U.S. Department Of State’s Overseas Security Advisory Committee to Hold College & University Health, Safety and Security Seminar at St. John’s Manhattan Campus

October 21, 2009

St. John’s University, as part of its emergency preparedness initiatives, in conjunction with its Office of Global Studies, is pleased to host The United States Department of State’s Overseas Security Advisory Committee’s (OSAC) renowned College and University International Health, Safety, and Security Seminar at the University’s Manhattan Campus (located at 101 Murray Street) on Friday, October 23.

This free, one-day seminar will be provided to address the issues that study abroad program directors for U.S. college students face.  Through support from sponsors, there will be no cost to attend, and lunch will be included. The agenda for the seminar is chronicled below:

  • 8:30-9am: Opening Remarks
    Elena Carrington, OSAC
    Matt Pucciarelli, Associate Vice President, Office of Global Studies, St. John’s University
     
  • 9:00-9:30 a.m: Introduction to OSAC
    Wes Gould, OSAC
     
  • 9:30-10:00 a.m: Count on Us: U.S. Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs
    Brooke Knobel, Consular Affairs
     
  • 10:15-11:00 a.m: Health & Safety in Study Abroad: Expectations, Issues, Concerns, and New Resources
    Gary Rhodes, Loyola Marymount University
     
  • 11:00-11:45 a.m: Panel Discussion: Managing Risk on Study Abroad Programs
     
  • 1:00-1:45 p.m: Program Leader Training: Content, Delivery and Legal Implications
    Julie Friend, Michigan State University

  • 1:45-2:30 p.m: Church of Latter-day Saints: Case Study
    Garland Dennett, LDS
     
  • 2:45-3:30 p.m: Mental Health Issues for Students Abroad
    Dr. Kathryn Hutchinson, St. John’s University
     
  • 3:30-4:15 p.m: Centers for Disease Control: Travel Health for the Globetrotting Student/H1N1 Concerns
    Dr. Cinzia Marano, CDC
     
  • 4:15-5 p.m: Tabletop Exercises, Wrap-up
    Elena Carrington, OSAC

If you plan to attend the seminar, please respond to Elena Carrington at carringtonea@state.gov, or call her at (571) 345-2228.  Please note that this event will be capped at 120 participants; however, several spaces are still open. Visit the OSAC web site for more information at http://www.osac.gov/Events/event.cfm?contentID=108437.

Media interested in covering the event are asked to call Dominic Scianna, Assistant Vice President for Media Relations at St. John’s University by calling (718) 990-6185 or e-mail inquiries to sciannad@stjohns.edu.