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Filmmaking Across Continents

As citizens of this world we all have stories and experiences we can all relate to, even in our differences. Whether it is about love, the change of environment or finding our rhythm through new settings and challenges, these are experiences that bring us together across all borders.

Faculty Ambassador Program

In Fall 2021, like many students eager to study abroad, DePaul faculty were also looking to return to international travel. Three DePaul faculty members took advantage of their previously planned trips for research, vacation, and conferences to meet local students and promote DePaul.

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Filmmaking Across Continents

By Global Engagement Staff / April 5, 2022 / Posted in: Featured Stories, Student and Faculty Mobility / Twitter / Facebook

As citizens of this world we all have stories and experiences we can all relate to, even in our differences. Whether it is about love, the... read more

Virtual International Internships

By Global Engagement Staff / March 29, 2022 / Posted in: Student and Faculty Mobility / Twitter / Facebook

DePaul students are building professional skills for success in the global, digital workforce through Virtual International Internships.... read more

Faculty Ambassador Program

By Global Engagement Staff / March 29, 2022 / Posted in: Student and Faculty Mobility / Twitter / Facebook

In Fall 2021, like many students eager to study abroad, DePaul faculty were also looking to return to international travel. Three DePaul... read more

Showcase Your GLE Work at IVEC 2022 in Valencia, Spain

By Global Engagement Staff / March 29, 2022 / Posted in: Global Teaching and Learning / Twitter / Facebook

DePaul is a founding member of the International Virtual Exchange Conference (IVEC). IVEC 2022 will take place in Valencia, Spain, on... read more

Mobility Data

By Global Engagement Staff / March 29, 2022 / Posted in: Student and Faculty Mobility / Twitter / Facebook

Emerging from the COVID19 pandemic, Study Abroad continues to recover with growth in their Winter programs. Growing from 12 to 17 programs... read more

Global Learning Experience (GLE) Updates

By Global Engagement Staff / November 3, 2021 / Posted in: Global Teaching and Learning / Twitter / Facebook

At DePaul, Virtual Exchange projects (which include Global Learning Experience projects, as well as language acquisition focused... read more

DePaul Welcomes New Group of International Students!

By Global Engagement Staff / November 3, 2021 / Posted in: Featured Stories, Student and Faculty Mobility / Twitter / Facebook

International Student and Scholar Services (ISS) excitedly welcomed a new group of international students to DePaul this term orienting them... read more

Partner Feature: Hainan Normal University

By Global Engagement Staff / November 3, 2021 / Posted in: Featured Stories, Student and Faculty Mobility / Twitter / Facebook

The joint undergraduate Early Childhood Education (ECE) program between DePaul and Hainan Normal University (HNU) welcomed a second cohort... read more

Comprehensive Internationalization Committee (CIC) Updates

By Global Engagement Staff / November 3, 2021 / Posted in: Structures and Communication / Twitter / Facebook

The Comprehensive Internationalization Committee (CIC) welcomed several new members this Fall. Windsor Aguirre, associate professor of... read more

Student and Faculty Mobility Data Update

By Global Engagement Staff / November 3, 2021 / Posted in: Student and Faculty Mobility / Twitter / Facebook

Our international student population in 2020-21 declined only slightly over prior year, with a total of 1275 F/J students and 950 INTL or... read more

Studying Abroad During the Pandemic

By Global Engagement Staff / November 3, 2021 / Posted in: Student and Faculty Mobility / Twitter / Facebook

This past year was not a typical year for students wishing to study abroad. Many programs were canceled due to the pandemic, but a... read more

Student Feature: Teodora Preradovic

By Global Engagement Staff / June 7, 2021 / Posted in: Featured Stories / Twitter / Facebook

Students like Teodora Preradovic (Tea) who crave a global experience during their college years, do so even more when confronted... read more

Partner Institution Feature: Universidade Estadual Paulista-UNESP

By Global Engagement Staff / June 7, 2021 / Posted in: Featured Stories / Twitter / Facebook

As we have remarked in the past, most of the work we do at Global Engagement depends greatly on the assistance and support of our partners... read more

England: The Business of International Sports in London

By Global Engagement Staff / June 7, 2021 / Posted in: Featured Stories / Twitter / Facebook

The virtual iteration of England: The Business of International Sports in London brought together 16 DePaul graduate and undergraduate... read more

Global Engagement Updates

By Global Engagement Staff / June 7, 2021 / Twitter / Facebook

Over the past 6 months, the Global Engagement division has ramped up its efforts to build and engage our global alumni network. We... read more

