Nishanta ‘Nishi’ Rajakaruna with Welwitschia mirabilis subspecies namibiana in the Namib Desert
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"The future belongs to those who dare to step into discomfort and welcome the unknown — and those are the ones who become Fulbrighters.”
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"What is in my own head is great but learning from others is amazing and more than you can get from books alone. This was my biggest takeaway.” Learn more about Natalie’s experience as a student participating in an international virtual exchange with a focus on Interior Design, in this interview with UNICollaboration, a European-based Virtual Exchange (VE) network.
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Dr. Erika Brooke, Associate Instructional Professor in the UF Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law, and her virtual exchange partner, Professor Xavier F. Andrade Castillo from Universidad San Francisco de Quito in Ecuador, were recently interviewed by UNICollaboration, a European-based Virtual Exchange network. During the interview, they explained how they created a virtual exchange project that enabled students to compare and reflect on the cultural similarities and differences in their perceptions of law and justice systems.
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UF graduate Adrianna Ruiz, who majored in Criminology and Political Science, was recently interviewed by UNICollaboration, a European-based Virtual Exchange (VE) network, about her experience as a virtual exchange participant through a course she took titled "Careers in Criminal Justice" taught by Dr. Erika Brooke in spring 2024. For the virtual exchange project, Adrianna collaborated with students from Dr. Xavier F. Andrade Castillo's class at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador, and had an opportunity to explore global perspectives on topics related to criminal justice systems.
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Paloma Rodriguez, Director of the Office of Global Learning, and Mary Risner, Associate Director of UF’s Center for Latin American Studies, visited Universidad Autonoma de Campeche and the Instituto Campechano in Mexico to discuss future collaborations and increasing virtual exchange partnerships between our institutions. A special thank you to Monica Guerrero, Irene Aké Ché, Benjamin Otto Ortega Morales, Rosalinda Echavarría Sánchez, Gabriela De la Cruz Pereyra, Darwin Perez, Rafael Enrique Meneses Lopez, Melissa Aguilar, Nadia Kass May, Eduardo Aguilar and all the wonderful faculty and colleagues who met with them during their visit.
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