UF Students and Staff Participate at United Nations Day Sponsored by UFIC
10/30/18

By Dr. Angela Miller, UFIC’s Liaison for Outreach, Diversity, & Inclusion

In honor of the 70th Anniversary of the United Nations (UN), the Gainesville chapter of the United Nations Association hosted a luncheon on October 25th at the Gainesville Woman’s Club under the theme: Peace Matters – Why?

During the event, a tribute was given to the late Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations who was honored for his outstanding contributions to global peacekeeping. Keynote Speaker, William Phillips, UN Departments of Peacekeeping Operations and Field Support spoke on the topic: “Preventing Conflict and Keeping Peace: Changing How the UN Does Business.” Students from...

Design, Constructing, and Planning University Scholars Students Gather Data in Punta Cana
10/30/18

Over the summer of 2018, an interdisciplinary undergraduate student team including Jahza Klochko (Construction Management), Gabriella Villalobos and Jeanette Misuraca (Architecture), and Julia Walton (Landscape Architecture) traveled to the Dominican Republic to work alongside Fundación Grupo Puntacana as part of the Center for Undergraduate Research’s International Scholars Program. The students are all earning a Minor in Sustainability and the Built Environment, yet each contributed a unique set of skills acquired from their individual classwork and internship experience across the College of Design, Construction and Planning’s academic units.

Ongoing research partner Fundación...

UFIC International Student Scholarships Awards Announced
10/30/18

The University of Florida International Center congratulates the following applicants on being selected to receive the 2018 Alec Courtelis, ​Scarborough-Maud Fraser and Diane Fisher Awards. Congratulations!

Alec Courtelis Award 
1st Place $3,000 Award: Hao Gan, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences 
2nd place $1,500 Award: Varsha Sundaresan, College of Medicine, & Mark Preston Lopez, College of Education

Scarborough-Maud Fraser Award 
$1,000 Award: Ayodeji Abayomi Otufowora, Public Health and Health Professions

Diane Fisher Award 
$500 Award: Daria Bulatnikova, Warrington College of...

First Gen Gators Eager to Study Abroad!
10/08/18

During this past summer, First Generation Gators saw the world through a different lens while participating in Study Abroad programs. On Oct. 2nd a panel of First-Generation Study Abroad Alumni shared their experience on Study Abroad programs. First Generation Gators, eager to study abroad filled the room to learn how their fellow First-Gen colleagues overcame challenges.

Akiya Parks (UF in India, NGOs & Development with Dr. Muthusami Kumaran), Dieu Tran (UF in Sorrento-Mediterranean Culture and Internships with Paloma Rodriguez); Madeline Hickey (UF in England- Service Learning, Nursing & Pioneer Nurses with Dr. Paula Delpech), and Tien Nguyen (UF in Fiji Sustaining...

The Institutes Project: Groundbreaking Celebration
10/08/18

Last month, Multicultural and Diversity Affairs officially broke ground on the Institute of Black Culture and Institute of Hispanic-Latino Cultures. This was a groundbreaking like none other, and not even the rain could stop the excitement. Instead, the rain only brought everyone closer together! The beautiful words of reflection and unity experienced at this event will forever stay with us through this cherished moment. The legacy of the IBC and La Casita will continue to live on and we cannot wait to move back in next Fall! We are excited to share the full video of the ceremony....

Great Success at Highly Attended Recent Virtual Exchange Faculty Event
10/01/18

On September 18, 2018, the University of Florida International Center hosted a virtual exchange faculty showcase. This event was organized by the UF Collaborative International Teaching Network (CITN) with the sponsorship of the Creative Campus and Learning without Borders initiatives.

The event featured nine faculty presenters who shared their experiences connecting their students with faculty and students from around the world through online collaboration. Over sixty faculty and staff members from multiple units across UF attended this exchange of ideas.

Individuals interested in learning more about virtual exchange are invited to the next workshop to be held this...

Thank you for Partnering with Us at the Study Abroad Fair!
10/01/18
UFIC recognized by UF Campaign for Charities
09/24/18

The UF International Center was recently recognized for increased donations during the UF Campaign for Charities. Our own Vanessa Fayo was also recognized as Outstanding Volunteer 2017. Congrats Vanessa, and thank you for your service and for representing us so well!

Student Dairy Scientist in Rwanda Shares Her Story and Potential
09/24/18

Source: IFAS Blogs

Students involved in research projects receive more than financial support for their degrees from the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems. I am being mentored in writing proposals and protocols, data collection and analysis, statistics and bio-safety. I plan to graduate in November 2018 with a master’s degree in animal production from the University of Rwanda, and I am one of the two graduate students working on the mastitis project led by Jean Baptiste Ndahetuye.

I helped to collect baseline data from Milk Collection Centers (MCCs)...

Learning from Madness: Brazilian Modernism and Global Contemporary Art
09/24/18

SA+AH professor Kaira M. Cabañas’s Learning from Madness: Brazilian Modernism and Global Contemporary Art was published by the University of Chicago Press. On account of this scholarly work, Yve-Alain Bois, Institute for Advanced Study, writes: “Kaira Cabañas’s study is an efficient antidote to what she calls the ‘monolingualism of the global’—the current tendency in modern and contemporary art institutions to welcome the art of the ‘other’ but only as framed by Western cultural codes…. She focuses on the extraordinary case of Brazil, where works of art produced by psychiatric patients were given a status similar to those of professional artists…. Goethe’s motto, ‘What is inside, is...

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