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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.
![Dean Ganim and international student at international student graduation](/sites/international.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2022-05/2022_05_12-International%20Student%20Graduation%20jatorner%20-0096.jpg?h=c3635fa2&itok=q3O5Hpkc)
Dean's Message: Celebrating the Class of 2022
Wednesday, June 1, 2022
Dean Ganim celebrates the graduating class of 2022, and in particular highlights the first in-person international student affinity graduation ceremony co-sponsored by UI International Programs.
![Russ Ganim, along with Dean Sherief Khalifa and Dr. Dixon Thomas at the Gulf Medical Hospital in the UAE](/sites/international.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2022-04/Russ%20in%20the%20UAE.jpg?h=efde5b34&itok=FTqOntlM)
Dean's Message: Catching up
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Dean Ganim discusses events surrounding the Provost's Global Forum, the world opening up again to travel, and events centered on the rise of authoritarianism.
![kyiv-ukraine.gif Kyiv, Ukraine](/sites/international.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2022-04/kyiv-ukraine.gif?h=707772c7&itok=4bfw_KbY)
Dean's Message: Support for Ukraine
Friday, April 1, 2022
Dean Ganim, on behalf of International Programs, condemns the Russian aggression against Ukraine.
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Dean's Message: The Legacy of Anne Frank
Tuesday, March 1, 2022
Dean Ganim discusses visits by consular and cultural representatives from Israel and Taiwan, and the Provost's Global Forum on the legacy of Anne Frank.
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Dean's Message: A year of accomplishments
Tuesday, February 1, 2022
Dean Ganim discusses our 2021 annual report which highlights what IP, and the campus as a whole, is doing around internationalization.
![sincerely-media-lq3go6mnpzo-unsplash_1.jpg Happy New Year in scrabble letters](/sites/international.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2022-04/sincerely-media-lq3go6mnpzo-unsplash_1.jpg?h=67eabc4d&itok=zYJJ_z0c)
Dean's Message: Happy New Year
Monday, January 3, 2022
Dean Ganim discusses the latest programming which focused on critical issues of global importance and highlights some student successes which underscore the impact of our global mission.
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Dean's Message: UI Passport Office open for business
Wednesday, December 1, 2021
Dean Ganim celebrates the opening of the new U.S. Passport Office at the University of Iowa and how we celebrated International Education Week.
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Dean's Message: Strengthening our Global Relationships
Monday, November 1, 2021
Dean Ganim discusses International Education Week and international delegations that visited Iowa.
![hancher_fish.jpg fish sculptures at Hancher](/sites/international.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2022-04/snp/image_gallery/images/hancher_fish.jpg?h=a1e1a043&itok=lOGL8NyK)
Dean's Message: Enjoying the familiar
Friday, October 1, 2021
Dean Ganim posits that while we may not have returned to "normal", we have regained a sense of the familiar with some in-person events and students going abroad again.
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Dean's Message: Welcome!
Wednesday, September 1, 2021
Dean Ganim welcomes our newest group of international students to UI this fall.
![International alumni group in Wuhan, China holding Iowa flag](/sites/international.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2021-07/alumni%20group%20in%20Wuhan%20with%20Iowa%20flag.jpg?h=545d6d87&itok=WWb04e2A)
Dean's Message: Summer highlights
Monday, August 2, 2021
Dean Ganim on highlights from this summer including the Global Education Institute for Teachers, and alumni making a difference.
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