Join us for the 2026 Global Symposium on April 16–17 at the Rinker Center for Global Affairs (SC 102).

Today's Sessions (Thursday, April 16th):

  • 8:55 am - 9:25 am: 6,475 Miles for a 5-Minute Connection: A Manual for Interacting with Humans
  • 9:30 am - 10:30 am: Demystifying the Fulbright for Faculty and Professional Staff
  • 10:35 am - 11:35 am: Ubuntu: Reclaiming our shared humanity as the foundation for thriving communities
  • 11:40 am - 12:10 pm: Connectivity and Connection: Examining the Use of AI in a Short-Term Study Abroad Program
  • 1:00 pm - 1:40 pm: Transforming Thinking and Practices through World Conference on Transformative Education
  • 1:45 pm - 2:15 pm: Cultural Adjustment in Academic Communication
  • 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm: IEI International Students: Mapping International Experiences through Emotional Cartography
  • 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm: Round Trip: International Students Pirouetting as Foreign-Born International Educators
  • 3:45 pm - 4:15 pm: A Multilevel Analysis of Student and Country-Level Predictors of math anxiety in PISA 2012 and 2022 
  • 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm: From Study Abroad to Student Teaching: Preservice World Language Teacher Identity Formation

Friday's Sessions:

  • 8:30 am - 9:00 am: From Broad Interests to Focused Learning Goals: How Studying Abroad Shaped My Academic Direction
  • 9:30 am - 10:30 am: Silent Struggles: What First-Year International Students Don’t Say Out Loud (and How Peer Educators Can Respond) 
  • 10:45 am - 11:15 am: Rural EFL Pedagogy as Cultural and Social Practice: Insights for Global Education
  • 11:30 am - 12:30 pm: Jollof Wars: A VR Interactive Narrative

Got questions? Contact Dr. Alicia Miller.

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