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Global Commons Lunch and Learn Series

September 3, 2025: Interested in Inviting International Scholars to Campus?
Registration LinkPast Event
Target AudienceFaculty and Staff
Speakers
Norma Velazquez Norma Velazquez; Senior International Student Advisor

Dee Stafford Dee Stafford; Director of International Students and Scholar Services

September 17, 2025: Data Collection with Relinquishing Birth Families in Ethiopia
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Target AudienceFaculty
Speaker
Hewan Girma Dr. Hewan Girma; Associate Professor & Director of Undergraduate Studies, African American and African Diaspora Studies
October 1, 2025: Colonial Echoes: The Effects of the Japanese Occupation of the Korean Peninsula from 1910-1945 on the Korean Identity and Language
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Target AudienceCampus-wide
SpeakerHannah Hook (Undergraduate Student); IGS Asian Studies
October 15, 2025: Fulbright TEA Scholar Showcase
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Target AudienceCampus-wide
Speakers
group of Fulbright TEA fellows on the Alumni house steps Various Fulbright Teaching Scholars
October 29, 2025: Navigating the International Student Journey: Voices, Challenges, and Pathways to Success
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Target AudienceCampus-wide
Speakers
Nooshin KianvashRad, Samuel Adegoke, Deborah Andoh (Graduate Students) Noah Pernetun, Fatima Elhorry (Undergraduate Students)
November 12, 2025: Diasporas and Conflict
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Target AudienceCampus and Community
Speaker
Jeremy Rinker Dr. Jeremy Rinker; Associate Professor, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies
January 28, 2026: Developing a Faculty-Led Study Abroad Program
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Target AudienceFaculty and Staff
Speaker
Liz Torres Melendez Liz Torres Melendez; Study Abroad Coordinator, Faculty-led Programs
February 4, 2026: Model United Nations at UNCG (and Beyond)
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Target AudienceStudents
Speaker
Michael Broache Dr. Michael Broache; Assistant Professor, Political Science
February 18, 2026: Curriculum Integration & Advising for Study Abroad
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Target AudienceFaculty and Non-Faculty Advisors
Speakers
Logan Stanfield; Assistant Director of Study Abroad

Liz Torres Melendez Liz Torres Melendez; Study Abroad Coordinator, Faculty-led Programs

March 4, 2026: Teaming Up Across Borders: How to Make International Academic Collaboration Work
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Target AudienceFaculty
Speaker
Alejandro Hortal Dr. Alejandro Hortal; Senior Lecturer; Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
March 18, 2026: Supporting International Students in Uncertain Sociopolitical Times: Mental Health and Career Guidance Strategies for Higher Education
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Target AudienceCampus-wide
Speaker
S Anandavalli Dr. S. Anandavalli (Alumni); Clinician | Counselor Educator | Mentor | Academic Writer
April 1, 2026: English as a Lingua Franca: Using English to Promote Prosocial Intentions Among Bilingual Consumers
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Target AudienceCampus and Community
Speaker
Dr. Jessie Rui Du; Assistant Professor of Marketing; Department of Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Hospitality, and Tourism
April 15, 2026: Analysis of Deaf Students’ Experiences in Sign Language Interpreter-Mediated Classroom in Public Universities in Ghana
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Target AudienceCampus-wide
Speaker
Dr. Felix Kwame Kumedzro Dr. Felix Kwame Kumedzro; Principal, Akatsi College of Education, Ghana

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