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The Global Mentorship Program offered to new international students through Global Programming, part of the Division of Global Engagement, has expanded this year to provide needed services to 172 international student mentees. A team made up of thirteen Global Mentors and two Global Captains trained remotely during the summer and began outreach to incoming international…

During summer 2021, 19 international undergraduate students participated as virtual interns in the pilot of the International Summer Research Program (ISRP), conducted in collaboration with the Baskin School of Engineering. Students from four universities: Amrita University and IIT Kanpur in India, KAIST in Korea, and Universidad de Los Andes in Colombia were hosted by 10 faculty…

During the week of October 18-22, Global Learning hosted its second annual Global Learning Opportunities Week (GLOW). Several hundred students, staff, faculty, and affiliates attended or led seminars designed to introduce the wide array of global opportunities available to students at UC Santa Cruz. “Talking to students while promoting GLOW was genuinely exciting! I loved…

Gabi Schmiegel, Assistant Director for Sponsored Student Programs, is actively recruiting students and promoting UC Santa Cruz as an ideal destination for graduate and undergraduate students.  UC Santa Cruz, along with UC Berkeley and UC Davis, was part of two pre-arrival orientations organized by EducationUSA for students from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).…

The Division of Global Engagement is proud to announce that 22 UC Santa Cruz students have received a combined total of more than $75,000 in scholarship funding for study abroad or away programs. The average amount awarded per student was $2,000. These students, most of whom intend to study abroad or away in fall 2021, have…

As part of the new International Summer Research Program (ISRP), which is being piloted by the Division of Global Engagement (GE), in collaboration with BSOE, UC Santa Cruz engineering faculty will host students virtually from several international partner universities in research internships in summer of 2021. “We have long aspired to establish a program of this kind…

From the estate of Sara E. Matthews, scholarships are awarded annually to international students. Administered by International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) this scholarship is granted to deserving undergraduate international students of Sophomore or Junior standing at UC Santa Cruz to help with educational costs.  “This year, six applicants were awarded the scholarship due to…

Study Abroad, within the Division of Global Engagement, is excited to announce a rebrand that includes a name change to Global Learning. This name change reflects an expansion of program offerings and a commitment to expand equitable access to international/global experiences to all students at UC Santa Cruz. Global Engagement’s dedication to providing global learning…

Professor Jeremy Hourigan joins the Division of Global Engagement (GE) as Faculty Director with expertise shaped by years of experience in international education. Hourigan’s relationship with GE began when he chaired the Committee on International Education (CIE) and grew with the development of the ACE Internationalization Lab. “Global Engagement is poised to play a fundamental…

UC Santa Cruz’s global reputation plays a vital role in attracting international students. Few on campus are more keenly aware of this than Gabriele Schmiegel, Assistant Director for Sponsored Student Programs, who frequently communicates with external audiences about UC Santa Cruz’s world-class research and as an ideal destination for a graduate or undergraduate education. However,…

Study Abroad, within the Division of Global Engagement, has developed Virtual Global Internships that will launch in summer 2021, partnering with Languages and Applied Linguistics, Cowell College, and Rachel Carson College, to offer UC Santa Cruz coursework. Virtual Global Internships aim to increase access to experiential learning and allow students to engage globally without having…

UC Santa Cruz’s participation in the ACE Internationalization Lab will be near its conclusion in February 2021 with a virtual peer review three-day site visit consisting of meetings with multiple campus stakeholders. The peer review was first scheduled as an in-person visit on the UC Santa Cruz campus during spring quarter of 2020 but was…