International Initiatives News

Augustina Mtui, who has been teaching English to students in Tanzania’s Meru district for the last 17 years, participated in the Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program at Georgia State University this semester.

English teacher Josseling Estela Hernandez Espinoza was one of 22 teachers from 21 countries who participated in this semester’s Fulbright program at Georgia State University.

The Executive MBA (EMBA) offered by Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business is No. 9 among U.S.-based programs and No. 28 worldwide, according to 2024 rankings from CEO Magazine.

Explore the transformative impact of Georgia State University's Fulbright TEA Program, fostering global connections and educational excellence. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, this initiative facilitates a six-week journey of cultural exchange and community outreach, enriching participants' professional growth and fostering positive change locally and globally.

The university will host 25 of Africa’s bright, emerging leaders for a six-week Leadership in Public Management Institute sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, joining Georgia's two other host sites.

During the fall 2023 semester, Georgia State University hosted its second-ever cohort of the Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program (Fulbright TEA), which brings international, secondary-level teachers to the United States for a six-week program. The program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State with funding provided by the U.S. Government and administered by IREX. During the participants' time in Atlanta, they work with the College of Education & Human Development (CEHD) and the Intensive English Program (IEP) faculty to enhance their pedagogical and English-language skills.

Professor of English Marilynn Richtarik has been shortlisted for the Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize for her 2023 book, “Getting to Good Friday: Literature and the Peace Process in Northern Ireland.”

When Kelsi Broderick (B.S. ’23) entered Georgia State in 2018, she was thrilled to attend Georgia’s largest R-1 research university and excited to live and study in downtown Atlanta.

Monkam (Ph.D. ’08), an associate professor of public economics at the University of Pretoria (UP), South Africa, received Georgia State University's Sheth International Alumni Award for Exceptional Achievement during International Education Week 2023.

Award recipient Dr. Salli Vargis has long been a proponent of international education, developing programs for both students and faculty over the decades.

Georgia State’s Free Passport Program began in February 2021 to increase the number and diversity of GSU students with valid U.S. passports.

One Georgia State University College of Law student has always been an advocate for expanding her horizons. Now, as the Georgia State University 2023 “Study Abroad Student of the Year,” Niki Nourollahi (J.D. '23) traces her global journey back to her childhood growing up in Atlanta, Georgia.

Manning was appointed to the role in an interim capacity last March and has provided strong, continued leadership of the university’s Office of International Initiatives.

A joint delegation of academic and diplomatic leaders from Romania visited Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business on Wednesday to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the Institute for Business Administration in Bucharest (ASEBUSS) and the Robinson College.

Sarah McCool, a global health and development expert with a proven record of international teaching, scholarly and community collaboration, has been named Director of Global Health Initiatives at the GSU SPH.

Renowned conductor and music educator, Dr. Robert J. Ambrose, recently from a trip to Singapore where he played a significant role in the five-day Woodlands Young Conductors Workshop. During the workshop, Dr. Ambrose had the privilege of working closely with 12 talented conductors from all corners of Singapore, each carrying a unique passion for music and leadership. These young conductors were eager to learn and grow under Dr. Ambrose’s tutelage. The workshop offered daily lectures, and live conducting sessions where participants were able to refine their skills in a live setting by conducting four different ensembles.

The 16 Uzbekistani teachers will be on campus until the end of July, exchanging ideas with teachers from Georgia State's Intensive English Program and participating in classes, workshops and classroom observations.

Georgia State received the distinguished 2023 Simon Award for Comprehensive Internationalization, an honor granted to a select number of institutions that demonstrate outstanding innovation and accomplishment in campus internationalization.

In a dazzling display of vocal harmony and musical brilliance, the Georgia State University Singers embarked on an extraordinary journey to Istanbul, Turkey, to perform at the prestigious 2023 World Symposium of Choral Music this past April.

The Woodruff, Whitehead and Evans Foundations have named recent Georgia State University Honors College graduate Litzy Perez (B.S. ’22) as their 2023-24 Fellow.

Paul Lombardo, Regents’ professor, and Bobby Lee Cook professor of law is well known for his expertise in bioethics, medical history, and the law.

Dr. Alex Freund and his professional brass quintet, M5 Mexican Brass, traveled to Spain to participate and perform in the 2023 FESTMUS, an international music festival. Their performance included the world premiere of Juan Vasquez's "La Topa", written for M5 and commissioned by Freund.

The award celebrates outstanding innovation and accomplishment in campus internationalization, and Georgia State’s effort to integrate and infuse international, intercultural and global dimensions into students’ education.

Several College of Education & Human Development faculty and staff members worked with Georgia State University’s Office of International Initiatives to host a group of international teachers on campus through the Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program.

A visit by French science and technology diplomats enhances international connections for Georgia State's research community.

Twenty-five distinguished young professionals from 19 sub-Saharan African countries are participating in the Alumni Enrichment Institute for the Mandela Washington Fellows, a program created by the U.S. Department of State.

Georgia State University ranked first among public institutions in sending the most African American students to study abroad. It also ranked 11th among public institutions in sending the most racial and ethnic minority students to study abroad.

Associate Professor Yali Zhao is one of two inaugural recipients of Georgia State University's Virtual Exchange Faculty Fellowship.

The award from the Institute of International Education (IIE), in the category of Widening Access for International Education for the university's Free Passport Initiative, recognizes the most innovative and successful models for developing and expanding international education in practice today.

Ashley Aguilar hopes to work in South Korea in the field of environmental economics.

Robinson College and Honors College student Claire Sohn (B.B.A. ’23) will spend the 2021-2022 academic year in South Korea on a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship. The program, an initiative of the U.S. Department of State, enables students of limited financial means to study or intern abroad while gaining skills critical to national security and economic prosperity. Sohn discusses her plans.

Alba Lucero Villarreal is one of the panelists participating in a virtual conversation among diverse students about their experiences studying abroad.

AYS faculty member Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and alumna Eunice Heredia-Ortiz have been named winners of GSU's International Education Awards for 2020.

Dr. Douglas S. Gardenhire, chair and clinical professor of respiratory therapy, received the Georgia State University 2020 Faculty Award for Global Engagement – Teaching, Service & Outreach. The award is one of seven International Education Awards, recognizing outstanding faculty, staff, and students for their international education commitment.

Layten Robinson, a sophomore in Georgia State University’s Honors College who is majoring in political science, will be studying abroad for his fall 2020 semester in Barcelona.

Georgia State University is part of a national group of leading innovative institutions that has received a $2.4 million grant from the Strada Education Network to redesign the college-to-career pathway.