Latest Headlines and Success Stories of Global Engagement
FIU Professor Wins Prize in Global Case Writing Competition
September 23, 2024 - David Wernick, Teaching Professor of International Business, earns 2nd Place in the 2024 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Global Case Writing Competition by the William Davidson Institute (WDI). David is the lead author of Sheroes Hangout: Empowering India’s Acid Attack Survivors to Face the Future, a case focused on a social enterprise in India, initiated by grassroots campaign Stop Acid Attacks (SAA). The WDI’s competition promotes academic case studies that highlight exceptional DEI practices in business and/or diverse business leaders. True global citizens, the team of authors has pledged the prize money of $5,000 to benefit the Sheroes initiative.
Forward-Thinking. Innovative. Unstoppable: International Alumni @ FIU
August 29, 2024 - When José Luis Reyes Kapoudjiàn auditioned at FIU in 2016, he only had four days to prepare and a $50 used violin. Having previously performed Mozart's 5th Violin Concerto in Venezuela, though, he was confident he could do it. Stepping onto the audition floor, professor Misha Vitenson, upon seeing the violin, reached for his own instrument and lent it to José. This generous gesture instilled in José a life-long passion to use education and music for social impact.
Erasmus+ Partner in Poznan, Poland, Hosts FIU Professor
June 11, 2024 - Nipesh Pradhananga, Associate Professor and Associate Chair in the Moss Department of Construction Management, College of Engineering & Computing, was awarded an Erasmus+ teaching mobility grant with our European partner Poznań University of Technology (PUT), Poznań, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland. During the week-long exchange, he taught classes, met with students and discussed with academic leaders how FIU and PUT can continue to collaborate.
Forward-Thinking. Innovative. Unstoppable: International Students @ FIU
Meet Humayra Sultana, Doctoral Student in Public Affairs. Humayra completed her bachelor’s and master's at Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) in Disaster and Human Security Management. At FIU, she recently was a Research Assistant at the Extreme Events Institute. She is now participating in two NSF-funded projects focused on making communities disaster resilient focused on Miami, and post-disaster relocation issues in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria in 2017. Humayra is a true FIU change-maker!
IIE Heiskell Award Honorable Mention for FIU COIL
April 18, 2024 - The Institute of International Education's 2024 Andrew Heiskell Awards for Innovation in International Education honor's FIU COIL with an honorable mention as an outstanding initiative that advances international higher education. Over 1,100 educators have developed and embedded into their courses COIL pedagogy with help from FIU design workshops and leadership institutes. This in turn has yielded thousands of faculty and students engaged in transformational global learning with diverse international peers.
FIU Earns “Top Producer of Fulbright Scholars” in 2024 Yet Again
February 13, 2024 - FIU’s 2023-2024 Fulbright Scholars earn the university once again the U.S. Department of State’s recognition as Top Producer,a badge of honor already earned in the years 2016, 2020, 2021, and 2022. The Fulbright program is the U.S. government’s flagship international academic exchange program. FIU’s six Fulbright Scholars researched and taught in Algeria, Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, Portugal, and Spain, while the one Fulbright Global Scholar is completing her project in Colombia, Italy and Trinidad and Tobago until 2025.
