Figt In The News
Families in Global Transition is often referred to as the grassroots "think tank" which sustains and supports families transitioning globally. As such, FIGT is committed to bringing our supporters the latest news and research on surviving the global lifestyle. Below you can find press articles, conference reviews and/or in-house publication comments about our organization.
Please send your contribution, including the publication, date, author and reprint permission to Kimberly Van Cleave Michaels, Executive Director at execdirector@figt.org.
- Adapting To Global Transition Hard For Spouses, Children
By Andrea Sutton Copyright 2007 The Memorial Examiner - Having relocated from Venezuela for work, Alan and Laura Black hadn't been in the United States long when they were called to have a parent-teacher conference about their 10-year-old son. - Annual Conference To Address Global Relocation
National Public Radio, March 5, 2008 - The struggles and adjustments that thousands of expatriate Texas families make as they pursue jobs abroad are the focus of an annual conference here. Houston Public Radio's Pat Hernandez says the transition can be a difficult challenge.
By: Pat Hernandez
Click here to listen to interviews with Houstonian Theresa Sewell and cross-cultrual coach Jackie Verity. - Companies Respond To Needs Of Global Families
National Public Radio, March 29, 2007 - Today's global economy has many families relocated overseas for years at a time. Whether it's corporate, military, missionary or other jobs that take employees over-seas, there's growing demand for employers to support those families. Houston Public Radio's Capella Tucker reports.
By: Capella Tucker
Click here to listen to the excellent interview conducted with Paul White, Director of Human Resources for Harvest Natural Resources, Inc. and Dottie Buyers, International Professional Relations' Managing Director. - Expatriate Children Find Company In Houston
By Rachel McNeill, KPRC Local 2, Houston's Education TV Station, May 8, 2008. Copyright 2008 by Click2Houston.com. - By most standards, Houston is considered to be the energy capital of the world, and because of that, the international community associated with the energy sector is increasing rapidly. It's estimated that thousands of international children are enrolled in Houston schools.
By: Rachel McNeill
Click here to view the interview with 12-year old Laura Mello. She is a member of a unique and growing group of expatriate children. Her father works for Schlumberger and his career keeps the family on the move. - Faces In The Crowd / Traveled Instructor Relates To Foreign Students After Seeing The World, Sumer Calls Cypress Home
By Todd Hveem, Houston Chronicle Correspondent Copyright 2007 Houston Chronicle - IF there is such a thing as a "global nomad," Patricia Sumer would be one. Sumer, 47, who works with international students at Cy-Fair College, has lived in Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Islamabad, Turkey, Istanbul, Tucson, Ariz. and Cypress, Texas. - Faces In The Crowd / Uptown Woman Shares Fruits Of Diverse Ancestry / Chantal Duke Is Relocation Manager For Awty International
By Flori Meeks, Houston Chronicle Correspondent Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle - CHANTAL Duke's life has been a rich tapestry of experiences. She has lived in 12 countries and spent time in another 25, and now the 52-year-old Uptown-area resident has devoted her life to helping others benefit from her knowledge. - Faces In The Crowd / Venezuelan Native Familiar With Challenges Related To Work Transfers
By Kim Hughs, Houston Chronicle Correspondent Copyright 2007 Houston Chronicle - Laura Celis Black helps families adapt culturally when they have been transferred to the United States from other countries. - Faces In The Crowd / Woman Aims To Help Relocating Families / Traveler's Wife Shares Own Story With Those Like Her
By Valerie Sweeten, Houston Chronicle Correspondent Copyright 2007 Houston Chronicle - Linda Mello loves being in America where insects and food are easily identifiable. Her husband, Renato Mello, who works in data management at Schlumberger, often accepted international positions that would cause Linda and her daughter to travel around the globe. - Faces Of Many Places. Growing Up In Another Culture Has Benefits And Pitfalls -- And Lessons For Stay-at-homes
By Ellen Miller Copyright 2003 IndyStar.com. - Corporations prize their chameleon-like ability to adapt to other countries. They've been called prototypical 21st-century citizens. They're Third Culture Kids (or TCKs) -- people who've grown up in a country other than their parents'. - Families In Global Transition: A Conference That Cares
This article was a nice support piece for Families in Global Transitions conference. Ms. Fedder tells about her own and a colleague's impressions of the 2002 Families in Global Transition conference. - From Kitchen To Cookies
Joanna Parfit - Article on the 2002 FIGT Conference from the Weekly Telegraph of London. - Lost In Space And Global Transition: Is There A Difference?
Valerie Scane - In this article, Scane examines strategies to help build children's intercultural skills so that they can use them to make the transition to the sometimes unfamiliar culture of home. - Multicultural Skills Can Make Or Break Business Deals
By L.M. SIXEL Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle - They're known as Third Culture Kids or TCKs for short. They're people who have spent a significant portion of their formative years in more than one culture. Many grew up in missionary, military, diplomatic and international business families. - Third Culture Kids Offer Advice To Other Globe-trotting Youths
By Kim Morgan Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle - They're known as Third Culture Kids, a term reflecting the fact they are born in one country and grow up in one or more different countries.