Education

CIFAL Offers Atlanta Educators, Companies UN-Level Training in Sustainable Development

This article was contributed by Dr. Binbin Jiang, Executive Director of Kennesaw State University’s Division of Global Affairs and Director of CIFAL Atlanta. In light of recent travel limitations due to the global pandemic, United Nations training center CIFAL Atlanta is offering virtual programs on sustainable development, youth leadership development, health and well-being and human […]

Record Incoming Graduate Class at Georgia State Business School Includes Enrollees From 45 Countries

Georgia State University’s business school saw graduate enrollment increase by 78 percent this fall, supplemented with significant diversity gains including students representing 45 countries. The incoming fall class at J. Mack Robinson College of Business has 862 students, up from 484 in 2019, amid a broader trend toward increased enrollment at public universities across the […]

Atlanta Seeks Youth Voices — and Video Submissions — for U.N. Future Project

International Youth Day may have passed on Aug. 12, but the City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of International Affairs is still collecting videos it hopes will help ensure young voices aren’t drowned out in the world of global governance. “The Future We Want” video campaign aims for short (one-minute or less) videos where K-12 students explain […]

Two Scholarships Available for Female ‘Cultural Ambassadors’ of Ghanaian Descent

The Ghanaian Women’s Association of Georgia for the third year will award scholarships aimed at positioning young women as “cultural ambassadors” for the West African nation. The Atlanta-based nonprofit, whose main goal is to outfit maternity wards in the West African country with beds and medical equipment, introduced the scholarship after its 10th anniversary in 2017, […]

Kennesaw State Awarded Grant for Minority Students to Study in Ghana

One of only two institutions in Georgia awarded a U.S. State Department grant to expand study abroad opportunities for underrepresented students, Kennesaw State University will use it to deepen links with West Africa. KSU’s “Ghana: Gateway to Africa” study abroad program was awarded a $30,312 grant from U.S. Study Abroad’s capacity-building initiative known as IDEAS […]

How the U.S. Should Leverage Cities Like Atlanta in COVID-19 Vaccine Negotiations

Editor’s note: This sponsored article is provided by Kennesaw State University’s Division of Global Affairs and was written by Sonia J. Toson, director of diversity relations at KSU’s Michael J. Coles College of Business and assistant professor of law in the School of Accountancy. Science is very clear on the fact that COVID-19 cannot be eradicated, […]

Emory, Georgia State Become Latest Universities to Close Confucius Institutes Amid U.S. Pressure on China

Two more Chinese government-funded Confucius Institutes in Georgia are set to shutter amid increasing U.S. government scrutiny of the language education centers that have been criticized as propaganda arms of the Chinese Communist Party. Emory University announced Aug. 18 that it would not renew its relationship with Hanban, or the Confucius Institute Headquarters, after the […]

Georgia State to Recruit More Black Men to Study Abroad With State Department Grant

Georgia State is one of 24 universities (out of 115 applicants) receiving U.S. State Department grants to encourage students of diverse backgrounds to study overseas. The so-called IDEAS grants — Increase and Diversify Education Abroad — are used to help ensure a broader set of American students can engage internationally and contribute to U.S. competitiveness and […]

Atlanta Seeks Multilingual Volunteers for Census Texting Campaign

The City of Atlanta’s census committee is seeking volunteers fluent in languages including Spanish, French, Chinese and Korean for a texting campaign aimed at ensuring Atlantans fill out their full census forms. The message was circulated via Twitter and beyond by the Mayor’s Office of International Affairs. The acute effort complements Welcoming Atlanta’s ongoing iSpeakATL initiative, […]

Georgia Tech to Offer Hebrew, Swahili Courses to Deepen Africa, Middle East Ties

Georgia Tech is set to add Hebrew and Swahili courses for the first time during the fall 2020 semester as it continues to broaden its language offerings to deepen students’ global engagement. The Atlanta Global Studies Center, a resource center jointly operated by Georgia Tech and Georgia State University, is helping underpin a broad array […]

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