Student and Faculty Mobility

By Global Engagement Staff / June 7, 2021 / Posted in: Student and Faculty Mobility / Twitter / Facebook

DePaul’s international student enrollment decreased 9% year-over-year from 1,814 in Spring 2020 to 1,644 in Spring 2021, but remained... read more

Faculty Feature: Dr. Isidore Udoh

By Global Engagement Staff / March 11, 2021 / Posted in: Featured Stories / Twitter / Facebook

In 2016, at the International Peace Research Association conference in Sierra Leone, DePaul’s Dr. Isidore Udoh met Dr. Idorenin Eyo, a law... read more

Introducing DePaul’s Virtual Global Study Initiative

By Global Engagement Staff / March 11, 2021 / Posted in: Global Teaching and Learning / Twitter / Facebook

The challenge of a pandemic to international education sparked ideas for several innovative programs that will be incorporated into Global... read more

Workshop on Virtual Exchange Design and Implementation gains popularity

By Global Engagement Staff / March 11, 2021 / Posted in: Global Teaching and Learning / Twitter / Facebook

When DePaul launched the Global Learning Experience (GLE) program in 2013, we were one of few early pioneers of this pedagogy.... read more

Save the Date: International Virtual Exchange Conference (IVEC) 2021- fully online October 27-29, 2021

By Global Engagement Staff / March 11, 2021 / Posted in: Structures and Communication / Twitter / Facebook

The International Virtual Exchange Conference (IVEC) is the largest and most prominent event on virtual exchange (know at DePaul as... read more

Winter 2021 Student & Faculty Mobility Updates

By Global Engagement Staff / March 11, 2021 / Posted in: Student and Faculty Mobility / Twitter / Facebook

Study Abroad ran 11 programs this Winter, providing 78 students with education abroad experiences. 87% of students... read more

Virtual Exchange - Global Learning Experience

By Global Engagement Staff / November 9, 2020 / Twitter / Facebook

In times when physical mobility has been limited due to the COVID-19 pandemic, interest in the virtual exchange (VE) field has rapidly... read more

Global Conversations

By Global Engagement Staff / November 9, 2020 / Twitter / Facebook

Now that DePaul has completed over 7 months of mostly online learning, students are aching to connect with others and return to “normal.”... read more

YOY Data

By Global Engagement Staff / November 9, 2020 / Posted in: Structures and Communication, Student and Faculty Mobility / Twitter / Facebook

- International student enrollment in the 2019-20 academic year was 1,511 F/J students, slightly below prior year which was 1,526. ... read more

Faculty Feature: Dr. Michele McCay

By Global Engagement Staff / November 9, 2020 / Twitter / Facebook

Dr. Michele McCay is a senior Health Sciences lecturer at DePaul. Dr.McCay teaches several courses in the Health Sciences... read more

Spotlight on a Global Partner - Australian Catholic University

By Global Engagement Staff / November 6, 2020 / Twitter / Facebook

Most of the work we do at DePaul to offer students a broad portfolio of international experiential learning leverages our global... read more

International Alumni Engagement

By Global Engagement Staff / November 6, 2020 / Twitter / Facebook

Reengaging our international alumni community both in the US and abroad, has been an important goal of the Global Engagement team. ... read more

Global Engagement’s Response to COVID-19

By Global Engagement Staff / March 16, 2020 / Posted in: Featured Stories / Twitter / Facebook

The Global Engagement division remains committed to providing support to our students, faculty and staff during this difficult time. ... read more

Global Gateway student shines as co-host of the Chinese New Year Festival

By Global Engagement Staff / March 16, 2020 / Posted in: Featured Stories / Twitter / Facebook

The DePaul Lunar New Year celebration showcased the talents of DePaul students and our surrounding community. Throughout the... read more

New Tokyo Study Abroad Program

By Global Engagement Staff / March 16, 2020 / Posted in: Featured Stories / Twitter / Facebook

In recent years, student demand for term-long study abroad programs in Japan has consistently outpaced our availability. Interest is high... read more

DePaul’s GLE Program Wins POD Innovation Award

By Global Engagement Staff / March 16, 2020 / Posted in: Global Teaching and Learning / Twitter / Facebook

In November 2019, the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education recognized DePaul with its 2019 POD... read more

Global Engagement Welcomes New Team Members

By Global Engagement Staff / March 16, 2020 / Posted in: Structures and Communication / Twitter / Facebook

