Benefits of partnering with VEIU : Partnership with VEIU reinforces commitment to the teaching profession and improves standards of teaching in schools, colleges, training providers and other agencies. It also helps shape our student training policy. 1. Motivation Teaching 2. Global perspective in life and professional decisions 3. Professional performance 4 Global Research Collaboration High View 4. Provides multiple views, approaches and thinking, 5. Promotes diversity of ideas 6. Shared student talent ; Educate the next generation’s faculty in the methods of global research ; Educate leaders of tomorrow in developing countries and Global Research Collaboration Direct Benefits 7. Faculty access to specialized research facilities not available at home institution or country – Exercise complementary capabilities ; Share large scale one of a kind facilities ; University- specific equipment and laboratories 8. Leverage funding from multiple national funding sources 9. Large long term projects can withstand the “ebbs and tides” of national funding priorities and cycles – Shared risk 10. … Global Engagement Opportunities 11. Education Abroad 12. Courses with an embedded international travel component 13. Global student team projects and/or collaboration embedded in a course 14. Co-supervision of graduate students or post-docs with both a Penn State and international university faculty advisor 15. Collaborative research programs 16. International student activities on campus 17. Hosting of international scholars 18. Faculty sabbatical leaves, Fulbright Scholarships and International service projects and activities 19. International internships for students 20. International staff exchange.