IP Advisory Team (IPAT)

Purpose

The International Program Advisory Team’s purpose is to:

• Act as a bridge between statewide IFAS faculty and the IP office
• Provide advice to the Director of IFAS IP on issues that the Director and/or faculty bring to the Team
• Provide feedback to the Director on opportunities or problems
• Assist in implementing new policies and programs that the Director deems advantageous to the program.
• Assist in the selection of awards made by the IP office.

Membership and Selection

The IPAT committee will consist of 19 members appointed by the Senior Vice President of IFAS. One person will represent each department in CALS (16 departments) and one person will represent the county extension faculty. The remaining two members will be an undergraduate student and a graduate student.

Each of the 16 department members will be nominated by the department chair in consultation with Center Directors that house department faculty and in consultation with the IP Director who will assure adequate representation for extension, research, teaching and the RECs.

IPAT members serve 4-year appointments. Student representatives are appointed for one year and are appointed by the CALS Dean.

Additional Information

IPAT will provide policy advice and assistance to the Director of International Programs on matters pertaining to: 1) establishing and reaching internationalization goals, 2) developing and enhancing an integrated approach to the international dimension and collaboration in the areas of Teaching, Research and Extension, and 3) assuming a leadership role in university-wide international strategy.

If you have comments or are interested in finding out more about IPAT please contact the Chair, John VanSickle.

This team draws from and builds on work of the previous two IPAT committees, including recommendations, identified needs, interests, current programs and potential opportunities.