The Spring 2024 Virtual Exchange Training kicked off this month, and Dean Marta Wayne provided a welcome to the UF and international faculty participants. This semester's UF participants are from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the College of Education, and the College of the Arts. The international faculty are joining from institutions in Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Germany, Honduras, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, South Africa, and Uganda. Over the next several weeks, these professors will collaborate to develop their own virtual exchange projects as to incorporate international content and communication activities into their existing...
03/04/24
Just as UF prepares to celebrate Fulbright Awareness Month, UFIC is pleased to announce that Michael Kung, Ed.D. (Director and Assistant Scholar, Office for Global Research Exchange) and Nicole Fuls (Assistant Director of Faculty Engagement, Study Abroad Services) both received the Fulbright International Education Administrators (IEA) award, which will allow them to participate in a two-week seminar abroad to learn about other countries’ higher education systems.
Dr. Kung is a triple gator with his Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctorate from UF. While working on his Ed.D., Michael was the Director of Global Education at the College of Design, Construction and Planning. He is the...
02/26/24
Get to Know Us!
Once a month we will be showcasing the amazing staff who make the International Center a place where the UF community meets all its international goals!
Yu Aoyagi
“Yagi”, is one of the International Center’s talented staff of eight F-1 International Student Advisors, known to the government as Designated School Officials (DSO), that update and maintain the student immigration records of our group of over 6,000 F-1 international students at UF.
Aside from his surname range, Yagi is also DSO for all F-1 Athletes. “When we were reorganizing caseloads among the F-1 advisors, Yagi offered to take on what I call one of our specialty groups,”...
02/26/24
The Indian Dance & Entrepreneurship in the Diaspora event highlighting Indian dance and culture in the U.S. was a great success! Along with holding master classes for students in the School of Theatre + Dance, they welcome 80 participants to a public seminar featuring the national guest artists and local Indian dancers.
WUFT recorded the day's events along with oral history interviews with the artists on their experiences as immigrants and entrepreneurs which will become a video documentary. A virtual screening is expected towards the end of the Spring semester. For more information please contact Marie Kessler.
02/26/24
The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) has recognized 170 higher education institutions from across the United States with the highest number of candidates selected for the Fulbright U.S. Student and Scholar Programs in the 2023-2024 academic year.
At the University of Florida, Dr. Claire Anumba coordinates activities to promote and support the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Programs in collaboration with the Fulbright Lecture Faculty Committee, and the Provost Office. In March, UF will be celebrating Fulbright Awareness Month.
Lee...
02/19/24
The International Center and the UF Fulbright Lecture Committee are pleased to announce that Fulbright Awareness Month (FAM) will be celebrated from March 4-31, 2024.
Fulbright Awareness Month includes multiple informational sessions for scholars, faculty, staff, and students and provide opportunities to learn about Fulbright, the application process, and to hear about the experiences of past Fulbright participants. Despite the different challenges that we face both at home and abroad, the Fulbright mission remains the same: to increase mutual understanding and support friendly and peaceful relations between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. The...
02/19/24
3 years in the making; about 60 exemplary NGO leaders across 5 countries interviewed during first/research phase of the project; 6 sections, 19 chapters & 376 pages; 15 chapters authored by M. Kumaran, 3 chs. co-authored by M. Kumaran & M. Cherian & 1 ch. authored by M. Cherian.
The purpose of this book is to improve overall organizational management capacities of NGOs (nonprofits) within a strategic framework in countries across the globe. As the primary author Dr. K wrote 15 of the book's 19 chapter and contributed to three other chapters, each focusing on a vital management function to enhance operational efficiency organizational and effectiveness in the NGO sector...
02/19/24
On February 8th, Dr. José Valentino Ruiz, founding program coordinator and assistant professor of music business and entrepreneurship, received the following awards for his artistry as a concerto soloist, contemporary classical composer, and music video producer:
- Diamond Prize® for Concerto Soloist: Recognizing his performance as the concerto's featured soloist on C flute, tenor saxophonist, and bass guitarist in the "Found Connections" Concerto for Multi-Instrumentalist and Wind...
02/19/24
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02/19/24
The International Center had a fantastic Giving Day, and we couldn’t be more grateful to everyone involved: UFIC staff and student assistants, Study Abroad, and the Study Abroad Peer Advisors, who all came together for one purpose: Study Abroad Scholarships. We had a lot of fun tabling outside of the Hub and appreciate every student who stopped by to chat, grab some swag, and donate! Thank you and see you next year!
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