Author: Missy Gluckmann

Missy Gluckmann is a speaker agent, founded a globally recognized brand in study abroad, and exercises her passport muscle frequently. She loves connecting inspiring people with audiences. She is a mom to a spirited son and loves all that he re-teaches her about everything she thought she knew in life.

Summer Institute for Intercultural Communication (SIIC)

Intercultural Professional Development Opportunities, highlighting the Summer Institute for Intercultural Communication in Portland, Oregon, US.

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US Department of State Increases Non-Immigrant Visa Fees

Effective on June 4, 2010, the US Department of State will be increasing fees for non-immigrant visas to the United States.

The H, L, O, P, Q and R non immigrant visas will increase from $131 as follows:

  • H, L, O, P, Q and R:  $150
  • E:  $390 / K: $350

The fee for all other nonimmigrant visas will be $140.

New fees will be in place for Mexican citizens applying for a Border Control Card:

  • Age 15 and over: $140
  • Under age 15: $14

More information is available at the State Department’s Travel web site.

Ten Thousand Villages – A Fair Trade Shop and Intercultural Training Resources

Ten Thousand Villages fair trade shops in the US and Canada - using international shop items in cross cultural training.

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Upcoming Training Opportunity: BEVI (Beliefs, Events and Values Inventory)

Information about the upcoming BEVI (Beliefs, Events and Values Inventory) Certification Workshop on June 10 and 11 in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Interview with Melibee Global’s Founder, Missy Gluckmann, featured on Wandering Educators

WanderingEducators.com - the photo is from a flight that I took from San Jose to Quepos (Costa Rica).

While I’m the one who is usually looking for people to interview for my blog, I was humbled to be asked to be interviewed by Dr. Jessie Voigts from Wandering Educators.

Wandering Educators is an international community of traveling educators. It serves as a resource for discovering extraordinary travel destinations, fascinating people, and global artists and photographers, among our many published articles.  As the largest source of travel guide reviews on the internet, it is a place site you’ll want to bookmark! With more than 35 editors, they represent nations around the world and a plethora of intercultural and travel-related areas. Their audience is diverse – travelers who are K-12 teachers (US system), homeschoolers,  students, higher education professors and administrators, as well as life long learners.

After being interviewed by Dr. Voigts and learning about her inspiring background, I asked her to write a guest post for Melibee Global in the near future.  I look forward to sharing her piece with you in the coming weeks.

Meanwhile, here is her interview about Melibee Global.  Please let me know what you think!

And let me add how grateful I am to have been recognized by such a valuable resource in the field. It is certainly a very humbling experience.