We also made a few changes in the revisions for the Faculty Senate bylaws section regarding the International Education Committee that have been submitted to the bylaws committee. In addition, we discussed a plan for increasing awareness about international experience opportunities and services available to students, and increasing the number of student applicants. Although The University of Tennessee, Knoxville has a high success rate when students apply for awards for experiences abroad, we have a relatively low number of students who seek out such experiences.
Students receive excellent support from faculty members.
Well developed orientation, mentoring, and other services are provided by the Center for International Education, and the Faculty Senate's International Education Committee members. However, the committee believes that we do not identify and encourage an appropriate number of eligible and interested students to begin preparing for the process early enough. For example, the University of Montana has the 5th highest number of students from public institutions in the U.S. who receive Fulbright awards. They identify Freshmen students and begin a program of support that continues through the Senior year when students apply for this award. In an effort to increase the number of students from UTK who benefit from Fulbright, Rhodes, Marshall and other international awards, the International Education Committee is planning to implement additional procedures to increase the number of students identified early in their programs on campus.