Goal 1.            Make globalization an integral part of UMES’ mission and strategic plan. 

a.         Make a formal globalization commitment in UMES’ mission statement.

b.         Establish an international education advisory council.

c.        Incorporate globalization criteria into the internal assessments and external accreditation process.

d.         Assess the infrastructure needs to support international education throughout the institution.

e.         Establish a budget allocation process to support university-wide international education efforts. 

Goal 2.           Internationalize the curriculum and promote greater involvement of all students in significant international education experiences. 

a.         Engage and collaborate in university and/or international consortium activities for most students to have access to overseas experiences (i.e. study abroad, research, internship, student teaching, and service learning).

b.        Establish international experience targets by number of students and/or percentage of graduating classes with overseas experiences.

c.         Develop a monitoring and tracking system to measure the value-added dimensions of the experiences, such as enhanced career prospects and language skill applications.

d.         Provide opportunities for graduate students to research and produce theses and dissertations related to international topics.

e.         Require an international component as a General Education degree requirement (i.e. emerging issues) for all students.

f.          Encourage the development of curricula that will reflect the ever growing global interconnectedness (e.g. international courses and courses with international content will be considered as part of the core curriculum and the global aspect will be reflected in all disciplines). 

Goal 3.           Assure that research and scholarship pertaining to international matters permeate disciplinary and interdisciplinary fields. 

a.         Encourage faculty to include an international dimension in their research.

b.         Promote and encourage collaborative research with foreign scholars.

c.         Ensure that library holdings include scholarly international publications.

d.         Include and promote the use of international electronic databases. 

Goal 4.           Create and maintain a stimulating and supportive academic and cultural environment for international students and scholars. 

a.                   Ensure an adequate infrastructure to support students and scholars from abroad (e.g., advising, orientation, and counseling).

b.                  Develop and maintain a range of credit and noncredit cross-cultural programs for students.

c.                  Assign the responsibilities regarding immigration and visas to the Center for International Education.

d.                  Seek external funds to establish endowed scholarships and fellowships for international students and scholars.  

Goal 5.            Increase the international activity of faculty and staff. 

a.                   Establish an endowed “Global Growth Fund” to support faculty and professional staff to engage in international education activities.

b.                  Assist faculty and professionals to integrate international experiences into their professional and career paths.

c.                   Recognize faculty and staff international accomplishments.

d.                  Develop grants seeking mechanism to track grants and programs that support international research capabilities.

e.                   Establish a “spoken” foreign language laboratory with emphasis on speaking (verbal) capacity for faculty, staff and university community. 

Goal 6.           Develop partnerships and collaborations with some University System of Maryland campuses and/or other institutions of higher education to support globalization efforts. 

a.                   Develop Linkage Agreements with selected USM campuses (i.e. SU, UMBC, BSC, and CSU) to share experiences in international education. 

b.                  Develop Linkage Agreements with other U.S. institutions of higher education to share experiences in international education. 

c.                   Develop Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) with overseas institutions of higher education, research centers, ministries and private sector to provide opportunities for study, research and teaching abroad for UMES students, faculty and staff.