Three LASPAU staff members attended the NAFSA 2009 Annual Conference in Los Angeles, which took place May 25-29, 2009. As part of the week-long conference, Program Coordinator Amy Whitish was a presenter on a session entitled “Your Campus Needs More Latin American Students” along with María Mercedes Salmon from the Fulbright Commission in Ecuador, Fanny del Rio from the Fulbright Commission in Uruguay, and Hodgie Bricke from the University of Kansas. LASPAU’s Associate Director for Programs Craig Hastings chaired a session entitled “Attract Fulbright Grantees from Outside Major Cities in Colombia and Mexico” along with Ann Mason from the Fulbright Commission in Colombia and Maggie Hug from COMEXUS. Craig Hastings also coordinated two poster sessions at the conference: one on “Updates on Country Policies and Higher Education”, and a second one on “Working with Sponsors and Program Organizations” where Amy and Craig presented a poster on the sponsored student programs LASPAU administers. LASPAU’s Manager of Placement Services Ryan Keane also attended the conference.
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