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Riveros-Iregui Receives a Fulbright Scholar Award
March 14, 2022Diego Riveros-Iregui has been awarded a 2022-2023 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to Ecuador to investigate the coupling of greenhouse gas emissions, hydrologic dynamics, and the ecology of tropical alpine environments of the Northern Andes. The award will allow Riveros-Iregui to spend time at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), working with local scientists on the effects of climate change on fluxes of water, energy, and nutrients across watersheds of the Andes Mountains. This region is the most biodiverse region in the world and contains some of the highest soil carbon stocks per unit area on Earth, comparable only to … Read more
Carolina Asia Center Facilitates Training for the 97th Civil Affairs Battalion from Fort Bragg
March 4, 2022In February 2022, three teams from the 97th Civil Affairs Battalion at Fort Bragg came to Chapel Hill for cultural immersion experiences in advance of deployment to Asia. UNC-Chapel Hill’s Carolina Asia Center (CAC) set up these meetings, in which soldiers met with diaspora communities and academics to provide relevant cultural knowledge and build familiarity with the contexts in which they would be deployed. Teams were preparing for missions in Bangladesh, Nepal and Thailand. Those headed to Bangladesh met with student leaders from Carolina’s Bengali Student Association. Ahmad Raiyan ’24 and Fariha Marzan ’23 shared insights on society and culture … Read more
Across Continents, Florence Babb Collaborates to Enhance Course Instruction
February 28, 2022When Florence Babb, professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, heard about Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL), she jumped at the opportunity to enhance her Introduction to Latin American Studies (LTAM 101) class and ultimately took her work to Ecuador, where she’s been collaborating with Universidad San Francisco de Quito faculty and students. Babb applied for a Curriculum Development Award for COIL through the Office of the Vice Provost for Global Affairs in fall 2021. COIL is a flexible pedagogical approach to global education that connects faculty and students from across the world through shared … Read more
Climate Letters: A Bilingual Multimedia Initiative
February 3, 2022Students from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain have produced a multimedia site called “Climate Letters.” The site chronicles the impacts of climate change on both North Carolina and the Navarra region in northern Spain. Eighteen UNC students and 14 students from the University of Navarra contributed to the bilingual site with the support of UNC’s Collaborative International Online Learning program. “It was very exciting to meet with the students as they started to develop their stories and to learn about the parallels between environmental issues in the two regions,” … Read more
OVPGA Appoints New Director of Global Partnerships
January 31, 2022The Office of the Vice Provost for Global Affairs (OVPGA) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is pleased to announce that Krista Northup will serve as the director of global partnerships, effective January 31, 2022. In this role, Northup will provide strategic guidance to the vice provost and support colleagues across campus in developing and managing Carolina’s extensive portfolio of international partnerships. Northup brings a unique mix of U.S. and international university and organizational experiences from previous roles. “With tremendous experience in partnership development and establishing sustainable international strategies, Krista is a highly respected advisor in the international higher education sector,” said Barbara Stephenson, vice provost for global affairs and chief global officer. “I am absolutely delighted to welcome Krista … Read more
OVPGA Welcomes New Associate Director of Global Education
January 18, 2022The Office of the Vice Provost for Global Affairs (OVPGA) has appointed Sharmila Udyavar as associate director of global education. Udyavar previously served as interim director for international programs at Fayetteville State University (FSU). As associate director, Udyavar will expand global learning opportunities for UNC-Chapel Hill students through on-campus curriculum. Partnering with and supporting UNC-Chapel Hill faculty, Udyavar will be a resource for developing globally oriented undergraduate and graduate courses or modules, often in partnership with faculty at global partner universities. Udyavar’s portfolio will include Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) and the Diplomacy Initiative. Throughout her career, Udyavar has created new global education opportunities for students and faculty, and she has obtained numerous awards and grants to support international programs … Read more
High School Language Learners Create Projects on Health, Education and Climate at UNC-Chapel Hill
December 30, 2021The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill hosted a virtual awards ceremony to celebrate teams from the seventh annual Learning Through Languages High School Research Symposium on Dec. 8. This year, world language students from 12 high schools conducted and presented research in their language of study on topics related to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Thirty-one teams were assigned a world region to research and then prepared summative briefings in their languages of study on one of the following topics: good health and well-being, quality education and climate action. In addition to the briefing, students prepared a digital project visual to showcase their findings. Eligible students included high-level Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian and Spanish language learners, including heritage speakers. Projects were then judged and scored by Carolina … Read more
Conference Builds Capacity for Arabic Language Teaching in North Carolina
December 10, 2021Arabic greetings of marhaba (hello), sabah al kheir (good morning), and ahlan wa sahlan (welcome) were shared as attendees gathered for the inaugural conference of the emerging North Carolina Arabic Teacher Council (NCATC), November 13-14, 2021. “Come Together: The Future of Arabic Language in North Carolina” was held at UNC-Chapel Hill and convened over 30 educators and administrators from K-16 institutions across North Carolina. The event also served as the annual conference of the Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies, composed of the UNC Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies and the Duke University Middle East Studies Center. Educators working to expand Arabic as a world language offering for NC students traveled from Asheville, Fayetteville, Charlotte and beyond and represented 18 programs from K-12 schools, community colleges, universities, … Read more
Thanks to UNC and the Galapagos, UNC Alum Ready to Take on Medical School
November 18, 2021When Jack Leland opened his letter of acceptance to UNC Medical School’s Class of 2026, he thought back to his time as an undergrad at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and all the experiences he had that led him to this moment. One of his most transformative adventures as a Tar Heel was his time spent studying abroad in the Galapagos Islands. As a sophomore, Jack spent six weeks living in the Galapagos Islands and took one course on environmental chemical processes and one on earth systems. His cohort was only about a dozen students, which gave … Read more
Former US Ambassador to Warsaw Talks Security and Democracy in Today’s Poland
November 10, 2021Former ambassador to Poland (Warsaw) Stephen Mull visited the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from Oct. 12-13 as part of the new Diplomacy Initiative launched by the Office of the Vice Provost for Global Affairs (OVPGA). Mull met with students, taught a class and gave a talk on Poland’s political journey from communism to democracy, to a more challenged and less liberal version of democracy today. One of the U.S. Department of State’s leading experts on U.S.-Poland relations, Mull retired from the State with the personal rank of career ambassador, the highest rank in the U.S. Foreign Service. … Read more