Past Events

UCIS International Career Toolkit Series Presents:
An Evening with Wendy Walsh
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Higher Education Program Manager, National Training & Education Division (NTED)
As a career public servant in both state and federal agencies for the last 27 years, Wendy joins us to talk about her background in Systems Engineering and Design, Partnering, Management & Innovation. She currently works at FEMA, elevating the emergency management profession through higher education. Wendy partners with over 600 academic programs, Native Nations, students and communities to create culturally relevant educational experiences responsive to environmental change and enhancing community understanding and resilience.
Wendy served previously as the Homeland Defense and Security Coordinator at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in Monterey, Presidential Management Fellow as Citizen Corps Program Specialist, Licensed Psychiatric Technician, and Public Information Officer in the state of CA.
Wednesday, Sept 2nd, 6:30pm
Online Discussion
Zoom Link:
815 6796 4141
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A forum for existing, new, and interested GSC students to learn about new resources and programs, exchange information about classes, internships, student clubs, and give input on what you’d like to see from the Global Studies Center in the future. We will incorporate sessions with alumni to get their insights, representatives from student clubs, and faculty who teach courses for our certificates, among others.
Virtual sessions will focus on each of the Global Studies certificate concentrations, and students are welcome to join as many as they like.
Contact Elaine if you represent a student organization that would like to speak at one of these sessions or has any questions.

Viewing world history from the vantage point of the Silk Roads can challenge the Eurocentrism of mainstream history and introduce a more balanced view of the past. In this online workshop, Dr. Margarita Delgado Creamer (University of Pittsburgh) and Dr. Thomas R. Mueller (California University of Pennsylvania) will explore with us the global significance of this trade network that connected India, Central and East Asia, and Europe for over a thousand years. We will especially focus on the development and spread of Buddhism and also discuss the momentous discovery of the largest cache of historic documents and artifacts found in the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang that bear witness to the cultural, religious, social and commercial activity that took place along the Silk Roads. Part of our exploration of the Silk Roads will involve interactive mapping (using ArcGIS Online) which teachers and students can use throughout the school year to:
1) Complete a distance analysis of the locations along the Silk Roads
2) Examine the landscapes of the Silk Roads
3) Evaluate "the reach" of the Silk Roads in terms of goods, cultures and diseases
All participants will receive a Certificate of Completion for professional development reporting. Pennsylvania educators will receive Act 48 professional development hours.
Please register at: https://pitt.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYscO6trjIvGdOctbko0eX12p_QiwcHjiUL

Join Karen Lue, Pitt Global Hub Manager, for an information session on how you can Be Global Ready. Learn about all of the international and global opportunities Pitt has to offer: on-campus co-curricular activities, study abroad programs, international studies certificates, foreign languages, overseas internships, and more! Students looking to internationalize their Pitt experience are encouraged to attend. Parents and family members are also welcome to attend!
Register here: https://pitt.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_g45tpF3zTneuw-dsetFY0A

Together with our friends at the Pitt Global Hub, we are excited to bring students, faculty and staff a virtual discussion every Wednesday in July that will give participants an opportunity to think about the most recent wave of brutal police violence in the U.S. through a global lens.
The goal is to have participants be able to explain how racialized and militarized policing in the USA shape and are shaped by historical and contemporary global connections and processes. Participants will do up to an hour of reading, viewing, or listening in advance of each conversation; there will be no structured presentations.
Register here: pitt.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYqfu2uqz0tGNNb9veQTWM54siML-A185k9 fbclid=IwAR0AhRVcJx33AHERmwjMF_33qWuznyluSOt1P1zDxW555yCo0U16-7ae5tw

Join the Pitt Global Hub and Global Ties for a fun trivia game that will test your knowledge on international aspects of Pittsburgh and Pitt!
Participants will be randomly assigned into teams to compete. This is a great chance for incoming international students to get to know one another and meet domestic students as well!
Further instructions on how to play will be announced during the event. Please be sure to have the Zoom application downloaded onto your device ahead of time. Registration will end on Thursday, July 16th at 5PM ET!
REGISTER HERE: https://pitt.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMucuivqDotGtAFEMmBQ-7c_7A1PBJScVD3
If you can't make it to this session, we will be hosting Session 1 on Friday, July 17th at 8AM ET.