Gainesville, FL 11/8/2022 – November 14-18 will mark the celebration of International Education Week on the UF campus, and the International Center renews its commitment to global academic partnerships by recognizing the invaluable contributions of our 2022 international education leaders: students, faculty, administrators, supporters, and mentors.
Congratulations to all UF Global Awardees!
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International Educator of the Year Awards
The International Educator of the Year Awards honors the outstanding contributions of faculty and staff to the internationalization of the University of Florida and the impact of those contributions on students, international partners, and university stakeholders.
The University of Florida International Center presents the 2022 International Educator of the Year Awards to:
CAMPUS WINNERS
Dr. Danling Fu- Senior Faculty
Professor, School of Teaching and Learning, College of Education
Dr. Natalie Coers- Junior Faculty
Lecturer, Agricultural Education and Communication Department, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Michael Fitzgerald- Staff
Coordinator of Global Engagement, Office of Academic and Student Affairs, Dean’s Office, College of Health and Human Performance
We also congratulate our staff and faculty nominees who are recognized this year as winners in their colleges and departments.
AWARDEES BY COLLEGE
Senior Faculty
Dr. Andy Ogram - College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Dr. John Kraft - Warrington College of Business
Dr. John K. Schueller - Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
Dr. Keith R. Willmott - Florida Museum of Natural History
Dr. Peihua Qui - College of Public Health and Health Professions
Dr. Ravi Shankar Srinivasan - College of Design, Construction, and Planning
Dr. Victoria Emma Pagán - College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Dr. Will Kesling - College of the Arts
Junior Faculty
Dr. Garrett Beatty - College of Health and Human Performance
Dr. Irme Bartos - College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Dr. Jeremiah Blanchard - Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
Prof. Jeffery Pufahl - College of the Arts
Dr. Laura Gonzales - College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Dr. Lucas C. Majur - Florida Museum of Natural History
Dr. Luis Mejia-Puig - College of Design Construction and Planning
Dr. Roxane Coche - College of Journalism and Communications
Dr. Rebecca Hanson - Center for Latin American Studies
Dr. Tara Mathien - College of Education
Staff
Joel Parker - Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
For information on the International Educator Awards please visit UFIC's website.
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2023 Global Fellows Program Awards
The Global Fellows Program provides an opportunity for early-career UF faculty to kick-start an international research program. A series of workshops and training sessions, along with a seed grant of $5,000, provides fellows an opportunity to lay the groundwork for an international research project.
The 2023 Global Fellows are:
Tracie Baker, DVM, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Environmental and Global Health, Public Health and Health Professions. Research in Ethiopia. Mentor: Sarah McKune, Ph.D.
Ozgur Batuman*, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Plant Pathology, Southwest Florida Research and Education Center, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. Research in Israel and/or Turkey. Mentor: Svetlana Y. Folimonova, Ph.D.
Victoria Gerson, M.A., Instructional Assistant Professor, Graphic Design, College of the Arts. Research in Brazil. Mentor: Dori Griffin, Ph.D.
Golmar Golmohammadi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Soil, Water and Ecosystem Environment, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. Research in Canada and Lebanon. Mentor: Maria Silveira, Ph.D.
Grace John^, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Biology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Research in Colombia. Mentor: Jeremy Lichstein, Ph.D.
Yoosook Lee*, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. Research in Zambia. Mentor: Chelsea Smartt, Ph.D.
Anton M. Matytsin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, History, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Research in Western Europe. Mentor: Nina Caputo, Ph.D.
German V. Sandoya Miranda, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Horticultural Sciences, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. Research in Brazil. Mentor: Steven Sargent, Ph.D.
Porchia Moore, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Art + Art History, College of the Arts. Research in the African Continent. Mentor: Fatima Tuggar, Ph.D.
Nia Morales*, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. Research in Costa Rica and Chile. Mentor: Bette Loiselle, Ph.D.
Marcio F. R. Resende, Jr., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Horticultural Sciences, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. Research with the International Potato Center, Peru. Mentor: Lincoln Zotarelli, Ph.D.
Eleonora Rossi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Linguistics, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Research in Norway. Mentor: Eric Potsdam, Ph.D.
Olesya M. Savchenko*, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Food and Resource Economics, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. Research in New Zealand. Mentor: Sherry Larkin, Ph.D.
Rachel Silveri, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Art + Art History, College of the Arts. Research in the United Kingdom. Mentor: Kaira M. Cabanas, Ph.D.
Heather Stark, MD, MPH, Clinical Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Public Health and Health Professions. Research in Ethiopia. Mentor: Sarah McKune, Ph.D.
Marcelo Osorio Wallau, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Agronomy, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. Research in France. Mentor: Greg MacDonald, Ph.D.
*A fellowship supported by the Global Food Systems Institute, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
^A fellowship supported by the Florida Climate Institute
For information on the Global Fellows Program please visit UFIC’s website.
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Global Learning Institute Awardees 2022
The Global Learning Institute is a semester-long program where faculty learn about internationalization models, campus resources, and teaching methods to support global learning. The program reinforces professional development at UF by creating interdisciplinary learning communities and by expanding the teaching toolkit of our faculty.
