Mostov tapped to head Office of International Programs
By: Aditi Dubey
Issue date: 7/27/07 Section: News
Originally published: 7/28/07 at 12:23 AM EST
Last update: 7/28/07 at 12:22 AM EST
Originally published: 7/28/07 at 12:23 AM EST
Last update: 7/28/07 at 12:22 AM EST
Director pushed for the creation of this office through the academic strategic plan, Mostov says, but the idea had been in the works for quite some time. According to Mostov, there was a working group of people from various departments at Drexel under the previous Provost who had been researching the need for such an office.
"We had a mini-grant from the previous provost task force to explore what was happening at other universities, who we generally call our benchmark universities and universities to whom we aspire and one of the issues that we found was that all the other universities had some sort of central, coordinating office," Mostov said.
This new office will likely be located in Main Building and will look at ways increasing funding and resources for international programs at Drexel, including the creation of new and increased scholarships for study abroad programs through various resources such as donors and the office of institutional advancement.
Increasing collaborative research with foreign institutions and enterprises, and increasing student participation will also be considered.
"I think that Drexel is interested in doing more collaborative research abroad," Mostov said. "We are looking to working with foreign partners-research is often a joint enterprise-and we just need to find the right strategic partners for this."
Mostov is confident that she will be able to take on her new role. She administered a number of grants for the U.S. Department of State over the past ten years in Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, and Moldova, which deal with citizenship exchanges, democracy building, and capacity building in countries that are in transition in Eastern and Southeastern Europe.
"My work in creating programs and administering grants gives me a lot of skills and understanding of the grant writing procedures, how faculty may get involved in doing international programs and research, grants," Mostov said. "It will help me understand the ways in which we can increase our grants and external support."
"We had a mini-grant from the previous provost task force to explore what was happening at other universities, who we generally call our benchmark universities and universities to whom we aspire and one of the issues that we found was that all the other universities had some sort of central, coordinating office," Mostov said.
This new office will likely be located in Main Building and will look at ways increasing funding and resources for international programs at Drexel, including the creation of new and increased scholarships for study abroad programs through various resources such as donors and the office of institutional advancement.
Increasing collaborative research with foreign institutions and enterprises, and increasing student participation will also be considered.
"I think that Drexel is interested in doing more collaborative research abroad," Mostov said. "We are looking to working with foreign partners-research is often a joint enterprise-and we just need to find the right strategic partners for this."
Mostov is confident that she will be able to take on her new role. She administered a number of grants for the U.S. Department of State over the past ten years in Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, and Moldova, which deal with citizenship exchanges, democracy building, and capacity building in countries that are in transition in Eastern and Southeastern Europe.
"My work in creating programs and administering grants gives me a lot of skills and understanding of the grant writing procedures, how faculty may get involved in doing international programs and research, grants," Mostov said. "It will help me understand the ways in which we can increase our grants and external support."
