frIDAy, APrIl 4, 2014 annual business meeting anD presentation of the peter a. Wollitzer aDvocacY aWarD | 8 to 8:45 a.m. morning conference sessions | 8:45 to 10 a.m. adopting individualized institutional standards for student health, safety and crisis Management that Go Beyond the field’s Minimum requirements William P. Hoye (IES Abroad), Susan Popko (Santa Clara University), Julie Friend (Northwestern University) This session will explore the idea of adapting health, safety and crisis management standards that go beyond the field’s minimum requirements by creating augmented individualized guidelines to help colleges, universities and providers review, identify, articulate and personalize and enahnce their own approaches to health and safety standards. california community colleges: using education abroad to prepare students to Meet Global challenges, retention and success Rosalind Raby (California Colleges for International Education (CCIE)), Gary Rhodes (Center for Global Education, UCLA), Michael Mandelkern (Orange Coast College), Tamra Horton (Mt. San Antonio College) There is a pressing demand for community colleges to re-focus delivery of curriculum and programs that define skills that students need and want, such as education abroad. This panel highlights innovations that California community colleges are implementing in which education abroad impacts personal development, college completion, and success. cross-cultural Training for faculty: a Model for faculty preparation Steven Duke (Wake Forest University), Michael Vande Berg (MVB Associates), Penelope Pynes (University of North Carolina at Greensboro) The number of faculty-led programs is increasing, but are we giving faculty leaders the knowledge and tools to effectively intervene in how students learn intercultural skills and awareness? This session will explore models for training faculty in theoretical approaches to intercultural learning, assessing student intercultural competence and activities for frame-shifting. 16