Come meet international students, make friends, practice conversational English, and have fun together, during these weekly discussion groups coordinated by the English Language Institute. Feel free to bring your lunch :)
Come meet international students, make friends, practice conversational English, and have fun together, during these weekly discussion groups coordinated by the English Language Institute. Feel free to bring your lunch :)
You've worked hard this semester -- now it's time to celebrate! Come take a break from finals to enjoy some refreshments with faculty, advisors from UCIS, and other FLAS Fellows.
In this seminar Dr. Lara Daley will share her work engaging with place and time as Country: an Aboriginal English word for the human and more-than-human beings and agencies that co-become as place and as time/s. Country is deeply relational and includes people, land, waters, sky, rocks, animals, plants, memories, dreams, stories, ancestors and so much more.
Are you interested in studying language and culture abroad in Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Latin America, or the Middle East? Come to the National Scholarship Office's Boren Scholarship Info Session with Kaye Stansbury, a Boren Award Program Manager, to learn how you could receive funding for your study abroad experience!
The Boren Scholarship helps fund intensive language and cultural studies abroad in countries outside of Western Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand with program lengths and maximum award amounts of:
In a time of global political contention, being a scholar of the humanities means communicating with public audiences and collaborators who recognize that this work is essential to describing the present and shaping the future. This event, featuring panelists who are experiences interlocutors between the humanities and the wider world, it intended to inspire conversation about the skills and habits of mind that such work entails. Graduate students interested in diverse academic careers are especially encouraged to attend.
The Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship program is a prestigious and competitive federal award from the U.S. Department of Education that allows select Pitt undergraduate and graduate students to devote full time attention to their chosen modern foreign language and area studies specialty. There are separate competitions for the Academic Year FLAS Fellowship and the Summer FLAS Fellowship. Advanced doctoral students conducting field or archival research in a supported world language may also be eligible.
This seminar delves into the multifaceted nature of the Africa-China relationship and its impact on the international stage. Exploring the economic, political, socio-cultural, and developmental dimensions of this dynamic partnership, the workshop seeks to analyze how the growing interaction between Africa and China is shaping and influencing the global geopolitical landscape and economic development.
In celebration of I Stand With Immigrants, stop by the Global Hub to write a few words about how immigrants inspire you. Now an annual event in the Global Hub, I Stand With Immigrants is an initiative powered by FWD.us Education Fund, Inc. that engages colleges and universities across the US and encourages the celebration of cultures and heritages.
Are you looking to gain experience that will help prepare you for a globally-connected job market? Stop by Drop-In Hours to learn more about getting the Global Distinction added to your academic transcript, receiving special recognition at graduation, and standing out to prospective employers!
Fall 2023 Global Distinction Drop-In Hours: Tuesdays at 3:30-4:30 pm, except on November 21.
