Latest Headlines and Success Stories of Global Engagement
Forward-Thinking. Innovative. Unstoppable: Jeanette Smith, Director of FIU COIL
February 25, 2025 - Meet Jeanette Smith, JD, Assistant Teaching Professor of Religious Studies, who has been appointed director of FIU COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning). A keen educator, Smith has developed new ways to get students excited and engaged in developing career-ready skills. She uses her courses to collaborate with faculty from Chile and Colombia and have their respective students engage virtually to collaborate in jointly solving problems and master the course content. Smith will use her own experience and enthusiasm for global learning practices to guide the next generation of COIL faculty and their teaching partners abroad. Through COIL, students gain critical global competencies that are in high demand by employers.
FIU Professor's Recording Made During Fulbright Specialist Visit Earns Latin Grammy Nomination
December 19, 2024 - Jamie Ousley, Professor of Music, Coordinator of Jazz Studies, and Jazz Bassist, earned a Latin Grammy nomination for the album Claude Bolling Goes Latin on which he collaborated during his Fulbright Specialist grant to Costa Rica. For two weeks, he served as a guest lecturer in jazz composition, conducted masterclasses on improvisation and ensemble skills, and worked one-on-one with students, many of whom are already active in the region’s burgeoning jazz scene. One of the highlights of Ousley’s trip was the opportunity to teach and perform with local students. We celebrate your world-class talent, professor Ousley!
FIU Recognized as Fulbright Hispanic-Serving Leader for 4th Time
November 18, 2024 - For a 4th consecutive year, the U.S. Department of State recognized FIU as a Fulbright Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI) Leader for facilitating out- and inbound exchanges of students and scholars globally during this year's Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) conference. The immersion in a foreign culture and one-on-one teaching, learning and researching at an institution abroad advance our institution's foundational goal of fostering international understanding and world-class talent.
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 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 businesses with exceptional social impact and/or diverse business leaders. Deeply invested in the cause, the team of authors pledged the prize money of $5,000 to benefit the Sheroes initiative.
World-Class 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 his world-class performance talent and his passion for education to inspire students and accelerate their success.
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. Designed to exchange world-class faculty, during the week-long exchange Dr. Pradhananga taught classes, met with students and discussed with academic leaders how FIU and PUT can continue to collaborate.
