Academic & faculty Programs
Risk Management Strategy for Study Abroad & Student Exchange
March 2-3, 2009
Madison Concourse Hotel and Governor's Club 1 W. Dayton St. Madison, WI 53703 Tel: 800 356 8293 Fax: 608 257 8454 |
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SAVE-THE-DATE!
The University of Wisconsin System Office of Safety and Loss Prevention and the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh will host a Risk Management Strategy for Study Abroad and Student Exchange workshop on March 2-3, 2009 in Madison, Wisconsin.
Attendees will depart this workshop with a better understanding of risk assessment, strategies for managing risk and reducing exposure to liability, strategies for managing financial risk and a draft risk management approach which is campus-specific.
Our current speakers list includes Sheri Ackley and Dave Pulda from the UW-System Office of Safety and Loss Prevention, a representative from UW System Legal, Laura Simmons from the Overseas Security Advisory Council, Ted Coley from the Bureau of Counselor Affairs (or another staff member from the same office), Margot Popowycz from Cultural Insurance Services International and representatives from A.J. Gallagher. Additional speakers will be added.
Participation is open to teams from UW System institutions. Participants should plan on arriving the morning of Monday, March 2. The workshop will continue through Tuesday, March 3, ending mid-afternoon.
Get ready to participate!
| 1. | Assemble a workshop team from your institution and share the workshop dates. |
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| 2. | Gather forms, policies, procedures and emergency response/crisis management plans related to risk management to bring to the workshop. You’ll use these as a starting point for development of a comprehensive Risk Management approach and/or incorporate them into your approach. |
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| 3. | Attend the upcoming risk management workshop as a team, where you will. |
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| a. | Learn about multiple aspects of risk management related to study abroad. |
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| b. | Develop a framework for campus-specific risk assessment, reduction, avoidance and transfer practices. |
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| c. | Identify campus-specific risk exposures that require immediate and near-term attention. |
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| d. | Consider these exposures in the context of your institution’s willingness and ability to withstand potential losses resulting from these exposures. |
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| e. | Formulate a draft risk management approach suited to your educational institution. | |
Workshop Teams
As you assemble your team, please consider the following:
| 1. | Each campus will develop its own framework for campus-specific risk-management, which may or may not include a risk-management team; therefore, workshop teams won’t necessarily become study abroad risk-management teams after the workshop. |
| 2. | Teams must include directors of study abroad offices. |
| 3. | Each campus’ workshop team will be different. The composition of your team will depend on which positions at your institution have (or should have) responsibilities related to study abroad and risk management. Your team may include one or more of the following positions: |
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| 4. | You may want to begin with a small workshop team of 2-3 people and use information from the workshop later to determine who should be included in risk management discussions and decisions on your campus. Or, you may want to involve a lot of people at the workshop and later determine what type of role each attendee should have on your campus. |
| 5. | You may invite study abroad program faculty directors/leaders, faculty/staff directly involved in offering sports programs which travel internationally, student club officers if clubs are traveling internationally and students entering the field of international education. However, this is not a training program on how to, for example, manage a crisis abroad. This workshop is intended to inform the development of a Risk Management approach suited to your educational institution. |
Workshop/Hotel Location
Madison Concourse and Governor's Club
1 W. Dayton St.
Madison, WI 53703
Tel: 800 356 8293
Fax: 608 257 8454
Hotel Reservations
Contact the Madison Concourse at 1-800-356-8293 to make reservations. Please reference " Risk Management Strategy" when making your room reservation.
Location
The Madison Concourse Hotel is conveniently located near State Street, the State Capitol, University of Wisconsin campus, Monona Terrace Convention Center, Alliant Energy Center and just 10 minutes from Dane County Regional Airport, offering several non-stop flights into Madison.
Parking
The hotel offers an indoor, heated parking garage for $7 per night. Additional parking is available across the street at the State Street Capitol ramp (214 N. Carroll Street).
Driving Directions
From Stevens Point
Take I-39 South
Exit onto I-39 S/I-90 E/I-94 E toward Madison
Exit 132 to merge onto US-51S
Turn right at US-151S/East Washington Avenue
Turn right onto North Webster Street and travel two blocks
Turn left onto East Dayton Street and travel two blocks
The Madison Concourse Hotel will be on your left
From Milwaukee
Take I-94W
Exit 240 to Madison/WI-30W
Continue on WI-30W
Exit onto US-151S/East Washington Avenue toward State Capitol
Travel East Washington Avenue
Turn right onto North Webster Street and travel two blocks
Turn left onto East Dayton Street and travel two blocks
The Madison Concourse Hotel will be on your left
From LaCrosse / Minneapolis
Take I-90 East
Exit 132 to merge onto US-51S
Turn right at US-151S/East Washington Avenue
Turn right onto North Webster Street and travel two blocks
Turn left onto East Dayton Street and travel two blocks
The Madison Concourse Hotel will be on your left
From Fond du Lac / Fox Cities
Highway 151S becomes East Washington Avenue in Madison. Travel East Washington Avenue to the State Capitol.
Turn right onto North Webster Street and travel two blocks
Turn left onto East Dayton Street and travel two blocks
The Madison Concourse Hotel will be on your left
From Dane County Regional Airport
Head north on International Lane toward Commercial Vehicles/International Lane
Turn left to stay on International Lane (signs for airport exit)
Turn left at Packers Ave/WI-113 South
Continue to follow WI-113 South
Continue on East Johnson Street
Continue on East Gorham Street
Slight left at North Hamilton Street
Turn right at East Dayton Street
The Madison Concourse Hotel will be on your left
Complimentary Airport Shuttle
A complimentary airport shuttle is available to and from Dane County Regional Airport to all hotel guests. Please use the courtesy phone in the baggage claim area at Dane County Airport to let us know that you have arrived. The shuttle pick-up area is located outside baggage claim, Door 5. Please make a reservation at the Front Desk for your return trip to the airport.