With the start of the new year, we welcomed two new team members to the Global Engagement team: Emily Kraus joined as our Assistant... read more

Winter 2020 International Mobility Trends

By Global Engagement Staff / March 16, 2020 / Posted in: Student and Faculty Mobility / Twitter / Facebook

As of the Winter 2020 census, there are 1,878 international students at DePaul, 66% of whom are enrolled in graduate programs and 34% of... read more

Global Fluency Certificate Update

By Global Engagement Staff / March 16, 2020 / Posted in: Student and Faculty Mobility / Twitter / Facebook

Launched in Fall 2019, our Global Fluency Certificate (GFC) officially recognizes undergraduate students who have demonstrated... read more

Faculty Ambassador Program: Bangkok, Thailand with Dr. Nick Kachiroubas

By Global Engagement Staff / March 9, 2020 / Posted in: Featured Stories / Twitter / Facebook

In December 2019, Dr. Nick Kachiroubas, Associate Teaching Professor in the School of Public Service, made the most of his trip to... read more

Global Fluency Certificate Gains Popularity

By Global Engagement Staff / November 15, 2019 / Posted in: Featured Stories / Twitter / Facebook

This September 2019, Global Engagement launched the new Global Fluency Certificate (GFC), a credential that recognizes students who... read more

Expanding collaborations with Symbiosis International University

By Global Engagement Staff / November 15, 2019 / Posted in: Featured Stories / Twitter / Facebook

During the first week of August 2019, five DePaul faculty members from the College of Communication visited Symbiosis... read more

New Associate Director for Regional Initiatives-Latin America

By Global Engagement Staff / November 15, 2019 / Posted in: Featured Stories / Twitter / Facebook

Global Engagement welcomed a new team member at the start of this academic year. Maria DeMoya Taveras, Associate Professor of... read more

IVEC2019 a success! Save the date for IVEC2020!

By Global Engagement Staff / November 15, 2019 / Twitter / Facebook

The 2019 International Virtual Exchange Conference (IVEC) in Tacoma, WA was a huge success! Over 360 attendees from several institutions in... read more

GLE courses now searchable in Campus Connect

By Global Engagement Staff / November 15, 2019 / Posted in: Global Teaching and Learning / Twitter / Facebook

With the launch of DePaul’s Global Fluency Certificate, Global Learning Experience (GLE) courses’ popularity continues to grow among... read more

International Student Recruitment and Study Abroad Participation

November 15, 2019 / Posted in: Student and Faculty Mobility / Twitter / Facebook

In 2018-19, DePaul welcomed 1526 international (F/J visa) students from 121 different countries. While our total population of F/J... read more

Global Learning Experience (GLE) Updates: Record Growth

By Global Engagement Staff / May 9, 2019 / Posted in: Global Teaching and Learning / Twitter / Facebook

Virtual Exchange projects (also known as the Global Learning Experience projects) are reaching record numbers at DePaul- 100... read more

International Virtual Exchange (IVEC) 2019 Conference

By Global Engagement Staff / May 9, 2019 / Posted in: Global Teaching and Learning / Twitter / Facebook

IVEC 2019 is the largest and most prominent event on virtual exchange, providing a forum for an audience of practitioners, professionals,... read more

ACE US-Japan COIL initiative

By Global Engagement Staff / May 9, 2019 / Posted in: Global Teaching and Learning / Twitter / Facebook

In the Spring of 2018, the American Council of Education (ACE) launched a call for proposals among American institutions of higher... read more

Global Fluency Certificate Launching in Fall 2019

By Global Engagement Staff / May 9, 2019 / Posted in: Structures and Communication / Twitter / Facebook

The Comprehensive Internationalization Committee (CIC) developed a proposal for a new Global Fluency Certificate. The certificate recognizes... read more

DePaul launches Global Pathway Program (GPP)

By Global Engagement Staff / May 7, 2019 / Posted in: Featured Stories / Twitter / Facebook

We are excited to announce that in Winter 2019 we officially launched a new initiative, The Global Pathway Program (GPP). The GPP is... read more

New International Graduate Recruiter - Karen Mark

By Global Engagement Staff / May 7, 2019 / Posted in: Featured Stories / Twitter / Facebook

DePaul recently established a new position to tactically recruit international students at the graduate level. Karen Mark was hired as... read more

Faculty Feature: Juan Mundel - Connecting the world through Public Relations & Advertising

