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While most people sheltered in place this past year, eight USF students studied this spring semester in Africa, Central America, Asia, and Europe.

"I've been planning this for a year, so I really didn't want to postpone my study abroad. As a chemistry major this was the only time I could do it," said Danielle Marquez '22, who is enrolled in a health studies program in Costa Rica with American Institute for Foreign Study.

"They have a lot of precautions and protocols and a very good health care system here in Costa Rica," said Marquez, who is living with a host family. "I feel safe."
Global Learning
Marquez, who wants to be a doctor and join Doctors Without Borders, has been able to explore Costa Rica and enjoy learning there. "I've gone somewhere different every weekend that I've been here," she said. "It's been a great experience getting to see the country."

MaryCate Sperrazza '22 is studying in Senegal. Earlier in the semester, the country experienced unrest after the arrest of an opposition leader. But Sperrazza said she felt safe thanks to the efforts of the School for International Training, where she attends classes, and USF.

"It [political unrest] has definitely been a topic we're integrating into our classroom discussions," said Sperrazza, an international studies major and African studies minor.

Anastasia Vrachnos, associate vice provost for international initiatives, said USF works with its international partners and security consultants to make sure students are safe. "We constantly monitor places in the world where we send students," Vrachnos said.

While her classes are primarily in Dakar, Sperrazza also traveled to Gorée, an island off the coast of Dakar, known for its role in the 15th- to 19th-century Atlantic slave trade.

"Seeing it and the history - it still feels relevant," Sperrazza said. "You see impact to this day."
Safety First
Studying abroad during the pandemic has been marked by extra precautions, including mask-wearing, hand-washing, and social distancing in the classroom, both Sperrazza and Marques said. The efforts have paid off - no one in their programs has contracted COVID-19.

Normally, several hundred students study abroad each semester, said Sharon Li, senior director of the Center for Global Education. The university continues to encourage students to study abroad, she said.

"We are working with students closely for fall 2021 and spring 2022 - along with their host programs - to provide information so students can make the best decisions for themselves and their families about their study abroad plans," Li said. "There is a robust demand for study abroad and many students who deferred their study abroad last year are planning to go next academic year."

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Study Abroad in a Pandemic? These Students Did

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Check out this interview with current undergraduate international student and Data Science major, Bhumika Srinivas, and Research Scholar at the Data Institute, Carlos Garcia Fernandez!

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Hear from former USF international students who are currently working in the US! Note: for an immigration specific questions, please reach out to ISSS at isss@usfca.edu.

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View this interview with current international student, Moses Tsai. Tsai is a freshman at USF studying International Business and he holds two nationalities — Taiwanese and Vietnamese.

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The Center for Global Education offers academic internships, field studies, and immersion programs that can fit your academic professional, and personal needs. With over 90 study-abroad programs in 43 countries, their office works with students to find a study abroad opportunity that works for you!

Check out the stories of students who studies abroad last year and follow their Instagram page to get social media updates.

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GoinGlobal career and employment resources include more than 10,000 pages of content on topics such as job search sources, work permit/visa regulations, resume writing guidelines and examples, employment trends, salary ranges, networking groups, cultural/interviewing advice, and much more.

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Amanda Gorman, National Youth Poet Laureate and IES Abroad Madrid Alum, on The Power of Study Abroad

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Job Success Strategies

5:30-7:30 PM- Zoom- Register to Attend

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Cafe International
UC 4th Floor Lounge

4:30 -5:30- Register

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ISA Mental Health Week Reception Workshop
Tarantino Plaza- 6:30-8:30

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Mapping Digital Game Culture in China: From Internet Addicts to Esports Athletes

Zoom - Register to attend : 5:15 -6:30 PM

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International Friendly Soccer Match

Welch Field- TIME: 2-4 PM

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How to make the most out of life as an international student | Bikesh Lal Shrestha | TEDxCQU

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I am in my eleventh year teaching but often find my greatest educational epiphanies as a parent. One such moment occurred last spring when my daughter's first grade class discussed de jure racial segregation of American society during the first half of the 20th century. When she came home, she shared what she had learned and asked this poignant and powerful question, "Daddy, does that mean I couldn't have gone to school with my best friend?" At that moment, as she contextualized the reality of segregation in her head and heart, the power of classroom diversity became crystal clear.

However, the value of diversity is currently being unrealized at a rate unseen in the last 50 years. Abundant data points to resegregation of America's schools, such as a 2012 report from The Civil Rights Project at UCLA that noted, "80% of Latino students and 74% of black students attend majority nonwhite schools." As an educator, these statistics are alarming, since I've seen the value of a diverse classroom in three key ways.

First, as my daughter experienced, classroom diversity promotes student growth and reflection. In the most recent edition of Educational Leadership, Peter Levine noted that, "by talking and listening to people different from ourselves, we learn and enlarge our understanding." This claim has proved true in my class numerous times, such as a recent discussion of an article on the demographic composition of Congress. The students' diverse backgrounds and experiences clearly enhanced conversation and analysis of the role of gender, race and life experience in representation.

Second, diverse classrooms play an essential role in career preparation. Students are entering job markets with diminishing concern for community or national boundaries. Integrated classroom environments are important in helping students learn to collaborate and communicate with the different cultures and backgrounds found in the 21st century work environment.

