The charge of the Task Force is to serve as the leadership team for the ACE Laboratory, be inclusive and consider the institution as a whole, help frame a new conversation on global engagement and learning within the community, engage the entire Loyola community in the internationalization process, define internationalization, with special reference to its meaning in light of Loyola's Catholic Intellectual tradition and institutional mission, carry out a review of the current state of internationalization (curricular, co-curricular, activities, programs, and policies) at the University, and to collaborate with all appropriate governance bodies throughout the process.
ACE Laboratory Task Force Vision
Guided by its Jesuit mission, Loyola University Maryland’s vision for internationalization is to broaden and deepen the global awareness, engagement, and learning of all community members by intentionally cultivating an inclusive multicultural environment that promotes self-reflection, communal discernment, and care for all living things.
Chair
Jen Lowry, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology
Special Assistant
Astrid Schmidt-King, J.D., LL.M., Executive in Residence in Management and International Business
Project Assistant
April Roberts, CAP-OM, Executive Assistant to the Associate Vice Presidents for Academic Affairs
2016 – 2017 Task Force Members
Sunanda Bhatia
Director, International Student Services
Jean Lee Cole, Ph.D.
Faculty Director of Community Engaged Learning and Scholarship and Associate Professor of English
Andre Colombat, Ph.D.
Dean, Office of International Programs
Elizabeth Dahl, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Chemistry
James Dickinson, Ph.D.
Assistant Vice President for Career Services
Maureen Faux
Executive Director of Graduate Admissions
Joshua Hendrick, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Sociology
Sharon Higgins
Assistant Vice President for Marketing and Communications
Deborah Kim
Director of Ethics, Undergraduate Student Government Association
Peter Litchka, Ed.D
Associate Professor, Education Specialties and Director of the Educational Leadership Program
Fabio Mendez, Ph.D.
Hanway Chair in Global Studies and Associate Professor of Economics
Brian Oakes
Assistant Vice President for Advancement
Erin O'Keefe
Director, Center for Community, Service, and Justice and the York Road Initiative
Oluwatofunmi (Tofunmi) Oni
Doctoral Student in Clinical Psychology
Rodney Parker
Director, ALANA Services
Fr. John Savard, SJ
Rector of Ignatius House and Lecturer in Education Specialties