Center for Global Engagement

Flavors from around the world to highlight FSU’s International Bazaar

Published: February 15, 2023 | 11:18 am | Posted in: University News

Food, music and cultural artifacts from around the world will take center stage at Florida State University’s International Bazaar this Friday, Feb. 17. The Center for Global Engagement (CGE) will host the event in the Globe at 110 S. Woodward Ave. from 4–6:30 p.m. This event is open to all FSU faculty, staff, and students […]

FSU trumpets global reach as it celebrates International Education Month

Published: November 1, 2022 | 1:38 pm | Posted in: University News

More than two years after the COVID-19 pandemic froze international travel, administrators of global programs for international and U.S.-based students at Florida State University have a message: We’re back. And then some. As it observes International Education Month, FSU is seeing its number of international students and those applying to study-abroad programs exceed pre-pandemic levels. The […]

During visit, Brazil ambassador emphasizes ties with research institutions such as FSU

Published: September 23, 2022 | 8:29 am | Posted in: University News

Nestor Forster has more than three decades experience in international diplomacy. He has served as Brazil's ambassador to the U.S. since 2020.

Nestor Forster, Brazil’s ambassador to the United States, provided an update on his country and aimed to, as he put it, dispel a few myths on Thursday. During a one-hour talk at Florida State University’s The Globe auditorium, Forster depicted a bustling Brazil that has rebounded from COVID-19, with its leading economic indicators returning to […]

Center for Global Engagement associate director receives NAFSA International Excellence Award

Published: November 19, 2021 | 3:03 pm | Posted in: University News

Kristen Hagen, associate director of FSU’s Center for Global Engagement, advises international students.

Kristen Hagen, associate director of FSU’s Center for Global Engagement, received the NAFSA: Association of International Educators Region VII 2021 International Excellence Award. This highly competitive award recognizes a venerable international education professional with more than 10 years of experience who has demonstrated outstanding leadership and has exemplified the true spirit of international educational exchange. […]

International Education Month: Programs and people fuel campus internationalization at FSU

Published: November 1, 2021 | 3:09 pm | Posted in: Students & Campus Life, University News

International Education Month at Florida State University kicked off Monday, Nov. 1, and for the next four weeks the university will celebrate the international influences FSU enjoys and those it casts across the globe. As much as any year in recent memory, there’s a lot worth celebrating. Internationalization at FSU doesn’t happen on its own […]

FSU to launch ‘Diversity Talks’ podcast

Published: February 4, 2021 | 1:06 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

“Diversity Talks” is a new podcast centered around diversity, inclusion and intercultural competence at FSU. The first episode premieres at noon Monday, Feb. 8, on iTunes, Spotify and Youtube. (Center for Global Engagement)

Two Florida State University faculty members in the Center for Global Engagement are joining the massive podcast industry this semester with “Diversity Talks,” a show centered around diversity, inclusion and intercultural competence at FSU. Elcin Haskollar, Ph.D., program director of the Global Citizenship Certificate, and Tanu Kohli Bagwe, Ph.D., teaching faculty for the Global Citizenship […]

Leah Singleton

Published: May 5, 2020 | 2:16 pm | Posted in: Student Stars

Leah Singleton, a graduating senior at Florida State University, found an unexpected world of opportunities at FSU as she began a career in public service. In high school, Singleton discovered the broad scope of human trafficking issues when she lent a hand at a local nonprofit in her hometown of Winter Springs, Florida. As a result, […]

FSU’s Center for Global Engagement hosts virtual International Coffee Hour every Friday

Published: April 21, 2020 | 8:27 am | Posted in: Students & Campus Life

Florida State University’s Center for Global Engagement (CGE) has transitioned its most popular in-person weekly event –International Coffee Hour — to a virtual space during this period of remote learning in order to provide the FSU community with an opportunity to engage, learn and support each other. International Coffee Hour, which usually draws crowds of […]

Environmental and indigenous rights activist to speak at FSU

Published: January 16, 2020 | 3:20 pm | Posted in: University News

Marta Azevedo, Brazilian activist, anthropologist and demographer, will speak at FSU Jan. 22.

Florida State University will host Marta Azevedo — Brazilian activist, anthropologist and demographer — for a talk titled “Land Conflict & Fires in Amazônia,” on Jan. 22. Azevedo will provide details on the illegal economic activities that threaten indigenous territories and ecosystems in the Amazon. She also will focus on alliances between indigenous groups and […]

#FSUglobal: International students learn more than just English at FSU’s Center for Intensive English Studies

Published: November 12, 2019 | 9:28 am | Posted in: University News

Students play cards in the student lounge at FSU's Center for Intensive English Studies.

Thousands of international students attend Florida State University every year, and while their main goal is to earn a degree, they’re also looking to learn about American culture and the English language. That’s where FSU’s Frederick L. Jenks Center for Intensive English Studies comes in. The center offers a place where international students can develop […]

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