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Heather Ward Appointed Associate Provost for Global Affairs
April 4, 2021The Office of the Vice Provost for Global Affairs (OVPGA) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is pleased to announce that Heather Ward, formerly associate dean for study abroad and international exchanges within the College of Arts & Sciences, is the new associate provost for global affairs, effective April 5, 2021. “Heather is a remarkable leader with a talent for innovating and finding new avenues for global education and opportunities for students,” said Barbara Stephenson, vice provost for global affairs and chief global officer. “She brings unrivalled expertise and experience in comprehensive internationalization, which I plan to rely on heavily … Read more
UNC-Chapel Hill Announces New Partnership with American Academy of Diplomacy
March 11, 2021The American Academy of Diplomacy (AAD) and UNC-Chapel Hill are collaborating on the production of The General and the Ambassador, a well-recognized podcast series that focuses on how senior U.S. military leaders partner with senior U.S. ambassadors on national security challenges overseas. The Office of the Vice Provost for Global Affairs and the College of Arts & Sciences are partnering with the AAD on this project as part of a wider initiative to strengthen UNC-Chapel Hill’s capacity for educating students about the practice and theory of U.S. diplomacy and to expand Carolina’s digital learning platforms. The series covers U.S. engagement … Read more
Carolina Students Connect with Vietnamese Language, Culture in New Program
February 8, 2021A second-generation Vietnamese American, junior Valerie Nguyen feels more connected to her roots than ever after a semester in Carolina’s new Vietnamese language pilot program. Nguyen’s parents immigrated to the United States as refugees from the Vietnam War, and Nguyen grew up speaking mostly English, slowly losing her connection to her family’s first language. Taking part in the Vietnamese language pilot program has been invaluable as she reconnects with her heritage. “I learned a lot about my culture and heritage by strengthening my Vietnamese language skills,” she said. “I am now able to communicate with my family and learn about … Read more
Southeast Conference of the Association for Asian Studies Celebrates 60th Anniversary
February 1, 2021Experts from across the world participated in the 60th annual Southeast Conference of the Association for Asian Studies via videoconference from January 15 –17, 2021. Co-hosted by the Southeast Conference of the Association for Asian Studies, Carolina Asia Center (CAC) and Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the conference consisted of 43 panels featuring 137 speakers from 13 countries, including 12 faculty members and 3 students from Carolina and several Triangle-area panelists. Nearly 300 participants attended the conference. Programming began with a plenary session that included welcoming remarks from hosts Ji-Yeon Jo, director of the Carolina Asia Center, and Morgan Pitelka, chair of the Department of Asian and Middle … Read more
Diplomacy in a Networked World
December 15, 2020This piece was originally published on Dec. 15, 2020 by Global Ties U.S., a nonprofit partner of the U.S. Department of State. By Ambassador Barbara Stephenson, Vice Provost for Global Affairs, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Global Ties U.S. Advisory Council Member Barbara Stephenson, now Vice Provost for Global Affairs at UNC Chapel Hill, makes the case that exchange programs contribute significantly to the success of American diplomacy—and are poised to play an even bigger role going forward. Exchange programs have long been recognized as a highly effective way to develop long-term relationships with emerging leaders. What I … Read more
Winter 2020 Graduate: Lizzie Russler ’20
November 30, 2020Senior Lizzie Russler has worked around the world tackling challenges at the intersection of human rights and climate change. An internship at Sephora also confirmed her interest in sustainability issues. Lizzie Russler has kept her bags packed and her passport ready for most of her time at Carolina. The senior contemporary European studies major has studied, researched and worked in Uganda, Belgium, Iceland, India and San Francisco. She is also fluent in German. Her love of international travel began when she was a high school exchange student in Switzerland through Rotary International. After her first year at Carolina, the Morehead-Cain … Read more
UNC Ranks 18th Among US Universities for Study Abroad in 2020 ‘Open Doors’ Report
November 17, 2020The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ranks 18th for the number of students earning credit for study abroad in the Institute of International Education’s (IIE) 2020 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange, which presents comprehensive data on international students and scholars at U.S higher education institutions, as well as data on U.S. students studying abroad for academic credit. This ranking reflects credit-bearing activity in 2018-2019 conducted by students from all schools across UNC-Chapel Hill, including short-term study abroad programs and medical and pharmaceutical rotations pursued abroad. The Open Doors top-25 list is based on institutions with the highest total number of students who have participated in international activity for academic credit, including undergraduate and graduate students. According to Open Doors, the overall percentage of … Read more
First Month-Long PharmAlliance Virtual Meeting Tops 800 Global Participants
November 2, 2020Every year since 2015, three of the world’s leading schools of pharmacy have come together for an annual meeting of the minds to partner for better healthcare worldwide. The trio, known as PharmAlliance, is comprised of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Monash University in Melbourne, Australia and University College London in London, U.K. When COVID-19 interrupted plans for the annual PharmAlliance Week meeting, the partnership adapted and shifted online to host PharmAlliance Month 2020. PharmAlliance Month 2020, held Sept. 28-Oct. 28, featured 16 sessions and seminars meant to facilitate the spread of ideas, explore areas of synergy, … Read more
A Terrific Trio
October 19, 2020Undergraduate researchers Chloe Schneider, Maribel Herrera and Megan Raisle, under the leadership of UNC-Chapel Hill geographer Diego Riveros-Iregui, spent two months in Ecuador’s northern Andes Mountains exploring climate change. They came back to Chapel Hill, wrote a paper that was published in a major journal and communicated their research to broad audiences. Conducted fieldwork in the sciences. Spent two months in Ecuador after six weeks of hands-on training in Chapel Hill. Worked on a diverse team that faced multiple physical and mental challenges. Wrote a paper as female undergraduate lead authors that was published in an academic journal. Shared their … Read more
Royster Society of Fellows Launch Podcast to Connect Doctoral Students
September 29, 2020The Royster Global initiative at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill launched a new podcast series, PhD and Me: The Third Degree, in early September. The initiative was created by the Royster Society of Fellows, an interdisciplinary fellowship program within The Graduate School. Royster Global aims to increase awareness and understanding of graduate education across international borders and help prepare doctoral students for global opportunities for research, networking and employment. The podcast grew out of the third Royster Global Conference in May 2019, attended by students from UNC-Chapel Hill’s strategic partners: King’s College London, Universidad San Francisco de Quito … Read more