Bahar Armaghani, Lecturer & Director
Sustainability and the Built Environment Program
College of Design, Construction, and Planning
Claudia Ganser, Research Assistant Scientist (Havelaar Lab)
Dept. of Animal Sciences
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Ryan Good, Lecturer
School of Natural Resources and Environment
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Daniel Johnson, Assistant Professor
School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences
Aj (Amy) Jung, Lecturer
Dial Center for Written and Oral Communication
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Azza Kamal, Instructional Assistant Professor
Sustainability and the Built Environment Program
Dept. of Urban & Regional Planning
College of Design, Construction, and Planning
Stacey Liou, Assistant Professor
Dept. of Political Science
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Luis Mejia Puig, Assistant Professor
Dept. of Interior Design
College of Design, Construction, and Planning
Hania Abou Al-Shamat, Adjunct Lecturer
International Studies, Bob Graham Center for Public Service
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Marta L. Wayne, Professor
Dept. of Biology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
For additional information on the Global Learning Institute please visit UFIC's website.
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Virtual Exchange Training Fall 2022 Awardees
Through this 5-week, fully online course, UF faculty work with international partners on developing virtual exchange projects to implement in their existing courses, thus giving their students the opportunity to connect with peers abroad to collaborate on assignments, acquire global perspectives on a given discipline, and develop intercultural competence skills.
Salah Algabli, Assistant Instructional Professor
Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Lisa Athearn, Instructional Professor
Dial Center for Written and Oral Communication
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Garrett Beatty, Instructional Associate Professor
Applied Physiology and Kinesiology
College of Health and Human Performance
Nathalie Ciesco, Assistant Instructional Professor
Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Sharon DiFino, Clinnical Assistant Professor
Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
College of Public Health & Health Professions
Judith Donohue, Instructor
UF CJC Online
College of Journalism and Communications
Michael Leslie, Associate Professor
Media Production, Management, and Technology
College of Journalism and Communications
Fernando Merida, Instructional Assistant Professor
Chemical Engineering
Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
Mariela Pajuelo, Assistant Scientist
Florida Museum of Natural History
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Amanda Subalusky, Assistant Professor
Biology, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
For additional information on the Virtual Exchange Training please visit UFIC's website.
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International Student Achievement Awards (ISAA) 2022
The awards were established to highlight and honor students who distinguish themselves not only by their exemplary academic achievements but also by a wide range of accomplishments and contributions to UF.
ALEC COURTELIS AWARDS
Riya Chakraborty, College of Education
Evgeniya Kozhevnikova, College of the Arts
Innocensia Owuor, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
OUTSTANDING MASTER AND PROFESSIONAL AWARDS
Antony Gitei Gathiru, Center for African Studies
Valentina Sierra Niño, College of the Arts
Hae Jin So, Warrington College of Business
*OUTSTANDING UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS
Maria Laura Anaclerio D’Ascoli, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Kiara Lolo, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
James Zhao, Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
For details about awardees and their work please visit UFIC's website.
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Research Abroad for Doctoral Students (RAD) Awards 2022-2023
The RAD program provides funding for travel and travel-related expenses for doctoral students to go abroad to collect data or to access resources not available on campus at partner institutions.
Shreyanshu Agrawal, Department of Chemical Engineering, College: Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
Advisors: Dr. Ranga Narayanan & Dr. Kirk Ziegler
France
Xiaoxing Bian, Interdisciplinary Ecology, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS)
Advisor: Dr. Vanessa Hall
China
Amanda Brock, Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts and Science
Advisor: Dr. Daniel Contreras
Peru
Karen Coker, Public Health, College of Public Health, and Health Professions
Advisor: Dr. Sara McKune
Senegal
Kaitlin Gattoni, Nematology, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Advisor: Dr. Dorota L. Porazinska
Denmark
Alwin Hopf, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Advisor: Dr. Gerrit Hoogenboom
China
Megan LeBlanc, Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Advisor: Dr. Susan deFrance
Peru
Abigail Lindo, Ethnomusicology, School of Music, College of Arts
Advisor: Dr. Sarah Politz
Portugal
James McQueen Parr, Nematology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Advisor: Dr. Dorota Porazinska
Denmark
Karah Mechlowitz, Public Health, College of Public Health and Health Professions
Advisor: Dr. Sarah McKune
Ethiopia
Megan Nakamura, Linguistics, College of Liberal Arts
Advisor: Dr. Eleonora Rossi
Norway
Savannah Troy, Interdisciplinary Ecology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Advisor: Dr. Robert Fletcher
Eswatini
For information on the RADs program please visit UFIC's website.
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Study Abroad Leadership Program Awardees 2022
The Study Abroad Leadership Program (SALP) award provides training, tools, and funding to develop new and innovative faculty-led study abroad programs. Faculty received an award of up to $3,500 to conduct a site visit to their proposed program location. These programs will help to diversify opportunities for students of underrepresented majors and in non-traditional locations.
Candice Adams-Mitchell
Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
College of Public Health and Health Profession
UF in Zambia - Global Communication Perspective
Helene Blondeau
Department of French and Francophone, Studies and Linguistics
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
UF in Québec - Francophone Culture and Society in Context
Antonio Faciola
Department of Animal Sciences, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
UF in Italy – Exploring Animal Sciences
Matthew Hallett
Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
UF in Guyana - Participatory Research, Indigenous Knowledge, and Conservation
Matthew Jones
University Writing Program, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
UF in Wales - Writing and Working in International Studies and Law
Rosalie Koenig
Department of Agronomy, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
UF in Costa Rica – Plants and People in the Anthropocene
Ashlee Ossiboff
Department of Health Education and Behavior, College of Health and Human Performance
UF in Scandinavia – International Health Communication and Policy
For information on the SALP program please visit UFIC's website.