Thursday, February 12, 2015

PIER Newsletter: February 4, 2015

Welcome PIER members and the PIER team. Going forward PIER will mail out information in the form of a bi-monthly newsletter to all PIER members. In the future, this letter will be posted to the PIER website.

If you would like to announce a job or submit a resource or event for the PIER Newsletter, please email to piergroupsd@gmail.com for consideration. The PIER Board will take all submissions under consideration for posting in the PIER Newsletter.

Thank you,

The PIER Board

In This Issue:
Announcements
PIER Chair Announcement
PIER Vice-Chair Announcement
PIER Announcement
Job Postings

PIER Chair Announcement
We look forward to our next meeting at 2:00 pm on February 11, at the National University Spectrum Campus. Thank you to Eric and National University for hosting our meetings. We will welcome Cassie Hero, the San Diego SEVP Field Representative to our meeting to answer questions and details about the SEVP Field Representative program. Attached to this message is the meeting agenda, which you can find on the PIER webpage calendar. I encourage you to view our PIER website at http://www.piergroup.org/ to find information about our meetings, resources, the New Professional Workshop and more. We keep up to date with past and future meeting agendas,
meetings and resources for our members. PIER also has a Twitter page, I try to post a few times a week with links to interesting article, and topics PIER members may find useful. If you have a Twitter account, please find us at
@PIERSanDiego.

PIER Vice-Chair Announcement
You can now register for PIER New Professional Workshop which will be held on Friday, March 20th at National University, La Mesa campus (7787 Alvarado Road, La Mesa CA 91941). Detailed information is posted on http://www.piergroup.org/

PIER Announcement
PIER 2014 - 2015 Meeting Dates
All Meeting Times are at 2:00 pm with the exception of the PIER Workshop
February 11 – Location: National University Spectrum Campus
March 20 - PIER Workshop – Location: National University La Mesa Campus
April 15 – Location: Grossmont College
June 17 – Location: USD

Job Postings
California State University San Marcos is very excited to be growing and hiring!!
Please review the job descriptions for the following positions reporting to Global Programs and Services which includes the Office of Global Education and American Language and Culture Institute.
· Director, American Language and Culture Institute: Job ID 1985
· International and Study Abroad Advisor, Office of Global Education: Job ID 2012
· Student Advisor, American Language and Culture Institute: Job ID 2009
http://www.csusm.edu/about/employment.html
Click on Job Openings.
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PIER Board
Chair - Kasey McCarthy, Gemological Institute of America Kasey.McCarthy@gia.edu
Vice - Chair - Yasue O'Neill, Palomar College Yoneill@palomar.edu
Treasurer - Martha Delgadillo, EC San Diego MarthaDelgadillo@ecenglish.com
Membership Coordinator - LyKai Johnson, EC San Diego lykaijohnson@ecenglish.com
Secretary - Eric Abutin, National University eabutin@nu.edu
Web Coordinator - Cadence Ellis, National University cellis@nu.edu