Via email, get to know the Scholar, asking further questions if necessary to design a Gonzaga experience that suits the Scholar’s needs and Gonzaga’s expectations. Explore ways that the Scholar may be able to contribute to the Gonzaga, and encourage the Scholar to come prepared to share, perhaps by giving one or more guest lectures, speaking to certain classes, or a campus event, etc.
Share information about conferences or other special events on campus in which the Scholar might be interested, especially departmental programming, guest lectures and even departmental meetings.
After arrival:
Arrange for someone to meet the Scholar at the airport upon arrival. This is a shared responsibility with the Faculty Host and the CGE; if necessary, the CGE has an airport pickup service that can be provided. This must be arranged in advance. Because this is a less personal airport pickup service, the Faculty Host should plan to make a personal visit with the Scholar in the hours after they are settling into living quarters, to ensure that they are settling in well.
Meet the Scholar to design a Gonzaga experience appropriate to the amount of time the Scholar will spend on campus to fulfill the Scholar’s goals.
Work with CGE to co-host an event (dinner, coffee, etc.) that will welcome the Scholar to our campus and introduce them to a wide range of relevant people at Gonzaga.
Introduce the Scholar to relevant faculty and administrators (professors who teach classes that the scholar may audit, administrators, persons in nearby universities from whom the Scholar can also learn, etc.).
Suggest activities that will help the Scholar improve competence, build confidence in English, and achieve the scholar’s goals. The following are examples:
Audit a class, whether for one or two sessions or, if permitted, an entire term (courses may be selected on basis of content or pedagogical styles).
Give a lecture to a class general audience.
Team‐teach a class for a period.
During the residency at Gonzaga:
Schedule regular meetings to discuss activities and experiences during the past week and discuss the coming week’s schedule of activities.
Work with the Scholar to set goals for the visit and determine how and when they will be measured. It may be helpful for the Scholar to keep a list of goals and a log of activities for periodic review.
Participate in public events and lectures in which the Scholar in involved.
As the Scholar prepares to return home, plan for farewell ceremonies, dinners, and celebrations of what has been accomplished and if appropriate, how the newly established relationship will persist into the future.
