Regulars to FIU’s MMC and BBC campuses are familiar with one of our popular academic amenities: racks containing free copies of The New York Times. Lesser known are free digital access passes to NYTimes.com for FIU students…even over the summer when the printed copies are on vacation. Passes can be held by 55* students at a […]
Graham Center to FIU Students: “A Better World Starts With You”
FIU News recently featured a new piece of art outside the University’s Graham Center (GC) and its relationship to the Global Learning for Global Citizenship initiative. The display, which was the idea of outgoing GC Executive Director Ruth Hamilton, features the phrases features the phrases “A Better World Starts With Me, A Better World Starts With Us” translated into the […]
President Rosenberg Addresses Internationalzation of US Education in the 21st Century
FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg was the plenary speaker at the Internationalization of U.S. Education in the 21st Century conference sponsored by the Coalition for International Education and the College of William and Mary on April 12, 2014. The research conference, held in Williamsburg, Virgina, addressed national needs and policy implications for the future of […]
FIU Hosts NAFSA Webinar on Assessment of Internationalization Efforts
On Thursday, April 24th, 2014, 3:00 – 4:30 p.m., Drs. Hilary Landorf and Stephanie Doscher presented the first national webinar on assessment of comprehensive internationalization for NAFSA: Association of International Educators. The webinar was attended by educators from 70 institutions around the globe, including in the Netherlands. In addition to gaining practical methods in assessment […]
Doors Open to a Dream Career
In the fall of 2012, student Florencia Dominguez took the global learning course ECS 3021, Women, Culture and Economic Development taught by Dr. Irma Alonso. The course equipped her with an awareness of global humanitarian issues which inspired her to become engaged with the International Rescue Committee. This is the first person account of her […]
Going Organic for Global Health
After learning about economic disparities IDS 3189, International Nutrition, Public Health, and Economic Development, student Randy Juste applied for and received a USDA agroecology internship and has been able to work with FIU’s organic garden and related research projects. Read Randy’s first-person account of his internship and how FIU Global Learning equipped him with the global awareness and […]
Banking for the Future
After learning about microfinancing in ECS 3021, Women Culture, and Economic Development, student Andrew Hofmeyer applied for an internship with the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, eventually meeting the bank’s founder, Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus. Read Andrew’s first-person account of his internship abroad and how Global Learning at FIU equipped him with the global awareness and […]
Students Offering Support 2013 Trip Recap
Project Summary FIU Global Learning-Students Offering Support 2013 Service Trip Cusco, Peru Trip Details Duration May 15-30,2013 Project Site Local orphanage: Hogar de Menores (Home for Children) “Maria Salome Ferro” and Casa Acogida “Virgen Natividad” Cusco, Peru Participants Diva Hurtado, SOS President Nidia Rivera, SOS VP of Outreach Andres Aarango, SOS VP of Human Resources […]
GlobeMed Profiled by FIU News
GlobeMed, a student organization working to promote public health equity in Guatemala, was featured in a December 23rd article on FIU News. GlobeMed works closely with a partner organization in the country, Escuela de la Calle, to address the needs of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) via internships for FIU students. The […]
Mapping Miami’s Cultures
By Moses Shumow, Ph.D. Miami is often called a center of globalization, a crossroads of different cultures, ethnicities, and nationalities – even the “capital” of Latin America. But what does it mean to live in a global city? What exactly does that look like? And given the huge impact of migration across the region, how […]