John Wilson

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About John Wilson

John Wilson has a doctoral degree in Education Leadership from Argosy University Atlanta, specialist and master's degrees in Foreign Language Education from the University of Alabama and the University of West Georgia, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations from Middle Tennessee State University. John has over 30 years of experience working in international education. Currently John works at Middle Tennessee State University as an international student recruiter. Before MTSU, John worked as an international education consultant primarily with Atlanta area international schools and organizations who wanted to enhance their international presence. Before retirement in 2017, John was the former Associate Vice President of International Programs and the Executive Director of the Center for Global Engagement (CGE) at the University of North Georgia (UNG) where he oversaw education abroad, international student services, international partnerships, and the FSLA. Before coming to CGE, John worked in a joint position with the Center for the Advancement and Study of International Education (CASIE) and with the UNG Center for Language Education (CLE). Before taking this position, John was the DeKalb County School System IB District Coordinator K-12 responsible for nine IB world schools. Prior to his arrival in DeKalb, John spent 21 years in North Georgia with Whitfield County Schools teaching foreign languages (French, Spanish, and German) and ESOL. In Whitfield, John also served as the chairman of the Georgia Project Teacher Advisory Committee. In that position, he supervised the Georgia Project Mexican teacher program, headed a committee for Latino scholarships and worked with ESOL staff development and Spanish and English language programs. John has enormous international experience dealing with international agreements, grants, exchanges, international student services, recruitment, language program development, internationalization, international partnership development, and other educational programs. He has an extensive network of colleagues and professional contacts with universities, third-party providers, and NGOs throughout the world.