A Call for Proposals YOU can make the difference!

The MAIE Conference provides a special opportunity to share your interests, talents, and perspectives with others in the state, as well as our partners in International Education. We look forward to receiving your submissions and your subsequent participation in the conference.

Proposals Due: January 13, 2012
Notification of Acceptance: February 1, 2012

Click here to submit your conference proposals.

Need help with session ideas? Sample topics may include:

  • Education Abroad
  • International Education Leadership
  • International Student and Scholar Services
  • Recruitment, Admissions and Preparation

  • Education Abroad
  • Crisis Management
  • Program Coordination and Marketing
  • Facilitating faculty-led and short-term programs
  • Working with third party providers
  • Enhancing student adjustment abroad
  • Re-entry (Applying EA experience after return)
  • International Education Leadership
  • Advancing campus internationalization
  • Leadership in international education
  • Advocacy (Advocating for internationalization)
  • International Student and Scholar Services
  • SEVIS
  • Programming practices (e.g. International Education Week etc.)
  • Integrating domestic and international students
  • F-1 and J-1 case studies / Ethics in International advising
  • STEM and OPT work
  • Recertification
  • Emergency planning
  • H-1B/ PERM
  • Special Community College ISSS Issues
  • Special ESL administration ISSS Issues
  • Recruitment, Admissions and Preparation
  • Marketing Basics
  • Credential Evaluation
  • Basics of Admissions
  • New Student Orientation
  • Use of Agents
  • Special Community College RAP Issues
  • Special ESL administration RAP Issues
  • These topics are not meant to be limiting. The MAIE Conference is a call to look at ways to increase the impact of our work as International Educators - to better understand the spread of effective practices and to ensure that they continue. We welcome proposals from the entire MAIE network and its partners, including program directors and staff, students, faculty, researchers, policymakers, administrators, and advocates.

Key Notes

The key to a successful conference is to offer quality sessions. Please help us make this a successful conference by submitting session and pre-conference workshop proposals that address the professional challenges and interests of international educators.


The MAIE team needs you and this is a wonderful opportunity to get involved in your state association. You may submit a session idea to be a presenter. Some suggestions by section include:

RAP: ABC’s of international admissions, SEVIS issues, credential evaluations, recruitment strategies, etc. RAP also includes Testing (TOEFL alternate tests), ESL Administration, impact of SEVIS, advising issues unique to English language students.

EA: Study abroad, outreach, pre-departure and re-entry orientations, safety issues, facilitating exchange agreements.

ISSS: Best practices for transfer students, bridging academic policies with immigration; institutional policies handling less than full time enrollment; F-1/J-1 Basics and Advanced issues; SEVIS automatic maintenance and managing the alerts; FERPA/U.S.Patriot Act; Ethics. ISSS also includes Programming for families; cross-cultural programs; health care, education, internationalizing the campus; getting domestic students involved.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE SIG: Issues created by on-line classes & non-traditional courses; attracting students to orientation, F/ M issues.

REG OMBUDS: Basic F and J immigration issues, SEVIS issues; unauthorized employment, H-1B and permanent residency immigration issues, transition from OPT to H1-B; CPT issues.

IT SIG : Technical, SEVIS, RTI, Batch, and using technology in International Education. Also provides tech support for the MAIE team, assists with web site and listserv as well as secondary tech support during the conference.