In this talk, Elizabeth Hoffecker shared practices that she and her colleagues at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) D-Lab have developed for engaging in respectful, mutually-enriching, long-term collaborations with scholars and practitioner-researchers from around the world. Drawing on over 10 years of experience conducting international development research at MIT involving projects and collaborators from over 10 countries on six continents, Elizabeth talked about strategies and addressed common pitfalls and challenges encountered in forming and sustaining research internationally.
03/06/23
The International Center and the Consulate General of Japan in Miami partnered to present the Japan Spring Festival @ UF last week. Hundreds of staff, faculty and students participated in this activity at the Reitz Union. Participants enjoyed Japanese cultural live music, tea demonstrations, origami, and calligraphy, and learned about educational and professional programs in Japan. The Consul General of Miami, Kazuhiro Nakai delivered remarks on friendship and future collaborations. Big thanks to the following collaborators!
Consulate General of Japan Guests
Consul General Nakai
Cultural Attaché – Consul Irisawa
JET Coordinator – Chris Brickey...
03/06/23
Photo by Kamryn Bailey | The Independent Florida Alligator
Source| The Independent Florida Alligator
By Claire Grunewald
After losing everything when her home of Luhansk, Ukraine, was occupied by pro-Russian separatists in 2014, Natalia Pluzhnyk moved to Severodonetsk, Ukraine. There, she worked on the front lines of the war in eastern Ukraine as a volunteer — all while being terrified Russia would try to seize her home again.
To ensure the safety of her teenage daughter and provide her with an opportunity to attend college, she moved to Gainesville in 2017.
“I didn’t see any prospects of a safe future,” Pluzhnyk said.
Pluzhnyk, now a 47-year-old...
02/27/23
Ohio State professor Julia Andrews gives a presentation on female Chinese artists in the 1900s at the Harn Museum of Art Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. Photo by Kamryn Bailey | The Independent Florida Alligator
Source | The Independent Florida Alligator
By Zoe Thomas
Julia Andrews may have been the one speaking, but most eyes in the Harn Museum’s auditorium were not on her. Instead, audience members — including local families and UF students — had a hard time looking away from the colorful paintings flashing across the projector behind her as she spoke.
Andrews, an Ohio...
02/27/23
Earlier this month, the University of Florida was named a Fulbright Top Producing Institution for U.S. Students for the first time in 10 years by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
This recognition is given to the U.S. colleges and universities that received the highest number of applicants selected for the 2022-2023 Fulbright U.S. Student Program.
Dean Marta L. Wayne and Kelly J. Medley, Lecturer and External Scholarship & Fellowship Coordinator at the University Honors Program attended the Association of International Education Administrators Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. where top producers where recognized.
02/24/23
The International Center and the UF Fulbright Lectures Committee are pleased to announce that Fulbright Awareness Month (FAM) will be celebrated from March 7-31, 2023.
Fulbright Awareness Month includes multiple informational sessions for scholars, faculty, staff, and students and provides opportunities to learn about Fulbright, the application process, and to hear about the experiences of past Fulbright participants. Despite the different challenges we face both at home and abroad, the Fulbright mission remains the same: to build lasting connections between the people of the United States and the people of other countries—building mutual understanding between nations, advancing...
02/21/23
Source | The Chronicle of Higher Education
From: Karin Fischer
The list of colleges that had the most recipients of the prestigious Fulbright scholarship, the U.S. government’s flagship international-exchange program, has been released. Eighteen colleges were new to the list for the 2022-23 academic year. And nine doctoral institutions, three master’s, five baccalaureate, and one four-year special-focus institution were the top producers of both U.S. scholars and U.S. students.
What does it take to have high participation in the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program, which offers teaching and research grants for...
02/21/23
UF ADMINISTRATIVE MEMO
FROM:
Marta L. Wayne, Dean & Associate Provost
UF International Center
SUBJECT: Fulbright Awareness Month 2023
The International Center and the UF Fulbright Lectures Committee are pleased to
announce that Fulbright Awareness Month (FAM) will be celebrated from March
7-31, 2023.
Fulbright Awareness Month includes multiple informational sessions for scholars,
faculty, staff, and students and provides opportunities to learn about Fulbright,
the application process, and to hear about the experiences of past Fulbright
participants. Despite the different challenges we face both at home and abroad,...
02/13/23
The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs named the University of Florida a Fulbright Top Producing Institution for U.S. Students for the first time in 10 years. This recognition is given to the U.S. colleges and universities that received the highest number of applicants selected for the 2022-2023 Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Eleven students from UF were selected for Fulbright awards for academic year 2022-2023.
"This prestigious recognition is a testament to the academic quality of our students at the University of Florida,” said Melissa Johnson, interim director of the UF Honors Program. “We're proud of the accomplishments of our students,...