“Global Studies at Northwest Arkansas Community College is for all of Northwest Arkansas”


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A Consideration to Make a Good NWACC Global Education 
a Great NWACC Global Education



Promotion of NWACC’s Study Abroad Programs

by Miles D Fish

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Promotion of NWACC’s Study Abroad Programs
Consideration:
Miles Fish, Spokesperson, Director of Studies Abroad Information

DUTIES OF THE DIRECTOR
  • Set up and maintain a website for NWACC’s educational abroad and educational travel offerings much like the sites I set up for www.NWACCinITALY.com and www.TenDaysInTuscany.fish . (subject to NWACC PR approvals, of course)
  • Create and publish Youtube video’s promoting NWACC global studies—Greece, Thailand, Germany, Haiti, Italy, etc.
  • Contact local and regional TV and radio programs including KUAF to secure public service air time to promote NWACC’s global educational offerings.
  • Contact local and area civic clubs Lions, Rotary, Chamber of Commerce, etc.—and ask to be a guest speaker to promote our various global programs.
  • Contact area colleges—UA, John Brown, UA Ft. Smith—and visit their classes to promote our global studies programs.
  • During the course of a year—Fall through Spring—visit a minimum of 30 civic clubs, colleges, and high schools as guest speaker to promote NWACC’s global studies.
  • During the course of a year visit a minimum of 12 NWACC classes to promote our international program.
  • During the course of a year release, through NWACC PR, a minimum of 8 articles (w/photos when possible) about NWACC’s studies abroad.
  • Set up and maintain a Facebook page for our combined studies abroad programs (much like my FB pages for NWACC in ITALY and Ten Days in Tuscany).
  • For all the promotional visits—civic clubs, university/colleges/high schools, NWACC classes, I will provide and promote easy access to web info.
  • For all the promotional visits I will personally produce and distribute paper printed handouts, brochures, etc.
  • Print NWACC Studies Abroad posters and send to area high schools (also would a good general promotion for NWACC).
  • Assist Jeremy Youmans promote the global program within the NWACC community by assisting him with NWACC publicity—posters, plan/host info events, etc. 
  • Assist NWACC Studies traveling faculty in planning their educational destinations. 
  • Promote travel programs sponsored by the NWACC Foundation.


ACCOUNTABILITY
  • At the end of each year period (end of Spring semester), provide a log of promotional events including dates and locations of civic clubs, colleges, high schools, NWACC promotional visits, etc,  
  • Provide a list of all web work, news releases/articles, Youtubes, posters and printed promotional handouts


COMPENSATION
  • Compensation for all mentioned above: 2 course overloads 
  • Compensation for travel/gas/travel expenses/internet web cost/ handout/posters production, etc.: 1 course overload
  • Total Compensation for all: 3 course overload.

Duration of the “trial” appointment: two years (semesters Fall 2018/Spring 2019 and Fall 2019/Spring 2020). However, the “trial” may be terminated at the end of any semester by NWACC administration or by Miles.

Jeremy Youmans (jyoumans@nwacc.edu , NWACC’s Director of International Programs) and I have worked together on the NWACC in ITALY program for the last two years and it has been a good, productive relationship. He and I have  visited about the possibility of this new role for me and he believes it would be good for all the travel ed program and for NWACC.

JOB TITLE SUGGESTION
“Director of Studies Abroad Information at NWACC”

I believe this additional face-to-face promotion between NWACC and the organizations and schools of the NWA community will enhance our standing in our community as we promote our global programs. 

  • NOTE: everything presented here in this doc is negotiable. MILES


M.FISH BRIEF BIO
  • Professor of Music, NWACC for 20+ years
  • Known in the NWA community as a travel leader (see tour history at NWACCinITALY.com)
  • Since 2001 I’ve spent 1/4 of each year in Europe living, teaching, researching
  • Been affiliated with three different college international schools in Siena, Italy
  • Non-music skills include public speaking and writing (my first major from the U of A was Communications/Journalism where I was the editor of the college literary magazine
  • Skilled at graphic design for print and web
  • Skilled at travel photography (two published photography books at iBooks)
  • Founder/Advisor NWACC in ITALY
  • Promotor/Planner/Guide for NWACC Foundation’s Ten Days in Tuscany 2018 (raised $4,000 for Studies Abroad scholarships.
Submitted for consideration to Dr. Jorgenson, Wednesday, April 25.


Miles Dayton Fish
Professor of Music, Northwest Arkansas Community College   mfish@nwacc.edu
NWACC in Italy School Advisor, NWACCinITALY.com

eBooks by Miles Fish at Apple iTunes: 
1. "DODICI—The First Twelve Italian Summers” 
2. "Recapitulating Vivaldi” Part One
3. “Looking for Vivaldi”

Conrad Krauft Research Grant Award "Beethoven in Vienna"
National Endowment for Humanities "America's Music Scholar” 
American Choral Directors Association (ACDA)
American Musicologist Society (AMS)
Society for American Music (SAM)
Conductors Guild (CG)

CLICK to read the article “Discovering the Rediscovery of Antonio Vivaldi” by M.Fish​

(All of the above is posted at www.MilesFish.com , just click on the button “Study Abroad Consideration” at the top of the opening page.