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UCEAP has allocated $50,000 for academic departments to integrate study abroad programs and coursework into their curricula. Our goal is to fund ten teams of faculty and staff up to $5,000 each to work over the next year to make studying abroad accessible for undergraduate students. The call for proposals…

By Kate O’Neill  Kirby Parnell, a recent UC Santa Cruz graduate, has received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award to Denmark in Biology from the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Parnell will conduct research at the University of Southern Denmark as part of her project…

UC Santa Cruz is one of 11 colleges and universities participating in the American Council on Education’s (ACE) 16th Internationalization Laboratory cohort. The first meeting of the cohort was in late August, in Washington, DC. Over the next 20 months, UC Santa Cruz will develop strategies and goals for campus internationalization,…

By Keri Toma, Global Programs Manager  Are you interested in broadening intercultural and global awareness on campus? Save the date and join the Division of Global Engagement in celebrating International Education Week in November! Each November, the Department of State and the Department of Education celebrates and promotes the benefits of international…

By Kate O’Neill  University of Sussex officials visited UC Santa Cruz on May 25 to commemorate the finalization of two exchange agreements between the universities. The agreements, signed in December 2017 and May 2018, outline a student exchange program for Film and Digital Media students and an employee exchange program for…

By Kate O’Neill  International graduate students are invited to register for the fall 2018 Graduate Preparation Program. This four-week intensive non-credit program is open to newly admitted international graduate students. The Graduate Preparation Program focuses on English for academic purposes (EAP), academic skills, and cultural orientation. The program provides a strong…

On March 28, 2017, a delegation from the China Scholarship Council (CSC) and the Chinese Embassy in San Francisco visited UC Santa Cruz to sign an agreement with the Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics. The agreement provides funding from CSC for Ph.D. students to attend UC Santa Cruz from top…

In March 2017 UC Santa Cruz hosted a visit by the Consul General of Mexico in San Jose, Mauricio Toussaint and the Consul of Community Affairs, Culture & Education, Loren Cruz Sandoval. The delegation toured the campus, met with students from Mexico, attended a luncheon hosted by the Chancellor, visited…

In October 2016 UC Santa Cruz hosted a visit by the Consul General of Brazil in San Francisco, Pedro Lopez Borio. Senior Economist Márcio V. Vecci accompanied the Consul General on the visit. The delegation toured the campus, met with students from Brazil, visited several research laboratories and faculty, and…

May 02, 2016 In May 2016 a delegation from the University of Sussex, United Kingdom visited UC Santa Cruz to sign an international agreement. The delegation included Vice Chancellor Michael Farthing, Steve McGuire, Dean of the Management School, Marcus Williams, Director of International Affairs, and Peter Boddy, International Partnership Officer.…

In October 2015 Chancellor Blumenthal led a UC Santa Cruz delegation on a trip to China. They met with U.S. Ambassador Max Baucus, representatives of the Ministry of Education and the Chinese Scholarship Council, and attended two receptions with alumni and parents of current students. The delegation also visited several…