The Dalai Lama is to preside over the launch of Emory University’s SEE (Social, Emotional and Ethical Learning) program in New Delhi, India, April 4-6. The SEE Learning program provides educators with a framework for inculcating social, emotional and ethical values in K-12 education as well as students pursuing higher and professional degrees. The three-day […]
Education
Former President of Kennesaw State to Head the Atlanta Council on International Relations
Dr. Daniel S. Papp, the former president of Kennesaw State University (KSU) has been chosen by the Atlanta Council on International Relations (ACIR) to assume the post of chairman of its board of advisors. The ACIR is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing its members and metro Atlanta with a better understanding of the issues […]
Diplomats Learn How Georgia Tech’s Coda Building Orchestrates Innovation
Atlanta’s Consular Corps got a preview tour March 20 of the $355 million Coda building, the mother-of-all mixed-used developments in Midtown’s Technology Square. The diplomats visited while the finishing touches were being made on the 645,000 square feet of office space and the 22,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space to be housed by […]
Ambassador: Italy, a ‘Nation of Engineers,’ Looks for Ways to Bolster Investment into Georgia
Most ambassadorial visits to Georgia come with a sales pitch about the advantages of their country. But for Italian Ambassador Armando Varicchio, spending Monday in Atlanta was mainly about building on a strong nucleus of Italian companies here, boosting their competitiveness globally by having an even greater presence locally. “Our idea is not just to promote trade […]
New Zealand Mosque Shootings Prompt Local Concern Over Security, Role of Social Media
The world’s interconnectedness was clearly evident at a meeting held at the Gwinnett County Justice and Administration Building Thursday to address safety concerns raised by the killing of 50 Muslims in New Zealand. Organized by the Gwinnett County Solicitor’s Office, the meeting brought together Ian Latham, New Zealand’s honorary consul based in Atlanta, Gwinnett County […]
From Classical to Modern, Georgia State’s Hellenic Center Maintains a Global View
Aikaterini Grigoriadou’s trajectory from her hometown of Thessaloniki, Greece, to Atlanta has a mythic quality due to its global reverberations as well as her transformation from talented music student, to anthropologist to administrative assistant of Georgia State University’s Hellenic Center. In a sense, Ms. Grigoriadou emerges from a Greek tragedy — namely the Greek financial […]
Georgia Tech Promotes From Within for New International Affairs Chair
Georgia Tech has named Adam Stulberg the new chair of the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs. The school, located within the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, is replacing Joe Bankoff, a former intellectual property attorney who led the Woodruff Arts Center before coming to Tech, who is stepping down after seven years in as […]
Theater of Dreams Portrays Alex Dumas, the Black General Who Embodied Humanist Ideals
Military commanders know that advantages of controlling “the high ground,” which offers better visibility over a battlefield. But can the same be said of possessing the moral high ground? This question is at the heart of the play “Black Code: The Adventures of the First Count of Monte Cristo,” which is being produced by the […]
UGA to Sell Off Costa Rica Campus but Says Move Will Expand Study Abroad Opportunities
The University of Georgia Foundation board of trustees on Feb. 22 approved a deal to sell off its campus in the cloud forests of Costa Rica but said the move will free up resources to offer students more study-abroad opportunities. Unloading the campus in San Luis de Monteverde will allow the creation of a $4 million […]
Commentary: Why Studying Abroad Shouldn’t Only Be for Wealthy Atlantans
Editor’s note: The following is a sponsored article, meaning that Global Atlanta was compensated for its publication and consulted on the production of the piece. It was written by John Eaves, founder and executive director of Global Youth Ambassadors Program and the former chairman of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners Since getting my first passport […]
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