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Students

Collected resources for Students from across the site.

 

 

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Hamna Shafiq headshot
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Human Biology major Hamna Shafiq was fueled by her personal experiences to pursue studies in global health. Now a third-year, she is primed for medical school through her research in undernutrition in vulnerable global populations.

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Feb

Join us for a panel discussion and reception with past UVA Fulbright recipients on February 23, at 5:00 pm in the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Auditorium.
February 23, 2023 5:00pm
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library at UVA
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Apr

The Undergraduate Research Symposium is an opportunity for students to present what they have learned through their research experiences to a broad audience.
April 27, 2023 9:00am
Newcomb Hall Ballroom
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Mar

Humanities Week is an annual week of events and activities celebrating the humanities, and a student conceived and produced program of the Institute of the Humanities & Global Cultures (IHGC).
March 27, 2023 12:00am
University of Virginia: Multiple Locations
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Adrián Gutierrez at CERN
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International student and researcher Adrián Gutierrez speaks to UVA Global about muons, his journey to UVA, and his advice for international students.

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Students pose for a group shot with German archway in background
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A selection of photos from our 2023 J-Term Study Abroad programs.

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Feb

Join Iran experts to explore the deep and long tradition of women’s involvement in the struggle for democracy in Iran.
February 14, 2023 1:00pm
The Rotunda, UVA
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Third year Statistics and Economics major and new International Student Citizen Leaders fellow Adi Raghavan talks about his project of peer mentorship and his advice for new international students with ISCL Fellowship Co-Coordinator and International Student & Scholar Advisor Caren Freeman.

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School and university education concept. Vector flat people illustration. Multiethnic group of student. Book, earth globe, paper plane symbol on sky background.
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As classes wrap up this December, among them will be a series of courses in the Engagements curriculum that bring first-year students out of their worlds and into the global.

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people in protest, sign held by one of the persons in the picture reads: “I support the redskin struggle. We do not want the system of life of the ‘whites’ any longer” in Spanish
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UVA PhD Candidate Josué Godoy talks with UVA Global's Emily Mellen about his project on Indigenous activism in Colombia during the 1970s.

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Reese Hertel Guatemala 1
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Reese Hertel learned to appreciate nature while growing up in Charlottesville. Now, he seeks to bring his passion for the environmental global, interning in Guatemala and studying in Valencia to prepare himself for career as a Latin America-focused environmental engineer.

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Nov

Learn about the many ways you can gain a global experience both on grounds and abroad! Come get popsicles from La Flor Michoacana!
November 1, 2022 11:00am
Hotel A, West Range at UVA
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UVA Global Podcast Charles Bradley and Abigail Bradford graphic with headshots
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CGII grant recipients Charles Bradley and Abigail Bradford talk about their projects in Greece. Bradford will be researching "Aulos and Audience in the Ancient Greek Musicscape" while Bradley will be working on "Understanding Early Childhood Development in Emergencies: An Inhabited Institutionalist Analysis of Humanitarian Programming for Young Children and Caregivers."

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Trisha Gulati
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Trisha Gulati is one of the co-directors of international student affairs on UVA Student Council. When she is not attending classes, she likes to play Tennis and sing. Along with the Student Council, she is also actively engaged in the Thai Student Organization, International Relations Organization and Frank Batten Investment Fund.

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Oct

October 28, 2022 12:00am
Lawn at UVA

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Nov

Interested in working abroad after graduation?

November 1, 2022 5:30pm
Garrett Hall
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Alex Misbach Headshot
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Double-Hoo Alex Misbach takes us back to Shea House from the perspective of the Programs Facilitator and a Russian language instructor. His advice? Think critically in your language learning, take advantage of language immersion opportunities at UVA, and, if you can, go abroad and get out of your comfort zone!

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UVA Delegation to Germany at the German Chancellery with Claudia Roth (Green Party), the new Federal Commissioner for Culture
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In early March, a group comprising of UVA faculty, students and community members undertook a one-week trip to Germany, the roots of which were laid on the fateful day in 2017 when the far-right groups marched through Grounds and the city. By visiting the different cities in Germany, the group wanted to understand how the cities like Berlin and Weimar have engaged with histories of colonialism, the atrocities of holocaust and memorialized it and bring those lessons back to the UVA community.

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Jie Lu Headshot
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Jie Lu is a second-year student majoring in Commerce. But she is also a stellar table tennis player who just represented UVA in National Championships.

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Ren Capucao Headshot
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Ren Capucao is a nurse, nurse historian, and PhD candidate and talks about his dissertation study "Pressed into Starched Whites: Nursing Identity in Filipino American History.

