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Global Reach

Traditional Global Wedding Dresses

When most people think of wedding dress, they imagine a traditional white dress. Sara Hume, Ph.D., curator at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Museum, thinks of how wedding dresses transcend global borders in all different shapes and colors.

International students at Â鶹ÊÓƵ's Homecoming

International Education Week comes to campus with a full schedule of fun activities. 

Three researchers spoke at the Research & Innovation Forum

Three Â鶹ÊÓƵ researchers presented their projects at a Research and Sponsored Programs event hosted by the Anti-Racism and Equity Institute. 

Conversation Partners Program

The Conversation Partners Program at Â鶹ÊÓƵ is a voluntary program that pairs international students with students from the United States for a once-a-week chat to discuss their different cultures.

Ayham Abuzeid and Layla Alchaer are partners in Tahinin! Mediterranean Cuisine that recently opened in the Rathskeller in the basement of the Kent Student Center.

Two Syrian immigrants who met by chance when one was taking an English as a Second Language class from the other, have joined forces to bring a taste of their homeland to Â鶹ÊÓƵ diners. 

Â鶹ÊÓƵ students, faculty, staff and alumni in a soccer tournament

The United Nations describes International Day of Peace as a day devoted to strengthening the ideas of peace through observing 24 hours of nonviolence and cease-fire. At Â鶹ÊÓƵ, students, faculty, staff and alumni celebrated the day with an international soccer tournament.

Astrid N. Sambolin Morales and her husband Francisco Torres, both assistant professors at Â鶹ÊÓƵ, visit with Astrid's Puerto Rican family.

The family of Astrid N. Sambolin Morales, Ph.D., an assistant professor at Â鶹ÊÓƵ, is dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. They have been without electricity since the storm hit Sunday Sept. 18, 2022.

Professors Joanne Caniglia and Davison Mupinga from Â鶹ÊÓƵ's College of Education, Health and Human Services, recently traveled to the University of Rwanda to collaborate with educators there and identify mutual projects.

Two professors from Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s College of Education, Health and Human Services returned from a trip to the University of Rwanda (UR) energized by the new partnerships and collaborations they formed there.

Queen Elizabeth II - 1926-2022

As the world comes to grips with the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, who reigned as monarch for 70 years, Â鶹ÊÓƵ Today reached out to faculty and staff members with ties to the UK to share their thoughts on her passing.