The Bangladeshi Student Association (BSA) at Florida State University (FSU) is a vibrant and active student organization that serves as a social, cultural and educational platform for Bangladeshi students and others interested in Bangladeshi culture. Since the BSA was founded in 2014 with 10 members, they have grown to include 78 official members --- a combination of enrolled students and recent graduates. The wider community, which includes spouses and children, is around 120. The majority of the students from Bangladesh are in doctoral programs in the STEM areas.

Liat Hakmon, a junior majoring in political science and Interdisciplinary Social Science, is studying for the spring semester at the University of Salzburg, Austria through the FSU Global Exchange Program. Hakmon also receives the Global Citizenship Certificate (GCC) scholarship, which is awarded to high-achieving students enrolled in the GCC who are also participating in an FSU Global Exchange.

Jayasankar C B, Ph.D. is an international Postdoctoral Scholar in the Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies at FSU.

The Center for Global Engagement’s Engage Your World Speaker Series will be hosting a presentation by Ambassador Nestor Forster, Jr., Ambassador of Brazil to the United States on Thursday, September 22, at 2:00 pm in the Globe Auditorium.