Collaborative for International Studies & Global Outreach

Bienvenidos to the Collaborative for International Studies and Global Outreach (CISGO) website! Here you will find a variety of international programs that provide University of Portland students different opportunities to study, live, and serve overseas. 

Mission

Our mission sends us across borders of every sort. Often we must make ourselves at home among more than one people or culture, reminding us again that the farther we go in giving, the more we stand to receive. (Holy Cross Constitution 2.17)

The Collaborative for International Studies and Global Outreach supports programs and services to cultivate the exchange of ideas and to bring the University of Portland mission into the international community. 

The Collaborative brings together information on international study, research and service programs on campus, sponsors seminars by international scholars and leaders, and supports teaching and research projects that explore international issues. Through the Collaborative, scholars and students can nurture a dynamic dialogue that extends our hearts, hands, and minds to include our local, national, and international communities. 

Guided by its mission to promote international awareness, the International Studies and Global Outreach Collaborative (CISGO) has articulated the following objectives, each of which supports the dynamic vision of the collaborative.

Objectives

CISGO will:

• Provide a website with information on international study, service, and research programs on campus.
• Promote and publicize seminars by international scholars and leaders.
• Encourage teaching, research, and service projects that explore international issues.
• Share information to collaborate among teaching, research, and service projects that explore international issues.
• Be a resource for the Portland region.
• Provide resources to international students, researchers, faculty, and visitors on campus.
• Promote the development of global competence among faculty, students, and staff so they an experience, learn, and work effectively in our increasingly interdependent world.

Executive Committee

• Casey Shillam, Ph.D., School of Nursing, Associate Dean for Baccalaureate Education
• Lisa Reed, J.D., Pamplin School of Business, Associate Dean, Associate Professor
• Laura McLary, Ph.D., Academic Associate Dean, Professor of German
• Kim Ilosvay, Ed.D. School of Education, Assistant Professor
• Mark Kennedy, Ph.D., Shiley School of Engineering, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs.
• Eduardo Contreras Jr., Ed.D. (Chair) Office of the Provost, Director of Studies Abroad