The University of Florida International Center (UFIC) has been awarded $1.177 million from Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) to implement a research project titled Advancing women’s participation in livestock vaccine value chains in Nepal, Senegal, and Uganda. The primary goal is to increase livestock vaccination uptake by women, using a gendered intersectional transformative approach (GITA). The GITA approach not only takes gender into consideration but also considers other factors, such as age, race, caste, ethnicity, religion, and livelihood. The funding comes through the...
08/09/19
Welcome to the University of Florida, F-1 International Students!
Please follow the Check-In Process:
1. Complete the Online Check-In
2. Complete the In-Person Check-In
For Online Check-In
1. Read ALL the required reading
2. Upload your I-94 Form, Passport, F-1 Visa, US Port of Entry Stamp, and I-20
3. Update Your U.S. Address and Emergency Contact in MyUFL
4. Read the Statement of Understanding and Sign Electronically
5. Submit Your New International Student Check-In Application
For In-Person Check-In:
1. Bring your I-20 and Passport
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06/21/19
The UF NaviGators International group is now accepting mentor and mentee applications for the Fall 2019 Semester Matching Program. American and International student applications are now open and available on their website.
The NaviGator program is a great opportunity for American students to meet people from different countries and for International students to feel more at home while abroad. If you've always wanted to study abroad or just want to meet people from all over the world, then simply fill out the match form.
Head over to the UF NaviGators...
06/20/19
As you may have heard, the Chinese government recently issued a warning to students planning to study in the U.S., alerting them to potential visa delays and further complications. We have immediately seen an understandable increase in queries from concerned students about pending I-20s (the documents students need to apply for a US visa). We have also heard from some units on campus requesting information on the status of student documents.
Please know that we are currently working hard to issue pending I-20s for admitted students planning to enroll in the fall. Unfortunately, changing federal regulations, increasingly stringent oversight procedures, and longer processing times...
04/10/19
Source: CJC Profiles webpage
By Lenore Devore, B.S. Journalism 1984
Many people say age doesn’t matter. But when you’ve accomplished a lifetime of work in your first 30 years, age matters. Think of how much time Caitlin Healy, B.S. Journalism 2010, has to continue contributing her talents to make the world better.
Her accomplishments so far, to name a few:
| ▪ | Spent four years in Senegal in the Peace Corps |
04/10/19
Source: UF College of the Arts, In the Loop
Hilla Ben Ari is redefining the female body and masculine culture through her work. Creating works mainly focused around the strength and resilience of the female body, the Israeli visual artist creates pieces of art that highlight the limitations and boundaries of the human body.
Through the Israel Institute's Visiting Artists Program, Ben Ari is guest teaching at the UF School of Theatre + Dance and exhibiting work with the School of Art + Art History’s University...
Several Faculty and Staff Heading to Nepal with Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems
04/10/19
Several University of Florida faculty and staff are heading to Nepal in April for annual gatherings of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems, based within the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS). Jim Harper from the Innovation Lab will be part of the UF delegation as part of their support to research in two Asian countries, Nepal and Cambodia, and six countries in Africa. Researchers from these countries will also travel to Kathmandu, Nepal and present updates of their sponsored projects at a two-day Annual General Meeting. Next, a larger event on April 25-26 welcomes dignitaries from Nepal and international stakeholders to discuss the global relevance...
04/10/19
This year, UFIC participated in the Graduate Students Appreciation week to demonstrate our support to graduate students! The department was part of many others that tabled across campus to spread love and appreciation for all that graduate students do!
04/10/19
Source: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
On April 2, 2019, UFIC hosted a discussion about the western liberal democratic world order put in place at the end of WWII based on strong transatlantic alliances among nations aspiring to be politically free and economically prosperous and interconnected by these values rather than continuously separated and traumatized by the ravages of war (as had been the case in Europe for centuries). The United Nations, NATO, and the European Union all grew out of and are connected in different ways to these shared aspirations.
The Fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 was...
04/10/19
Dr. Muthusami Kumaran (Dr. K), Family, Youth & Community Science Associate Professor of Nonprofit Management & Community Organizations has just received the 2019-2020 Core Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to South Korea. He becomes the first FYCS faculty to go abroad as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar. This Award further solidifies Dr. K’s international reputation as an expert and scholar in nonprofit/NGO management.
During his six-month Fulbright Award period (August 2019 – January, 2020) he will be hosted by the Jeju National University, Jeju Island, S. Korea. He will teach a graduate course entitled “Roles, Impacts & Operations of NGOs in Society” at JNU’s Department of...