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News Release
Sept. 14, 2006
Idaho's First Center for
International Visitors Established at Boise State University
Idaho’s first Center for International Visitors (CIV) has been established at
Boise State University. Until recently, Idaho was one of only six states in the
nation without a CIV associated with the National Council for International
Visitors (NCIV) in Washington, D.C.
Sabine Klahr, director of Boise State’s International Programs, and Carole
Schroeder, history instructor at Boise State, developed the center. Its
establishment provides the state of Idaho with a broad range of benefits.
The new center is listed with the U.S. State Department to host international
visitors funded by State Department program agencies. Its purpose is to design
and implement professional programs, provide cultural activities and organize
home visits for foreign leaders, specialists, and international scholars in
collaboration with local businesses, state agencies and community organizations.
The center will also provide services to emerging foreign leaders who
participate in the U.S. Department of State International Visitor Leadership
Program and other international programs.
Klahr said the new CIV will strengthen Boise State’s connection to the local
community and communities across the state, enhance international recognition
for the university and for Idaho, advance collaboration with the U.S. Department
of State, and develop linkages between local organizations and foreign leaders.
Programs managed by the center have the potential to enhance economic
development in Idaho as international partnerships with international visitors
and companies are forged.
NCIV is a nonprofit organization dedicated to expanding opportunities for
citizen diplomacy. It represents a national network of independent program
agencies and community-based organizations that host short-term international
visitors who are sponsored by the U.S. Department of State or affiliated
agencies. The new center may apply for full membership in the NCIV after one
year as provisional member.
Schroeder serves as the executive director of the Idaho CIV and Klahr as the
president of the board. Other board members include: Lynn Gabriel, Global
Business Consortium at Boise State; Stephanie Camarillo, International Business
& Trade, Idaho Commerce & Labor Department; Amy Benson, U.S. Department of
Commerce; Mowbray Brown, convention sales manager, Boise Convention & Visitors
Bureau; and Richard Slaughter, Boise Committee on Foreign Relations. As a first
step in the provisional membership with NCIV, Schroeder attended the Western
Regional NCIV Conference in Denver in August, where she networked with CIV
directors from other western states and promoted Idaho to U.S. Department of
State program agencies. Schroeder and the Idaho center will have a
Taiwanese state legislator visit in September, and in October will host a
People’s Republic of China journalist and a group of 11 Latin American
entrepreneurial businesswomen. The visits are sponsored by U.S. Department of
State program agencies.
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Contact: Sabine Klahr, International Programs, (208) 426-3652,
sklahr@boisestate.edu; Carole
Schroeder, History Department, (208) 426-1255,
caroleschroeder@boisestate.edu
Media Contact: Sherry Squires, University Communications, (208) 426-1563,
ssquires@boisestate.edu
Where you see blue, we see the largest institution of higher education in
Idaho. For the ninth time in the last 10 years, Boise State University has set
an all‑time state record with a fall enrollment of 18,876 students. Since 1996,
Boise State’s student population has increased 25 percent.
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