On Wednesday, Oct.18, the International Education Center and the International Club, in collaboration with the Student Government Association (SGA), will sponsor the annual International Fest. Many Georgia College & State University offices and student organizations will be participating, including the French Club, Geography Club, Latino Student Association, Spanish Club, along with Campus Activities Board, Dept. of World Languages & Cultures, Office of Sustainability and more. Globally...
On Wednesday, Oct.18, the International Education Center and the International Club, in collaboration with the Student Government Association (SGA), will sponsor the annual International Fest. Many Georgia College & State University offices and student organizations will be participating, including the French Club, Geography Club, Latino Student Association, Spanish Club, along with Campus Activities Board, Dept. of World Languages & Cultures, Office of Sustainability and more. Globally...
The International Education Center is pleased to announce that Ms. Mary Welch of the School for International Training (SIT) will be on campus Thursday, Sept. 7 to discuss SIT’s unique Study Abroad opportunities with GCSU students. A tabling event will be held on Thursday from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the A&S fountain, followed by an information session in A&S 238 from 2 p.m. until 3 p.m. SIT Study Abroad offers highly-immersive, field-based, summer and semester study and internship...
Being a history major with minors in museum studies and English—could mean someone has a fascination with antiquity. That is certainly true about Caroline Cole—a senior from Buford, Georgia, who’s fallen in love with everything England. True, her first love is Georgia College & State University, where she made friends easily in small classes and the Honors College. It was here, she got the opportunity to work at Georgia’s Old Governor’s Mansion. And it was here, she took difficult...
Few places exemplify the differences between communism and capitalism better than Berlin, Germany—where the East and West sides of the city were split along these ideological lines for 41 years. So, what better place for Georgia College & State University students to examine those economic principles up close and personal? Those were the thoughts of Dr. Cullen Wallace, assistant professor of economics, and Dr. Alex Scarcioffolo, who formerly taught economics at Georgia College. Together,...
Proposals for Spring and Summer, 2024 are being accepted in this cycle. The faculty-led Study Abroad program proposal form, plus information about organizing faculty-led programs, is available from this intranet link: Developing a Faculty-Led Study Abroad Program. Unify login credentials are required. When applying, be sure to only use the current Intranet-provided proposal form. Older versions will not be accepted. When submitting, complete each section of the proposal fully, and...
The USG system's "USG Goes Global" (USGG) study abroad program is seeking faculty for teaching positions with its Summer 2024 study abroad (SA) programs. Deadline: Midnight, April 21, 2023 Interested faculty can find details and/or start an online application. All interested faculty are encouraged to apply. Because USGG is meant to serve as a kind of SA training ground (administrative aspects of USGG programs are handled at the university system office level so faculty may focus...
Full-time GCSU faculty are invited to apply to teach in beautiful and historic Montepulciano (Tuscany) Italy next summer, 2024. Kennesaw State University oversees this USG consortial study abroad program composed of two separate five-week sessions. Session I: May 16 - June 20, 2024. Session II: June 17 - August 1, 2024. Courses from a wide variety of disciplines are offered, with faculty generally teaching one lower-level core and one upper-level course. To apply, complete and...
Story developed by University Communications. Teachers in Zimbabwe’s Whitestone School recognized Michael Mbulelo Ncube’s passion to help others at an early age. He won the school’s Citizenship Award three times for his great humility and resolve to help others. This compassion for others still drives him today. In 2020, he started the Girl Global Child Foundation. These scholarships pay school fees so seventh-grade female students can continue their education in high school. “I love...
Graduate student Abbas Fares of Lübbecke, Germany, who’s originally from Lebanon, is pursuing his dream to teach English and physical education at a vocational college. While here, he’s making connections and working on his vocabulary. Before coming to Georgia College & State University (GCSU), Fares got a taste of America on a visit with his aunt in New York City. Because of the pandemic and online courses, he felt that his English skills had been floundering. So, that’s when he...
