Rachel Neale, the Intercultural Programs Manager at the Center for Global Engagement (CGE), will be leaving her position in August to go to Bulgaria for ten months on the Fulbright Student Program.
Working at the Center for Global Engagement (CGE) is a rewarding experience, filled with opportunities for growth and learning. Dr. Tanu Kohli, a vital member of the CGE team over the last six years, recently announced her departure. We had the privilege of talking with Dr. Kohli to gain insight into her time at the CGE, her accomplishments and her future endeavors.
Thirteen students from Florida State University embarked on an exciting journey to Japan as part of an FSU Global Exchange program. The students are attending classes at Waseda University, one of Japan's most prestigious universities located in Tokyo. Some will be enrolled for the spring semester and others will be there for the academic year. The Global Exchange program offers students the opportunity to gain a global perspective and immerse themselves in a new culture while pursuing their academic goals.
As the summer semester begins at Florida State and many students embark on a new chapter in their academic careers, two students have taken a very different route to Florida State. Evgenia Mikhnovska and Roman Lysenko, both undergraduate students from Ukraine, will be attending classes at FSU for the summer semester as scholarship recipients of the Global Democracy Ambassador Scholarship for Ukraine. Their maturity and intelligence come to light when you meet them, and they shared a bit of their journey and what led them here to Tallahassee.
Gizem Solmaz-Ratzlaff has been named a 2023 recipient of the Center for Global Engagement’s Global Citizen Award, which honors outstanding students who have actively engaged in intercultural initiatives on campus or abroad and who have exemplified leadership in promoting and supporting a global community among Florida State University students.
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.
