational Psychology and Counseling
Anton Reece, Director of the Student Success Center
Kelly Robbins, Professor of Animal Science
Jane Row, Associate Professor of Library Studies
Jon Shefner, Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of Global Studies
Kim Smith, Student
Gregory Stein, Professor and Associate Dean of Law
Sam Swan, Professor of Journalism and Electronic Media
Donna Thomas, Senior Associate Director of Athletics
David Woehr, Professor of Management
Pia Wood, Associate Provost and Director of the Center for International Education