Finally, diversity prepares students for citizenship. My collegiate alma mater's motto is, " Emollit mores necsinit esse feros," which means, "Learning humanizes character and does not permit it to be cruel." In my classes, I have seen how diversity enhances this 'humanizing' effect of education as students learn to engage in civic discourse. My students routinely discuss politically charged issues ranging from wartime civil liberties to affirmative action, and diverse views enhance learning to defend and explain opinions in a civil fashion. In a recent op-ed, former Senate Majority Leaders Tom Daschle and Trent Lott stated democracy requires, "mindfulness and tolerance," and integrated classrooms enhance the ability to learn these essential traits.

Of course the value of classroom diversity is not a new concept. Next week, my students will read Brown v. Board of Education, where the Supreme Court noted, "it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life," without a quality education.

Both research and my experience show the link between quality and diversity in schools. Obviously, reversing racial and socioeconomic resegregation is a task without simple solutions. However, difficulty is not justification for failure to act, and that is why programs such as the Stronger Together Grants proposal in the President's budget are essential steps forward in providing diverse classrooms.

It has been more than sixty years since the Court decreed separate educational environments to be "inherently unequal;" it remains for us to ensure all students are receiving the full promise of a quality education.
Patrick Kelly teaches at Blythewood High School in Columbia, South Carolina, and is a Teaching Ambassador Fellow at the U.S. Department of Education. You can follow him on Twitter at @plkelly27.

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The Value of Classroom Diversity - ED.gov Blog

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Interviews and discussions about art and culture in the United Arab Emirates and beyond. Founded in 2015. Presented by Hind Mezaina and Wael Hattar.
Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @teawithculture
Email: teawithculture@gmail.com

Interviews and discussions about art and culture in the United Arab Emirates and beyond. Founded in 2015. Presented by Hind Mezaina and Wael Hattar.
Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @teawithculture
Email: teawithculture@gmail.com

engaging talk on uae art scene

this podcast offers interesting interviews with key artists and cultural producers in and around the UAE. the hosts are knowledgable and well-informed. if you want to know what's going on in Dubai's art world, this is your guide!

Inside UAE Art World

Perfect for anyone wanting to know what's going on in the UAE art world. Lots of great interviews and gab sessions.

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First, we lose the kind of personal drive that built this country: the life force of brilliant young people with the courage and ambition to leave everything familiar in search of a better future. What's more, most students who come here to earn a Ph.D. stay to build their families and careers, and often companies that create thousands of jobs. Many become citizens.

The latest data show, for example, that 83 percent of Ph.D. students from China, the kind of highly trained scientists and engineers who drive American innovation, were still in the United States five years after completing their degrees.

The percentage would be higher if longstanding U.S. policies did not require many students to return home after finishing their education - a system as counterproductive as training a great player and then insisting that she go play for a rival team. Recently, the percentage of doctoral graduates remaining here has begun to decline, in part because our national message is that they are not welcome.

As some in Washington have sought to limit foreign students, especially those from China, that hostile message has grown louder.

Of course the United States must screen students seeking visas and keep out those with dubious backgrounds. But even the fiercest China hawks acknowledge that when foreign interests engage in espionage or intellectual theft, they seek to recruit senior scientists; only a small number of Chinese students have been implicated in such cases. The vast majority we should welcome, not discourage with the blunt hostility apparent in recent policies.

I believe profoundly that we must increase the number of Americans pursuing training in science and engineering. But we must also understand that America's strength in science and engineering is central to America's strength, period - and that a core element of that strength, for decades, has been our ability to lure the world's finest talent.

This country derives many intangible advantages from being a beacon of hope for people around the world; I first came to America in 1974 from Venezuela, where my parents finally settled as refugees from Hitler's Europe. I came to improve my own prospects through a graduate degree. But I found a culture of openness, boldness, ingenuity and meritocracy - a culture which taught me that in coming to America, I had truly come home.

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Opinion | I'm the President of M.I.T. America Needs Foreign Students.

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Country-specific Documentaries (Documentary Heaven)

Flavorful Origins Docu-series (Netflix)

Guatemala: The Heartland of the Maya World (Netflix)

Street Food Docu-series (Netflix)

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International Education Week (IEW) is a national celebration of education exchange! Happening this year on November 15-20, IEW is a weeklong celebration that aims to promote a global perspective and highlight the diversity that strengthens our community. Events are open to students, faculty, and staff. Building on our theme, working together, the events of the week are designed to bring our community together in celebration of the different cultures, heritages, and experiences that make us USF.

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All events are open to students, faculty, and staff

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Last FM - East Asian (Jpop, Kpop)

Last FM - African Music (Afro Beats)

One World (Accuradio)

Santa Clara University’s Music Around the World

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Latino USA (Apple Podcasts)

Radiant Culture (Apple Podcasts)

She’s in Russia (Apple Podcasts)

Status - Immigration & People (Apple Podcasts)

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Arirang News

Aljazeera News

BBC News

New York Times

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Arrupe Immersion: Migration and the US-Mexico border

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You will learn about grassroots issues and organizations advancing social justice on the border, fostering community engagement, nourishing their personal development, and promoting global dialogue. Arrupe Immersions promote the understanding of immersion as a practice, an evolving lived experience that results in unique learning and growth for everyone involved, centered in solidarity.