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Minnie Battle Mayes is President and CEO of International Partnerships and Ventures in Education (iPAVE), a consulting organization in the areas of international partnerships, intercultural development, campus internationalization, study abroad, international student programs and global studies certificate programs.
Minnie began her career in international affairs at the United Nations in New York, followed by positions with CARE in Cameroon; and the American Council for Nationalities Services/Joint Voluntary Agency in the Vietnamese refugee camps of Singapore and Indonesia. She later joined the U.S. Department of State where she spent 20 years (1979-1999) and currently (2015 - present) as an independent contractor for its educational and cultural exchange programs. Minnie has had several international assignments to Africa, Asia and Latin America. Her international career has taken her to more than 50 countries on 6 continents. Minnie recently retired as the founding Director of the Office of International Affairs at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T) where she implemented her vision of increasing access to global education, especially for students and faculty of color, a segment of the U.S. population who are underrepresented in study abroad and international careers. Under her leadership, NC A&T flourished with academic exchange and study abroad programs. To integrate the overseas experience into the undergraduate curriculum, she created the Global Studies Certificate Program, designed to enhance an A&T degree in any discipline. Hundreds of students were transformed by their experiences abroad and on campus during her fourteen-year tenure at NC A&T. While at NCA&T, Minnie developed and coordinated the Brazilian governments Scientific Mobility Program on campus, bringing numerous students from Brazil to the University through this program as well as through bi-lateral exchange agreements with four universities in Brazil. She also led the effort that created a Cooperative Program in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering between NC A&T and Henan Polytechnic University in China (the first Chinese government approved “Cooperatively Running Program” between a Chinese University and an HBCU – Historically Black Colleges and Universities). Minnie serves on the Academic Advisory Board of the Foundation for International Education. She has also served on the national advisory board for the Benjamin Gilman Scholarship for Study Abroad, the School for International Training (SIT) Partnership Council, and Arcadia University College of Global Studies, and the National Nominating Panel for the David L. Boren Scholarship for International Study. Minnie has delivered numerous presentations at professional conferences including the Association of International Education Administrators (AIEA); NAFSA: Association of International Educators; the Chinese Education Association for International Exchange (CEAIE); and, the National Conference for Race and Ethnicity (NCORE). She also served on the UNC systemwide leadership team to internationalize teacher education. Minnie Battle Mayes is a Qualified Administrator of the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI). She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the State University of New York (now Binghamton University) and a Masters Degree in International Administration from the School for International Training in Vermont. Her education also includes graduate work in Public Administration at the City University of New York. Recognition & Awards |
Minnie Battle Mayes
President & CEO iPAVE, LLC 203 E. Main St., #2011 Jamestown, NC 27282 Telephone: (336) 505-8229 Email: [email protected] or, use our Contact Form Announcements Book a Diversity & Inclusion Assessment for your organization. Recognition & Awards EDIIE Individual Award for Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion The Martha Fitch Trigonis Award for Excellence in International Education |