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Professor Pack Your Bags?

Professor Pack Your Bags?. Charles Frank Northern Kentucky University frank@nku.edu. International Sabbatical. India July & August 2009 France October & November 2009 Romania March & April & May 2010. India. Indian professor friend arranged lectures at 10 Indian universities

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Professor Pack Your Bags?

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  1. Professor Pack Your Bags? Charles Frank Northern Kentucky University frank@nku.edu

  2. International Sabbatical • India • July & August 2009 • France • October & November 2009 • Romania • March & April & May 2010

  3. India • Indian professor friend arranged lectures at 10 Indian universities • Had time to be a tourist • Stayed in university housing, at professor’s home, or at her relatives’ homes • Experienced local culture

  4. Conference Lecture

  5. PRESS Conference

  6. See India

  7. France • French computer professor visited NKU • He arranged for me to visit his department in Caen, Normandy and for free housing • Worked on the security of cell phone transactions

  8. Office

  9. transportation

  10. William the conqueror

  11. Romania • Two Romanian professors in my department • Visited their former University • Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

  12. Apartment building

  13. HousingDracula’s castle

  14. Reference • G. Michael Snyder, On the Other Guy’s Dime • Relates his experience visiting Israel, England, Turkey, Nepal, Mongolia, … • Getting it paid for by the host institution • Fulbright Scholarships • Challenges and rewards of living abroad

  15. How do I arrange it? • Visiting international professors • International Studies Office • International professor you meet at meeting such as SIGCSE • International students • Writing universities (Michael Schneider)

  16. What are the benefits? • Memorable experience • My wife and I still talk about our trips • Do I remember all the assignments I graded or these trips? • Chance to make international friends • Experience another culture and educational system • Get some scholarship done.

  17. Can I afford it? • We had free lodging and a kitchen in our university apartments. • Tax deductible business expenses • Flight, food, living expenses • Sabbatical salary • 65% of year sabbatical

  18. What are the challenges? • What if you are not proficient in the language? • Most of the educated world speaks English. • Can you leave your comfort zone? • You cannot pack all of your clothes. • What about the dog? • We shipped him to our son in Denver.

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