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Sara Feng image student with peace sign fingers, other students in background
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Fourth year international student Sara Feng introduces us to Shea House, a UVA’s on-grounds residential site for immersion in seven languages. She talks about her global experiences and why she became a Shea House language assistant.

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UVA Lawn in the spring
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Vice Provost for Global Affairs Steve Mull congratulates 2020 international graduates.

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Mary Byron
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Mary Byron graduated in December 2021 with a bachelor’s in Cognitive Science with a Neuroscience concentration and was awarded Highest Distinction from the cognitive science distinguished majors program. Growing up in Reston, Virginia, Byron chose the Global First program and spent the first semester in London, United Kingdom and credits it as key to her UVA experience.

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Karina Atkins in Barcelona
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As the cancellations followed for different global internships scheduled for the summer, Ingrid Hakala, director of global internships didn’t give up. Instead, she reached out to her partners, who would host students in different countries. With their partnership, she launched an experimental virtual global internship program for UVA students.

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Rotunda with Jefferson statue and steps with Z
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International students Abbis Haider Jaffri, Hamed Joodaki, and Huiru Shen talk about their UVA experience, future plans, and advice for new international students.

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Piper, Mukhethwa and Sara in matching shirts in Thohoyandou, South Africa
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Sara Krivacsy is graduating from UVA’s College of Arts & Sciences with a Global Public Health major and Anthropology minor. She is planning to become a practitioner in global public health at a time of unprecedented change and challenge. She reflects on her experiences at UVA and how it has expanded her perspective for global engagement.

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Erica Stephens
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Erica Stephens is getting ready to graduate next month with major in Cognitive Science and a minor in Health & Wellbeing from University of Virginia’s College of Arts & Science.

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Steve Monaghan
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When Steve Monaghan graduated from University of Virginia in 1980 in Asian Studies, he didn’t know that his fluency in written and spoken Chinese would shape his life and career for the next four decades.

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Hoos for Better Health
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For the first time since it was launched, Center for Global Health Equity held their Global Health Case Competition online. But it did not dim the enthusiasm.

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Nancy Hui
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Nancy Huai is a first year MBA student at Darden School of Business from China. During the pandemic with the embassy closures, she was unable to get a visa from China to come to Charlottesville.

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Stephen Mull
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As we launch the 2021 spring semester this month amid continuing challenges from the COVID-19 threat, the contours of the post-pandemic world are emerging.  Steadily accelerated vaccinations, improved compliance with public health measures, strides in treating the disease, and the resilience of our students and faculty in mastering new ways to learn and research are creating conditions to spring back even stronger after the pandemic.

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University of Virginia
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The J-term courses offered at the University of Virginia this January provided a unique opportunity for students to engage in global topics, gain new perspectives, and go beyond the classroom virtually.

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Olivia Fyre
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Olivia Fyre, is a 3rd year student majoring in Global Health Studies and minoring in Religious Studies.

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University of Virginia
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UVA is in the top 12 U.S. universities for short-term study abroad programs, according to the annual Open Doors report released Nov. 16 by the Institute of International Education, a New York-based nonprofit.

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Stephen Mull
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Building back UVA’s global engagement will be one of the more exciting and urgent challenges we face as a University as we emerge from the COVID shadow in the coming months.  Since evacuating hundreds of our students and faculty from locations around the world beginning last January, we’ve suffered a painful retrenchment of our education abroad programs that will continue through the coming spring semester and significantly curtailed our global research activity.

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Giovanna de Almeida
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More than 395 UVA students took virtual language classes this summer which included French, Italian and Spanish. Among them was Giovanna de Almeida, a 4th year student majoring in Psychology and minoring in Sociology.

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University of Virginia
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For Global Week this year, Office of the Vice Provost for Global Affairs, Advancement and ISO hosted a series of panel called Global Journeys with distinguished UVA alumni and students who shared their global experiences and career paths. Watch the conversations here.

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First Day Online VISAS UVA Facilities Tuesday Workplace Program Class
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As programs moved to online and virtual worlds due to the pandemic, CAELC’S Volunteers with International Students, Staff, and Scholars (VISAS) Program is keeping up with the changes.

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Stephanie Greenfield
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Stephanie Greenfield is a cognitive science major concentrating in neuroscience. Her interests in global health started early – in high school, when she went to Haiti, Nicaragua and Dominican Republic on medical missions.

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Ahana Das
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Ahana Das, a first-year student at the Darden School of Business talks about starting at University of Virginia in the middle of a pandemic, her journey to the Grounds, and her hopes for the coming year.