By Global Engagement Staff / May 7, 2019 / Posted in: Featured Stories / Twitter / Facebook

Juan Mundel joined the DePaul community with his international wheels already in motion. Halfway through his second year as an Assistant... read more

DePaul’s School of Hospitality Leadership Prepares Students for a Global Industry

By Global Engagement Staff / November 2, 2018 / Posted in: Featured Stories / Twitter / Facebook

Over the past year, the School of Hospitality Leadership at DePaul has increased its efforts to make global engagement a priority in the... read more

New international student orientation

By Global Engagement Staff / November 2, 2018 / Posted in: Featured Stories / Twitter / Facebook

It all starts with a dream, a dream made up of possibilities… adventure, learning, growth and success. The dream is also interlaced with... read more

Pronunciation Training for Success

By Global Engagement Staff / November 2, 2018 / Posted in: Featured Stories / Twitter / Facebook

One of the challenges international students face is the ability to communicate fluently with clear, articulate speech and the... read more

Global Learning Experience

By Global Engagement Staff / November 2, 2018 / Posted in: Global Teaching and Learning / Twitter / Facebook

DePaul's Global Learning Experience program continues to grow. Since the program launched in Fall of 2013, a total of 54 courses... read more

Upcoming Faculty Workshop – “Reflecting on Inclusivity in your Teaching”

By Global Engagement Staff / November 2, 2018 / Posted in: Global Teaching and Learning / Twitter / Facebook

The Center for Teaching and Learning will be offering a 2-hour faculty workshop on November 8 and 9 entitled “Reflecting on Inclusivity in... read more

International Student Recruitment and Study Abroad Participation

By Global Engagement Staff / November 2, 2018 / Posted in: Student and Faculty Mobility / Twitter / Facebook

Study Abroad Updates In 2017-18 Study Abroad administered 82 programs, an increase of 10.8% from last year. This is the largest number of... read more

Faculty Involvement: Comprehensive Internationalization Committee

By Global Engagement Staff / November 2, 2018 / Posted in: Structures and Communication / Twitter / Facebook

Faculty at DePaul are encouraged to get involved with Global Engagement in many ways. In this edition of the newsletter we call attention... read more

Global Learning courses fully tagged in the system

By Global Engagement Staff / May 15, 2018 / Posted in: Global Teaching and Learning / Twitter / Facebook

Thanks to the hard work of our student worker, Tanaya Singh, all courses identified by the ten Colleges and School that have substantial... read more

Faculty Feature - Christie Klimas

By Global Engagement Staff / May 11, 2018 / Posted in: Featured Stories / Twitter / Facebook

How does what I purchase and consume affect others that I don’t even see? Are there ways that I can change my habits to help change... read more

Supporting faculty in a global classroom

By Global Engagement Staff / May 11, 2018 / Posted in: Featured Stories / Twitter / Facebook

As DePaul continues working to increase international enrollment, faculty are now teaching in increasingly global classrooms. This... read more

Global Learning Experience (GLE) updates

By Global Engagement Staff / May 11, 2018 / Posted in: Global Teaching and Learning / Twitter / Facebook

DePaul's Global Learning Experience program continues to grow. Since the program launched in Fall of 2013, a total of 54 courses... read more

International Student Recruitment and Study Abroad Participation

By Global Engagement Staff / May 11, 2018 / Posted in: Student and Faculty Mobility / Twitter / Facebook

Student participation in our December, Winter Term, and Winter/Spring semester-long study abroad programs increased from 308 to 370,... read more

Language and Pedagogy Institute at DePaul University

By Global Engagement Staff / January 3, 2018 / Posted in: Featured Stories / Twitter / Facebook

The Language and Pedagogy Institute (LPI) program started in 2011 with the goal of providing professional development to international... read more

DePaul Students Teaching at Huaqiao University this Academic Year

By Global Engagement Staff / January 3, 2018 / Posted in: Student and Faculty Mobility / Twitter / Facebook

Two DePaul students, Allison Gourley and Jordan Weber, travelled to China in August in order to teach English for a year through the... read more

Global Learning Experience (GLE) updates

By Global Engagement Staff / January 3, 2018 / Posted in: Global Teaching and Learning / Twitter / Facebook

DePaul's Global Learning Experience program continues to grow. In AY2016-2017 a total of 17 courses across a variety of disciplines... read more

International Student Recruitment and Study Abroad Participation

By Global Engagement Staff / January 3, 2018 / Posted in: Student and Faculty Mobility / Twitter / Facebook

