The University of Galway is Ireland’s only bilingual university. Photo by William Murphy.
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01/15/24
The International Center is pleased to announce the 2024 Study Abroad Leadership Program Faculty Cohort!
The Study Abroad Leadership Program (SALP) is a semester-long program that provides a cohort of 5-10 UF faculty with the training, tools, and funding to develop new and innovative faculty-led summer study abroad programs. Any faculty member with an idea for a new study abroad program that helps us meet this objective is encouraged to apply.
This leadership program consists of a series of workshops offered in the Spring semester with the goal of assisting faculty in developing a robust program proposal for the following summer (~ 1 year lead time)....
01/08/24
ISS and ESS hosted the F-1 Undergraduate and J-1 Exchange Students Orientation at the Career Connections Center in the Reitz Union. Attendees participated in a campus tour, presentations by our campus partners with a welcome by Dean Marta L. Wayne
01/08/24
Last Spring, Dr. Gabriele Tebaldi, professor from the University of Parma and the integral person who helped establish the ESSIE and UF Memoranda of Understanding between the University of Parma and UF ESSIE, suggested that ESSIE get involved with the MUNER program. Upon his suggestion, two delegates from the University of Florida Engineering School of Sustainable School of Infrastructure and Environment visited the University of Parma in late November 2023. The two delegates, Dr. Lily Elefteriadou (Transportation Engineering) and Ms. Nancy McIlrath (ESSIE Graduate Academic Coordinator) visited to learn about and meet...
01/08/24
Source: UF Computer & Information Science & Engineering
In beautiful Cape Town, South Africa, a group from the University of Florida immersed themselves in the local culture in an effort to revolutionize the traditional study abroad experience. This unique opportunity combines elements of a traditional study abroad with an emphasis on service abroad. Instead of partnering with a university within Cape Town, the students partnered with three community organizations to provide information technology support and leverage their computer...
12/18/23
Senior Nick Blumenthal, UF's 3rd-Ever Schwarzman Scholar
Honors & CALS Senior Plans to Focus on Food Systems in Global Affairs
Source: UF Honors Program
Written by UF Honors Communications Fellow, Bari Weiner.
Honors senior Nick Blumenthal has been deemed a 2024 Schwarzman Scholar, one of just 150 students worldwide making up the cohort. The 21-year-old nutritional sciences major in the UF College of Agricultural and Life Sciences is granted a full scholarship to Tsinghua University in Beijing, China and is UF’s...
12/04/23
The Office of Global Learning, in collaboration with the Career Connections Center, hosted a Global ePortfolio Showcase and the International Scholars Program (ISP) graduation ceremony on November 28th. The showcase provided a captivating snapshot of the diverse and incredible journeys of the Fall 2023 ISP graduates through their global ePortfolios. The ePortfolios are a collection of a student’s achievements, skills, and international experiences, which serve as a comprehensive representation of their academic, professional, and personal growth.
The Office of Global Learning extends our gratitude to all attendees who joined us in celebrating the ISP graduates’ hard work,...
12/04/23
Names: Courtney Smith (US), Galen Cobb (US), Nigama Annapurna (India), Lohit Bhambri (India), Palash Sethi (India), Charlie Baer (US), Marta Wayne (US), Md. Monjurul Islam Rifat (Bangladesh), Shambadeb Basur (india). Not pictured: Bachir Assao Neino and family (Niger).
The program is designed to combat student isolation and promote cultural exchanges
Source: The Independent Florida Alligator
By Eluney Gonzalez
As the holiday season approaches, most students flock from Gainesville to visit friends and family...
12/04/23
Source: University of Florida News
By Karen Dooley
People who speak two languages may be better at shifting their attention from one thing to another compared to those who speak one, according to a study published this month in the journal Bilingualism: Language and Cognition.
The study examined differences between bilingual and monolingual individuals when it comes to attentional control and ignoring information that isn’t important at the time, said its authors Grace deMeurisse, a University of Florida Ph.D. candidate studying linguistics, and Edith Kaan, a UF professor in the department of linguistics.
“...
12/04/23
The University of Florida International Center (UFIC) recently had the honor of hosting Dr. Kaoru Kitajima and Ms. Danielle Reed from Kyoto University. Dr. Kitajima, a distinguished forest ecologist, brings an impressive portfolio with approximately 40 years of research experience across tropical regions in America, Asia, and Africa. Additionally, Dr. Kitajima holds the positions of Vice-Director of Kyoto University’s International Strategy Office and the Vice-Dean of the Graduate School of Agriculture. Ms. Reed serves as the Coordinator of the Kyoto University North America Center, presently operating out of Washington, D.C. This visit is particularly significant as the University of...