Debra Anderson's Story: She gave her life to serve international students, they gave her a new life in return
07/12/22

Source: Katie Hyson, WUFT

Debra Anderson agreed to a profile on one condition – it couldn’t be about her.

Anderson retired this summer after 22 years of working for the University of Florida’s International Center (after successfully demanding the dean turn her retirement party into a staff-wide appreciation instead).

I worked alongside her there for several years, in a different department.

Though she supervised nearly a dozen staff as director of International Student Services, she was the one to sleep on an...

UFIC Participates at UF Career Engagement Summit
07/12/22

Top left: Martine Angrand, Sharon Brown, Steve Ghulamani, Mabel Cardec and Christina Cozart. Top right: Mabel Cardec. Bottom: Panel hosted by CCC

Team members of the UFIC attended the Career Connection Center annual Faculty & Staff Career Symposium on July 7-8, 2022. This year’s theme was Today’s Students for Tomorrow’s Workforce. The event centered around emerging trends that impact students’ workforce readiness and the role faculty and staff play in preparing UF students for the future of work. UFIC staff members hosted a table presenting its services and answering employers' questions about F-1 students' employment eligibility.

Mabel Cardec, Communications...

Dr. Sanford Berg Presents during Brazil Water Week
06/30/22

Professor Emeritus Sanford Berg discussed “The Role of Regulatory Agencies to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals to industry and government officials in Brazil. His report focused on the implications of the OECD Report for Key Performance Indicators in the Water and Sanitation Sector, especially data collection, analysis, targets, communication, and incentives.

To learn more, visit the OECD website.

Kristen Stoner, UF Flute Professor, performs world premiere at XXXVII Festival Internacional de Flautistas in Lima, Peru
06/30/22

Dr. Kristen Stoner, invited guest artist at the XXXVII Festival Internacional de Flautistas, was the only musician from the United States to be featured. During the week-long Festival, she performed a duo concerto with orchestra, three quintets, a solo recital, and two works for flute orchestra. She also presented a masterclass for South American flute students attending the Festival and adjudicated an international flute competition. On her solo recital, she performed the world premiere of a new composition by Peruvian composer César Vivanco Sánchez, Capriccio Criollo sobre el tema "La Flor de la Canela" de Isabel Granda.

To view the world premiere, ...

UFIC Staff Appreciation Gelati
06/30/22

UFIC staff was treated with a sweet and deliziosa surprise to show appreciation for the hard work and passion they show every day to promote international education and engagement on campus. Everyone enjoyed Italian ice and ice cream from B'z Gelati, an independently owned and operated local food truck. Many thanks to Sara Williams (UFIC HR) for organizing!

Grazie a tutto il nostro meraviglioso staff per tutto quello che fai!

Thank you to all of our wonderful staff for all you do!

Live from NAFSA
06/07/22

Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education

Tested by four years of hostile U.S. government policy toward international students and battered by a pandemic that slammed shut borders, international-education administrators gathering this week in Denver were weary yet optimistic about the future of the field.

“The world needs international educators,” said Esther D. Brimmer, executive director of NAFSA...

Review of OECD Report “Fostering Water Resilience in Brazil, 2022”
06/07/22

Professor Emeritus Sanford Berg from the Economics Department in the Warrington College of Business served as an external reviewer of this report, interviewing stakeholders affected by the new water regulatory system implemented in Brazil in 2020. The review was provided in four presentations and included analyses of stakeholders' views of the new system, its implementation, and its potential impacts.

UF Campus Welcomes National Science Foundation Director
05/31/22

The National Science Foundation Director, Sethuraman Panchanathan, stopped to visit the University of Florida campus. During his visit, UF Research hosted a campus conversation with the director to discuss NSF's priorities and opportunities for researchers. UF Vice President for Research, Dr. David Norton, shared his thoughts on the visit through a tweet that read: 

"@UF was honored to host @NSF  Director Sethuraman Panchanathan on our campus this week. Your energy, clarity, and optimism are infectious and inspiring. Many thanks for spending the day with us and for your...

UF Libraries Staff Co-Author Book Chapter
05/31/22

Dr. Margarita Vargas-Betancourt, Jessica L. English, Angelibel Soto, and Melissa Jerome co-wrote a chapter titled “Contesting Colonial Library Practices of Accessibility and Representation,” in Archives and Special Collections as Sites of Contestation, edited by Mary Kandiuk. (Sacramento CA: Library Juice Press, 2020).

This chapter discusses how Library and Information Science (LIS) specialists at the University of Florida (UF) navigate the challenges of the colonialist and hegemonic nature of archives and the aspiration of special collections to be sites of contestation. It describes the development of UF’s Latin American and Caribbean Collection and the Digital Library of the...

Renewing connections with the UF Asian Faculty and Staff Association
05/23/22

Source: UF at Work

While the Asian Faculty and Staff Association, or AFSA, is not new to the University of Florida, engagement within the association has waned over the years. By the time the pandemic started in 2020, the AFSA was no longer active. The pandemic, however, reminded former members why an association like the AFSA is important for the UF community.

The number of anti-Asian hate crimes in the United States increased by 77% from 2019 to 2020, and more than 9,000 anti-Asian incidents were reported between March 2020 and June 2021....

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