Global Connections - CGDSD

Jian “Ken” Guan passionately enjoys promoting the success of international students in American higher education to prospective students and their families. He is currently the Co-Chair of NASPA International Education Knowledge Community. Born and raised in China, he has worked and studied in eight campuses and geographic environments since 1998. He started from being an English language student...

It's not everyday that we can get three SA pros from Hong Kong to talk about their journey in the U.S. so we took this opportunity to do so. Bianca Chau, Co-Host of Global Connections talked to Vicky Lee and Jeffrey Tsang about how they got to the U.S., leveraged their international student experience and passion to serve in the capacity they are in. Jeffrey Tsang is currently serving as an academ...

It was a pleasure being able to interview Yuezhong as she shared about her role as the commission chair for CGDSD as she ended her tenure in March 2021. Yuezhong currently works at the International Student and Scholars Center at the Arizona State University. In this episode we learned about what were some of her strategies for time management when she was a gradaute student and her plans moving f...

We had a lot of fun with Dr. Gudrun Nyunt and her co-host, Lily Nyunt! Gudrun is a clinical assistant professor and program coordinator of the Higher Education and Student Affairs program at Northern Illinois University. During Gudrun's time with ACPA, she served on multiple commissions and within the Commission for Global Dimensions of Student Development, she was the awards coordinator and chair...

Bianca is the International Student Success Advisor at San Diego State University and is also serving as the Blog Editor for CGDSD. In the podcast she shares about her journey in student affairs, involvement with ACPA, and where will she be moving forward once her term ends as the Blog Editor within the commission.  Transcription and show notes : https://www.myacpa.org/entity/145/blog

We are proud to be introducing our podcast - Global Connections, which is brought to you by the Commission for Global Dimensions of Student Development (CGDSD). In each episode, we invite guest speakers to share their experiences working in international higher education from all around the world.