UFIC Business Manager Receives Gator Business Administrator Services Certification
12/10/18

Congratulations to Susan Lukowe, UF International Center Business Manager on receiving her Gator Business Administrator Services (GBAS) Certification! Susan is responsible for management of all UFIC business and financial activities, and oversight of fiscal staff and operations. She is also responsible for the center’s budget allocation and management of all center funding sources, leading financial initiatives for long range planning including establishment of fees collected for study abroad, RCM calculations and overseeing financial reporting for the center.

Susan has been with the University for 10 years, holds an M.A. in Accounting from the University of Florida, and is a...

Study Abroad Scholarship Fund Receives Gift from Former UFIC Dean
12/10/18

Former UFIC Dean, Dr. David Sammons, and his wife Becky Sammons have again generously contributed to the Study Abroad Services (SAS) Scholarship Fund. Every year, the UF International Center sponsors a large number of study abroad students who would have not been able to accomplish their education abroad goals if not for this important financial support. UFIC is very grateful for the Sammons’ generosity and passion about providing international education to UF students.

Laercio Redondo: Relance Exhibition
12/03/18

Kaira Cabañas (Art History) served as curatorial advisor and author for the exhibition Laercio Redondo: Relance at the Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo. She writes, “Redondo’s site-specific interventions ask what kind of knowledge museums reflect and generate, … allowing for structured acts of interpretation, both seen and unseen.” For more information, click here.

Simon Award Arrives at UF After Being Presented in Washington D.C.
12/03/18

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...

Simon Award Arrives at UF after being presented in Washington D.C.
11/30/18

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...

Dr. Daeun Choi Receives Giuseppe Pellizzi Award
11/19/18

UF agricultural and biological engineering (ABE) graduate Dr. Daeun "Dana" Choi was announced as the sole winner of the prestigious Giuseppe Pellizzi Prize in Bologna, Italy on November 10th. The award was given to Dr. Choi for the best Ph.D. dissertation worldwide during 2016 and 2017 related to agricultural machinery or mechanization. Her dissertation on "Development of intelligent vision systems to support precision agriculture practices in Florida citrus production" was conducted under the guidance of ABE professor Daniel Lee. The other finalists for the award were from France, Italy, and Spain. Dr. Choi is now an assistant professor at Pennsylvania State University.

Design, Construction, and Planning Landscape Students in India
11/19/18

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.

Masters of Occupational Therapy Students Travel to Alumna’s Clinic in Ecuador for Fieldwork Experience
11/19/18

When it came time to choose a location for her fieldwork, Master of Occupational Therapy student Sarah Siebrandt knew she was ready for a challenge. At Centro de Rehabilitación, Educación, Capacitación, Estudios y Recursos, Inc., or CRECER, in Ecuador, she found the right challenge: a language barrier, a new country and being thousands of miles away from family and friends.

“In occupational therapy, we are continually giving our clients the ‘just right challenge’ — the specific amount of difficulty for them to be challenged by an activity yet be successful to help them grow and reach new goals,” she said. “Going to CRECER provided this for me.”

Siebrandt, Claressa Midgette...

Spanish Delegation Visits UF
11/06/18

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...

North Florida Chapter Wins Fulbright Association Award
11/06/18

The Fulbright Association congratulates the following chapters, recipients of the 2018 Chapter Awards:

▪ Excellence in Advocacy Award: National Capital Area Chapter
▪ Outstanding Programming Award: Iowa Chapter
▪ Committee's Choice: North Florida Chapter, Mid-Florida Chapter, and Western Washington Chapter.

The awards will be presented at the 41st Annual...

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