June 17, 2009
Stanford Global Network and New Stanford Calendar
Location: Turing Auditorium in the Polya Hall Building
Meeting Schedule
- 8:00 - 8:30 am
- Informal networking over refreshments.
- 8:30 - 8:40
- Welcome, Announcements
Elizabeth Lasensky, TIPS Chair - 8:40 - 9:00
- Stanford Global Network
Catharine Kristian-Assistant Director of Programs, Freeman Spogli Institute - 9:05 - 9:40
- Stanford Calendar
Ammy Hill-Campus Readiness, IT Services
Meeting Notes
Announcements
- Elizabeth introduced Lisa Forgatsch as the incoming co-chair for 2009/2010.
- UMG has accepted our charter. We are now "re-chartered" for the next 5 years. UMG expressed that TIPS is a very important part of Stanford.
- Jo-Ann announced that everyone should visit the new and improved EmailCalendar website. From there, click on the Migration Checklist for information on how to prepare for the migration and the Training and Opportunities section for the courses that are currently listed. You can sort the courses by name or by date then sign up in Axess.stanford.edu.
Stanford Global Network
- Catharine KristianThe name of the website is the Stanford Global Gateway. You should have received some postcards in relation to the new Stanford Global Network. Catharine described her position Director of the International Initiative for the last four years or so.
We are breaking ground on Stanford Center at Peking in Beijing. There will be a Stanford facility there. More information will be available on the Stanford Global Network site soon.
What is the Stanford Global Network?
The Stanford Global Network is a portal to everything international in relation to Stanford. It contains a plethora of International content. Any work that takes place in a foreign country will be listed in the Global Network. Or it contains information on global cross national issues such as immigration, research, and education.
The Stanford Global Network provides a directory to all the activities and resources and tools. It helps researchers understand how to operate in foreign countries.
At this time last year we started planning the gateway. We continue to build it with the help from faculty, staff, and students. To get to the Global Network page, you can launch it from the main stanford home page, click on Global Gateway. Or you can type: http://global.stanford.edu.
To view activities, click the Research tab. For services, click "Going Abroad."
At the home page, If you want to see what's going on in a region, click on that region. See all projects, faculty involved, and courses . On right, directory to main sites in relation to Africa.
Search by country using the left Search criteria.
You can do an advanced search where you can set criteria to search by subject matter and region to narrow down your results.
You can also search for faculty by entering the faculty member's name in the Keyword search.
Click Education to see courses.
One of the new things we're offering and building is the Global Operations website. Karen Kearny (controller's office) is overseeing this part of the project. You can find it under "Going Abroad." There is a Faculty section that contains:
- About Global Operations @Stanford
- Global Operations Guide
- Foreign Activity Registration Process
- Global Operations Support
Most useful is Global Operations Guide. This is where you get informaiton bout import export controls, legal status in that country because you have staff there more than 180 days. If you do have staff in another country for more than 180 days you should look into stanford having some sort of legalization to that country.
Need help? Look for HelpSU link on the Going Abroad page (it is embedded in the descriptive paragraph on the left side).
Staff resources are on Coming to Stanford page. Great resource for users hosting visitors.
Q. Can you show me where I go to get information about a Stanford staff member working in a foreign country being paid by Stanford?
A. Look in Global Operations guide. If not there, submit a HelpSU ticket. Karen Kearney should be able to respond.
The Funding tab includes funding information for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as faculty, going abroad.
The Events tab contains supported events in relation to international topics. The stanford global office wants to know about your international events. You can enter your international events in the Stanford Calendar. You may need access to that calendar. The Stanford Global Network will pick up your event from that calendar.
Q. It's such a beautiful site. Can you talk about the staff needed to keep it going?
A. The staffing is all you guys. I do have a full time developer, a half-time content manager, and us. I would like staff to add their internationally related information to the site. Start at the Going Abroad tab, and in the Contribute section, click the Add Research button. You will be presented with a web form that you can complete. You will need to include contact information so we can verify your contribution is valid.
Q. You said that anyone can enter information. Do you need authorization?
A. Anyone can enter but that doesn't mean it gets published. Once the contribution is confirmed as valid, then that the entry is published.
Looking at all of the activity at certain country will help us with policies, activities, etc.
Visit the site and let us know how it could help you or others in your area!
Stanford Calendar
Ammy Hill, IT Services Stanford Calendar Presentation