When 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 … Read more
Students 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 … Read more
The 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 … Read more
Melissa Miller and Katie Bowler Young each received a 2021 Governor’s Award for Excellence, the highest honor given to a state employee for dedicated service to North Carolina and its citizens. The virtual ceremony was held Oct. 26 at 10 a.m. Miller … Read more
The Office of the Vice Provost for Global Affairs has appointed Lornaida Avilés as its first Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) faculty fellow for the 2021-22 academic year. Avilés, an assistant teaching professor of Spanish at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has developed an array of … Read more
As part of SPAN329, Akshatha Bharadwaj ’22, a statistics and analytics major with a minor in Spanish for the professions, shares her reflections on the Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) component of a course she took during the Spring 2021 … Read more
Katie Bowler Young, interim senior director for Global Partnership and Programs in the Office of the Vice Provost for Global Affairs, has been nominated for a Governor’s Award for Excellence, the highest honor a state employee can receive. The award recognizes contributions that make a positive difference … Read more
The Office of the Vice Provost for Global Affairs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has announced an additional 15 Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 Curriculum Development Awards for Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL). As part of … Read more
An international online course connects students from three universities to explore how theater-makers can adapt, recover and thrive amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The first page of the syllabus for Adam Versényi’s undergraduate international theater course features this 1933 quote from … Read more
Whether the subject is music, medical anthropology or the business of health care, UNC COIL courses connect students with the world. Michael Kris misses live music. That’s natural, given that he is a professional musician, a teaching professor of music at Carolina … Read more
