Articles from July 2022

Russ Kosovo trip

UI delegation to Kosovo yields stronger ties and advances plans for USAID grant application

Monday, July 25, 2022
In the most recent Iowa delegation trip to Kosovo, UI representative Russ Ganim, associate provost and dean of International Programs, visited multiple partner universities and advanced plans for a large grant application through USAID. 
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In the news: Mandela fellows return to University of Iowa

Wednesday, July 20, 2022
‘They will be Iowa’s ambassadors to Africa’
Sam Longo on top of Capri in Italy

Global internships, a high-impact educational experience for UI student, Sam Longo

Wednesday, July 20, 2022
Sam Longo is a University of Iowa student majoring in marketing management and anticipated to graduate in May 2023. She is currently completing a global internship abroad as a production management intern with the company, Social Reporters, located in Milan, Italy.
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Korean Studies to host lecture on Beijing's Koreatown, Sept. 2

Monday, July 18, 2022
The Korean Studies Research Network and International Programs will present a virtual lecture by guest speaker Sharon J. Yoon entitled "The Cost of Belonging: An Ethnography of Solidarity and Mobility in Beijing’s Koreatown" on Friday, September 2, from 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. (CDT), via Zoom. 
Global Education Institute 2022

Global Education Institute for Teachers continues its success

Tuesday, July 5, 2022
The Global Education Institute for Teachers, co-organized by UI International Programs (IP) and the Stanley Center for Peace and Security, is an annual professional development workshop for Iowa's K-12 teachers of all disciplines that focuses on international topics and issues of critical importance.
Gabriela Rivera

IP resumes in-person multilingual commencement narrations

Friday, July 1, 2022
As COVID cases slowed down in spring 2022, IP decided to resume in-person recordings for this project, and the decision was well received by the international student population on campus.
With school administrators at the Senegalese American Bilingual School in Dakar

Dean's Message: Trip to Senegal

Friday, July 1, 2022
Dean Ganim discusses the highlights of his recent trip to Senegal and other ways we're developing relationships this summer.