Colleen Marchwick

Colleen Marchwick is an international educator with 20+ years of experience. As director of the Center for International Education, she oversees the following

• study abroad,
• international student and scholar services,
• Chinese dual degree programs,
• the Intensive English Program,
• partnership development and agreements,
• community/cultural programming, and
• CIE operations.

Colleen is also active member of the international education community and is committed to expanding international education to underrepresented students and staff. She has served as a volunteer leader with NAFSA: Association of International Educators and contributed a white paper through the Forum on Education Abroad.  She is also a member of NAFSA Trainer Corps where she is approved to train in the following Core Education Program (CEP) workshops: Education Abroad: Critical Skills for the Adviser, Collaborative Approaches to Developing Faculty-Led Programs, Risk Assessment and Crisis Management in Education Abroad Programming, Student Health and Safety; and Internship, Research, and Service Learning Abroad. At UW-Eau Claire Colleen was instrumental in establishing the International Fellows Program, a Blugold Commitment funded initiative that enables faculty and undergraduate students to participate in collaborative research projects in international locations and the Blugold Commitment Study Abroad Grant, which financially supports students on UWEC approved study abroad.

Colleen received her B.A. in History and French from St. Catherine's University in St. Paul, MN and her M.A. in Applied Linguistics from Ohio University and is currently a PhD candidate in Comparative and International Development Education at the University of Minnesota. Colleen's own journey in international education began with an undergraduate study abroad year in France followed by service as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Morocco. Before coming to UW-Eau Claire, Colleen worked in international education at Washington State University and at the Chicago Regional Office of the Peace Corps.