Malini Johar Schueller
Prof. Malini Johar Schueller of U.F.’s Department of English won this year’s National Book Award in the Philippines in the category of Best Book of Literary Criticism/Cultural Studies in English for Campaigns of Knowledge: U.S. Pedagogies of Colonialism and Occupation in the Philippines and Japan. The book was published by Ateneo de Manila University Press and by Temple University Press.
The International Scholars Program held a graduation ceremony on April 26th. This spring 91 students received their global learning medallions, a record-breaking number in the history of the program. The International Scholars Program (ISP) is a graduation distinction program that helps students develop intercultural competence on a personal and professional level. Through international coursework, language learning, and campus engagement, students acquire essential international experience and perspective.
Congratulations to the International Scholars Program Graduates!
The Global Learning Community of Practice gathered to learn about the virtual exchange projects implemented by professors Megan Mocko (UF), Ricardo Lopez (USFQ, Ecuador), Denise Zornoff UNESP (Brazil), and Jeffrey Pufahl (UF). Faculty had an opportunity to exchange ideas about global learning and meet the international visitors. This event was hosted by the Office of Global Learning and co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies and the Center for Teaching Excellence.
The Office of Global Learning welcomed Dr. Denise Zornoff from UNESP (Brazil) and Dr. Ricardo Lopez from USFQ (Ecuador) last week. During their visit, they presented on their collaborative projects at the Interface and RiTL conferences along with their UF Virtual Exchange partners, Prof. Megan Mocko, Lecturer at the Warrington College of Business, and Prof. Jeffrey Pufahl, Research Assistant Professor at the College of the Arts. Their visit was co-sponsored by the Center for Teaching Excellence and the UF Center for Latin American Studies
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Source: CAS Newsletter
This Spring, undergraduate students enrolled in Beginning French 2 (FRE 1131) Online at the University of Florida participated in an innovative virtual exchange project with students studying English in person at the Language Center of the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce et d’Informatique de Gestion of Ouagadougou, in Burkina Faso. This innovative learning experience was developed and led by Nathalie Ciesco, Assistant Instructional Professor of French at UF, and her colleague Salifou Dabo, Senior Language Instructor and Head of ESCO-IGES...
After recently signing a Memorandum of Understanding between UF Design, Construction and Planning and the University of Cuenca in Ecuador, a vital delegation visited UF to strengthen collaboration ties. Representing UFIC were: Dean Marta L. Wayne, Paloma Rodriguez, Susanne Hill and Michael Kung.
Dr. Karla Saldaña, from the UF School of Architecture, has organized faculty visits to...
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Source: The Independence Florida Alligator
By Peyton Harris
When he entered a house in the Kuikuro village, Micheal Heckenberger was greeted by a smell medley of smokiness, traditional Xingu cooking and excess body paint. Moving through the house was a sensual experience in itself, he said, adjusting to the open circular spaces and side-by-side hammocks.
“You're as likely to hear a flute in the middle of the night as a car honking its horn,” he said.
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Source: UF College of Nursing
Like the season itself, spring collaborations were in full bloom at the UF College of Nursing, thanks to the latest cohort of visitors from Brazil during InteRNational Gator Nursing Week.
During a week of knowledge sharing about advanced nursing education, over 15 nursing faculty from seven Brazilian universities across the country learned how the nurse practitioner role, held by clinicians who possess a Doctor of Nursing...
On behalf of CAME Director Osubi Craig, we want to thank the UFIC for co-sponsoring the Book Release for 10,000 Memories: A Lived History of Partition at UF Innovate last Thursday. We had a great turnout, with faculty, students and community members engaging in robust conversation about Dr. Guneeta Singh Bhalla's 1947 Partition Archive digital oral history project.
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Source: The Independence Florida Alligator
By Zarin Ismail
Since the end of March, Ealyes Mohammed has woken up every day around 5 a.m. to eat breakfast. Sometimes, he eats cereal or a bagel with cottage cheese. The snacking stops when the sun rises, and he doesn’t eat or drink anything else until 8 p.m.
After a morning prayer at the mosque and a few hours of rest at home, the 32-year-old restaurant owner gets up again and goes to work.
“I’m actually a...
