FSU Center for Global Engagement

Bodunrin Akinrinmade

Published: March 6, 2023 | 2:56 pm | Posted in: Student Stars

Florida State University doctoral student Bodunrin Akinrinmade’s passion for educational policy, led him from his home country of Nigeria to Tallahassee, where he is expanding his knowledge of how to improve basic education in developing countries, specifically in Sub-Saharan Africa. “If you want to make a difference, you have to start from your home country, […]

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 […]

FSU faculty and students contribute to environmental and poverty relief efforts in Haiti

Published: April 22, 2021 | 10:54 am | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

Villagers in Haiti planting grass on eroded slopes to reduce soil erosion

With Earth Day upon us, Florida State University students and faculty continue to show how they can make a difference and demonstrate their support for environmental protection in Haiti through behind-the-scenes environmental and poverty relief efforts. FSU’s Center for the Advancement of Human Rights, Center for Global Engagement and the Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science have joined with Tallahassee-based nonprofit Better Universe and Citizens to help combat soil erosion in Haiti. The effort has the potential […]

Podcasts across FSU’s campus foster connections during the COVID-19 pandemic

Published: March 17, 2021 | 9:46 am | Posted in: University News

The rise in popularity of podcasts is a trend that’s hit Florida State University, especially as the campus community looks for ways to stay connected during the COVID-19 pandemic. A variety of faculty, staff, students and alumni have launched an array of podcasts that share compelling stories featuring different programs and people at the university. […]

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 […]

FSU hosts global social work and human rights scholar Vishanthie Sewpaul

Published: January 30, 2019 | 4:59 pm | Posted in: University News

Florida State University students, faculty and staff stood hand-in-hand and swayed back and forth to songs in tribute of the late Nelson Mandela, during a lecture on the South African leader’s legacy Tuesday, Jan. 29, at the Broad Auditorium in the Claude Pepper Center. This somewhat unusual spectacle took place at the urging of Vishanthie […]

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