International Center University of Florida

UF is being honored for its broad commitment to international education and research, grounded in its fundamental goals of preparing our students to meet the challenges of a globalized world, striving for faculty research excellence with a global impact, and advancing campus diversity. A key component of the effort is UF’s 2014 Quality Enhancement Plan, entitled “Learning without Borders: Internationalizing the Gator Nation,” which was presented as part of UF’s reaccreditation process. 

“We are pleased and proud to receive the 2018 Senator Paul Simon Award recognizing UF’s efforts in international education,” said UF President Kent Fuchs. “This award affirms our commitment to...

Prof. Alpa Nawre and Michael Kung just came back after leading a group of 3 Landscape Architecture masters students to several villages in central India. The trip was quite successful, and they were able to see multiple existing projects that their students were working on. They stopped by two main sites in two states, and at one site, their students paired up with students from a nearby university (NIT Raipur), and were able to observe and interview villagers and community leaders/government officials. They conducted similar activities at the other site, and the students were featured in a local newspaper.

The Spanish delegation included faculty from the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV), researchers from the Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIIA) and members of the Valencia Citrus Growers Association.

The Gator Citrus Club (GCC) organized a program agenda for the Spanish delegation which included a tour of the UF Citrus Research and Education Center (CREC) in Lake Alfred, visits to the Horticultural Science (HOS) and Agricultural and Biological Engineering (ABE) Departments on campus, as well as a tour of W. G. Roe & Son's citrus farms in Winter Haven.

The GCC traveled to Valencia (Spain) last May 2018 where they learned about the Spanish...