SAFETI Clearinghouse : On-Line Newsletter : Introduction

SAFETI On-Line Newsletter
Volume 3, Number 1, Winter 2004 - Summer 2005

Introduction
Gary Rhodes

always, please feel free to contact me.

Sincerely,

Gary Rhodes, Editor and Director
Center for Global Education
SAFETI Clearinghouse
LACIS - SOCCIS, LMU Extension
University Hall
Loyola Marymount University
1 LMU Drive, Suite 1840
Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659
Phone: (310) 338-7451
Fax: (310) 338-2706
E-Mail:grhodes@lmu.edu
URL:http://globaled.us/safeti/

Gary Rhodes, Ph.D.is Director of the Center for Global Education at Loyola Marymount University (LMU) and Editor of SAFETI (Safety Abroad First - Educational Travel Information) Clearinghouse. Before this, Dr. Rhodes served as Program Coordinator in the USC Office of Overseas Studies for nine years. His doctoral dissertation for his Ph.D. in Comparative and International Education Systems/Administration of Higher Education is titled Legal Issues and Higher Education: Key Issues for Institutions and Administrators (May 1994). He has served as an expert witness, written articles, given presentations, led workshops, and has been widely cited at the local, national, and international level in issues related to health and safety, risk management, and legal issues for study abroad. He has served NAFSA: Association of International Educators (NAFSA) as the Region XII (California, Nevada, and Hawaii) Representative for Study Abroad (SECUSSA) and is currently a NAFSA Professional Development Program trainer for Education Abroad Advising. He is co-author of the chapter "Legal Issues" in NAFSA's Guide to Education Abroad for Advisers and Administrators, 2nd Edition (1997). He serves as a member of the MICROSIG Steering Team, and is member of the SECUSSA Subcommittee for Data Collection.