Get to Know Us! - Carrie Martins
10/28/24

Carrie Martins is the Coordinator of Faculty Development Initiatives in the UFIC Office of Global Learning. She helps support faculty in incorporating internationalization-at-home strategies into their courses.  

Carrie is from a small town in rural Pennsylvania called Fairfield, and her love for international education started with her decision of which college to attend.  “I chose the University of Delaware (UD) because I wanted to study abroad as soon as possible, and they offered programs that freshmen were eligible for, unlike many other schools,” said Carrie. “I started with a Study Abroad in Costa Rica for 5 weeks and later did a semester-long program in Argentina.  I also...

Beyond comfort: embracing challenge and community in the Peace Corps
10/28/24

Photo by Nicole Borman | The Independent Florida Alligator

Source: The independent Florida Alligator

By Dani Arnwine

Among Peace Corps volunteers, we often say our service is “the toughest job you’ll ever love.” At 18, however, I couldn’t grasp this sentiment; I was too focused on escaping my responsibilities to understand the profound journey ahead. It was the summer before my senior year of college, and I felt the pressure to go to law school — a goal I had pursued...

UFIC Welcomes CEU Cardenal Herrera for a COIL for Staff Showcase Week
10/28/24

In 2023, Merche Gimeno Rico asked Paloma Rodriguez to collaborate on a COIL for Staff project. A year later, they implemented a successful program and shared it with the world in person in Valencia!...

International Education Week is Around the Corner!

Dear International Education Partner,

We are excited to prepare for International Education Week 2024 (IEW), which will take place from November 18-22.

IEW celebrates the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. A UF Administrative Memo has been sent to campus audiences, marking IEW as an official campus-wide event.

The IEW webpage is up and running! To find related events, check the  ...

The UF International Center is pleased to announce the 20th ANNUAL GLOBAL CULTURE PHOTO CONTEST WINNERS!

Global Photo Contest 2024 Winners

Category 1     Study Abroad & Service Learning Students

1st Place           Curious Eyes of the Wild by Andrés León (Cachuela Esperanza, Bolivia)

2nd Place           Pearlescent Horizons by Madeline Sgan (Dubrovnik, Croatia) 

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Dean Wayne Pursues Greater Engagement at Universidad Complutense de Madrid
10/21/24

Dean Marta L. Wayne spent productive days together with UF colleagues at Universidad Complutense de Madrid. The UF delegation discussed promising opportunities for UF students in STEM via the Transatlantic Student Science Exchange program (TASSEP). The visit was coordinated by ...

A Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) for Staff Between UF and CEU Takes UF Counterparts to Valencia, Spain
10/21/24

 

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Toward Inclusive Conservation: Incorporating Gender into Research and Practice
10/21/24

Increasingly, scientists and academics are called upon to address the inequities of past approaches to international research and practice. University of Florida faculty and students are actively engaged in research across the globe, presenting the opportunity to embrace equitable and inclusive science. They are at the forefront of the mission to challenge “Helicopter Science,” a term used to describe non-inclusive, extractive research practices where researchers from higher-income countries conduct research in resource-poor settings with limited involvement of local communities or researchers. In tropical biology and conservation, a record of extractive approaches that fail to...

Institute for Driving, Activity, Participation and Technology (I-DAPT) researchers awarded International Funding
10/14/24

Dr. Sherrilene Classen (PI) and her team (Dr. Hongwu Wang Co-PI, Jason Rogers, Beth Gibson and Sueng-Woo Hwangbo) received funding to examine the effects of fermented papaya product (FPP) on the driving performance, of community dwelling older adults, using a high-fidelity driving simulator.

Driving rehabilitation interventions, may enable older adults to stay on the road longer and safer. These may include cognitive training, behind-the-wheel training (e.g., to sharpen driving skills), training in a driving simulator, adaptive equipment (e.g., installation of hand controls), high tech equipment (e.g., electronic components to maneuver aspects of the vehicle via push button modes...

Congratulations Professor Jillian Hernandez for receiving a prestigious Fulbright Award for the 2024/2025 term
10/14/24

Jillian Hernandez, Ph.D. 

Associate Professor

Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies 

Affiliate Faculty, Center for Latin American Studies

Hernandez has been awarded a Fulbright Specialist Grant to conduct work on gender and visual culture at the Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana in Santiago, Chile.

Congratulations professor Hernandez on this prestigious award!

 

Fulbright partners with participating governments, host institutions, corporations, and foundations in the United States as well as in other countries. For more information about the Fulbright Program, visit...

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