Certification: Upon successful completion, participants will be awarded an X–Culture Master Faculty Certificate.

This opportunity offers:

• Documentation of professional development activities
• X-Culture-recognized status for use in your professional endeavors
• A unique on-ground opportunity to network and collaborate within the X-Culture Community

Training Overview, What to Expect. The X-Culture team is dedicated to preparing students for their careers in a globalized work environment. With a strong emphasis on best practices for Global Virtual Team collaboration, participants will explore resources that help monitor and evaluate student performance, learn about collaboration tools available, and discover new strategies for effectively presenting course content while facilitating X-Culture.

The program is highly interactive. With colleagues representing universities from many parts of the world, faculty will work independently and collaboratively to investigate the opportunities and challenges of teaching with X-Culture. Workshop attendees will receive comprehensive, hands-on training in program principles, best practices, assessment, and other related topics.

At the end of this training workshop, participants will be able to:

• Identify strategies for improving student success related to the X-Culture Project
• Discuss the  challenges and benefits of Global Virtual Teams, and encourage your students to develop positive, productive team environments
• Further develop student engagement through the use of course activities, coaching, and feedback techniques
• Utilize tools and resources that can help the instructor and students
• Identify tools and strategies for monitoring student performance
• Interpret performance-related reports and statistics
• Examine how best to evaluate students in the collaborative environment

Facilitator: On behalf of X-Culture, Karen Lynden, UNC Wilmington, United

 

Past Participants

Macerata, Italy, 2018

• Sherry Andre, Johnson & Wales University (JWU), United States
• Muhammad Ayaz, Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi, Pakistan
• Leilani Baumanis, Johnson & Wales University (JWU), United States
• Valerie Bell, Merrimack College, United States
• Reccia Charles, St. George’s University, Grenada
• Abdulrahman Chikhouni, Mount Royal University, Canada
• Julio Cesar Martinez Suarez, Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM), Mexico
• Tim Muth, Florida Institute of Technology, United States
• Fred Newa, United States International University, Kenya
• Volodymyr Onofriychuk, X-Culture, Ukraine
• Neha Pathak, Hult International Business School, London, UK
• Indu Rao, Nirma University, India
• Ana Soares, University of Minho, Portugal
• Bob Stephens, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, United States
• Natalia Tomczewska-Popowycz, Doctoral Student, Poland

Calgary, Canada, 2019

• Valerie Bell, Merrimack College, United States
• Bonnie O’Neill, Marquette University, United States
• Moses Acquaah, UNC Greensboro, United States
• Sherry Andre, Johnson & Wales University (JWU), United States
• Oleh Leskiv, Academy teacher / L&D Manager, Ukraine
• Fred Newa, United States International University, Kenya
• Gordon Perchthold, Singapore Management University, Singapore
• Raina Rutti, Wichita State University, United States
• Ernesto Tavoletti, Macerata University, Italy
• Robert Warmenhoven, HAN University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands

Lublin, Poland, 2023

• Sergiusz Kuczyński, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Poland
• Monika Wojtas, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Poland
• Mary Lou Cunanan, Ateneo University, Philippines
• Laura D’Antonio, George Washington University, United States
• Liviu Florea, Washburn University, United States
• Simona Gentile-Lüdecke, Heilbronn University, Germany
• Aneta Karasek, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Poland
• Bruce Kibler, Gannon University, United States
• Jennifer Leigh, Nazareth University, United States
• Anna Matras-Bolibok, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Poland
• Paweł Pasierbiak, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Poland
• Anna Tatarczak, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Poland
• Robert Warmenhoven, HAN University, Netherlands

AIB SE Atlanta, 2023

• Monika Wojtas, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Poland
• Reccia Charles, St. George’s University, Grenada
• Juliana Correa Jaramillo, EAFIT University, Colombia
• Jing Betty Feng, Farmingdale State College (SUNY), United States
• Diana Gomez, The University of Alabama, United States
• Sandra Graca, Eckerd College, United States
• Linda “Joie” Hain, Clayton State University, United States
• Raghu Kurthakoti, Arcadia University, United States
• Ruby Lee, Florida State University, United States
• Rushiun Liou, University of Tampa, United States
• Pawel Pasierbiak, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Poland
• Deborah Pembleton, College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University, United States
• Peter Resch, University of Central Florida, United States
• Malika Richards, Pennsylvania State University, United States
• Wendy Ritz, Florida State University, United States
• Cristina Robledo-Ardila, Universidad EAFIT, Colombia
• Andrea Streeter, University of North Alabama, United States

Chiang Rai, Thailand, 2024

• Ngan Chau, University of Nebraska at Kearney, United States
• Francis Daniel, Belmont University, United States
• Julie Lee, University of Western Australia, Australia
• Peter Resch, University of Central Florida, United States
• Raina Rutti, Wichita State University, United States
• Kevalin Setthakorn, Thammasat Business School, Thammasat University, Thailand
• Lee Slater, Old Dominion University, United States
• Carley Swalley, Blackburn College, United States
• Dhruv Pratap Singh, NEOMA Business School, France
• Bob Stephens, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, United States

AIB SE St. Louis, 2024

• Leilani Baumanis, Lynn University, United States
• Juliana Correa-Jaramillo, UNIVERSIDAD EAFIT, Colombia
• Jeanette Francis, Lynn University, United States
• Sandra Graca, Eckerd College, United States
• Jeffrey “Jeff” Kappen, Drake University, United States
• Victor Lian, Lynn University, United States
• Malika Richards, Pennsylvania State University, United States
• Raina Rutti, Wichita State University, United States
• Lee Slater, Old Dominion University, United States
• Carley Swalley, Blackburn College, United States
• Anne Marie Zwerg-Villegas, University of Louisville, United States

Vaasa, Finland, 2025

• Megan Beeler, Blackburn College, United States
• Ngan Chau, University of Nebraska at Kearney, United States
• Francis Daniel, Belmont University, United States
• Rana Haq, Laurentian University, Canada
• Summer Jelinek, UNC Greensboro, United States
• William Johnson, Penn State, United States
• Thad Lewallen, UNC Greensboro, United States
• Meredith Murray, UNC Greensboro, United States
• William Newburry, Florida International University, United States
• MacDonald Oguike, Vaasa University, Finland
• Lee Slater, Old Dominion University, United States
• Carley Swalley, Blackburn College, United States
• Steve Walsh, University of New Mexico, United States

AIB SE, 2025 – At Sea (Miami, USA / Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic) 

• Salomao De Farias, Georgia State University, United States
• Evaristo Fernando Doria, Georgia State University, United States
• Diana Gomez, The University of Alabama, United States
• Marjaana Gunkel, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
• Raghu Kurthakoti, Arcadia University, United States
• Irina Naoumova, University of Hartford, United States
• Viatcheslav Naoumov, Central Connecticut State University, United States
• Nazly K. Nardi, Purdue Global University, United States
• Paola Podestá Correa, EAFIT University, Colombia
• Malika Richards, Pennsylvania State University, United States
• Cristina Robledo-Ardila, Universidad EAFIT, Colombia
• Ernesto Tavoletti, Macerata University, Italy