Global Engagement continues to focus on student and faculty mobility as a key part of DePaul University's internationalization... read more

DePaul hosted COIL Conference in October

By Global Engagement Staff / November 8, 2017 / Posted in: Global Teaching and Learning / Twitter / Facebook

Collaborative online international learning (COIL) is a pedagogy that allows faculty members to open their classrooms to concrete... read more

ISS Supports Students: Immigration Ban

By Global Engagement Staff / April 4, 2017 / Posted in: Featured Stories / Twitter / Facebook

On January 27, 2017, President Trump issued an Executive Order on Immigration (EO) containing provisions that directly affected our DePaul... read more

New Study Abroad Director

By Global Engagement Staff / April 3, 2017 / Posted in: Featured Stories / Twitter / Facebook

In February, we announced the appointment of our new Director of Study Abroad, Marty McGivern. Marty has been a member of our Study... read more

Fulbright Mentor for Faculty

By Global Engagement Staff / April 3, 2017 / Posted in: Featured Stories / Twitter / Facebook

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to teach for a semester in a different country, or to start a new research project... read more

Global Teaching and Learning Updates Spring 2017

By Global Engagement Staff / April 1, 2017 / Posted in: Global Teaching and Learning / Twitter / Facebook

GLE The Winter/Spring training cycle of the GLE faculty development program recently concluded and involved 20 active DePaul faculty... read more

Student and Faculty Mobility: New Study Abroad Partnership

By Global Engagement Staff / April 1, 2017 / Posted in: Student and Faculty Mobility / Twitter / Facebook

Study Abroad announces a new partnership with University College Cork in Ireland. UCC offers DePaul students courses in 70+... read more

A New Link to China

By Global Engagement Staff / January 24, 2017 / Posted in: Structures and Communication, Featured Stories / Twitter / Facebook

Hui Lin, PhD, Associate Professor in the School of Accountancy in the Driehaus College of Business, joined the Global Engagement team this... read more

International Graduate Recruitment Strategy

By Global Engagement Staff / January 24, 2017 / Posted in: Student and Faculty Mobility / Twitter / Facebook

The university recently revised its Global Engagement strategy, which includes a goal to coordinate our graduate level international... read more

Global Learning Experience (GLE) Updates Winter 2017

By Global Engagement Staff / January 23, 2017 / Posted in: Global Teaching and Learning / Twitter / Facebook

The Fall/Winter training cycle of the Global Learning Experience (GLE) faculty development program concluded at the beginning of... read more

Tagging of Global Courses

By Global Engagement Staff / January 20, 2017 / Posted in: Global Teaching and Learning / Twitter / Facebook

Global Engagement’s first strategic theme was to develop and expand innovative learning opportunities for students and faculty by... read more

A Strong Partnership in India

By Global Engagement Staff / November 21, 2016 / Posted in: Global Teaching and Learning, Student and Faculty Mobility, Featured Stories / Twitter / Facebook

This summer, through Global Engagement’s India Initiative, six faculty members visited Symbiosis International University (SIU) in Pune,... read more

Global Engagement Structures and Communication Update: Fall 2016

By Global Engagement Staff / November 4, 2016 / Posted in: Structures and Communication / Twitter / Facebook

Global Engagement’s third strategic theme involves strengthening the coordination among existing global engagement structures and... read more

FY@broad New Programs

By Global Engagement Staff / November 1, 2016 / Posted in: Featured Stories / Twitter / Facebook

FY@broad programs combine a Focal Point seminar with travel abroad to enhance students' learning. At the end of the designated course,... read more

Global Teaching and Learning Stats for AY 2015-16

By Global Engagement Staff / October 31, 2016 / Posted in: Global Teaching and Learning / Twitter / Facebook

Here are the Global Teaching and Learning numbers from Academic Year 2015-16: In 2015-16, 224 students participated in 14... read more

Student and Faculty Mobility Numbers AY2015-16

By Global Engagement Staff / October 28, 2016 / Posted in: Student and Faculty Mobility / Twitter / Facebook

Global Engagement’s second strategic theme focuses on international mobility of students, faculty and staff through enhanced services,... read more

English Language Academy Celebrates 20 Years

By Global Engagement Staff / October 5, 2016 / Posted in: Featured Stories / Twitter / Facebook

DePaul's English Language Academy (ELA) celebrated its 20th year of operation in September, and hosted an event for over 100... read more