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Preparing Students for a Global Industry

Over the past year, the School of Hospitality Leadership at DePaul has increased its efforts to make global engagement a priority in the student experience in both the classroom and in co-curricular activities.

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New International Student Orientation

The International Student and Scholar Services (ISS) launched a 14 week pre-arrival online orientation that introduces incoming students to the DePaul community and provides them with critical information in their planning to live and study at DePaul. Upon arrival, new students attend a conference-style in-person orientation

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Pronunciation Training for Success

Participants work at their own pace online for at least two hours total per week, then meet weekly with a language coach (face to face or online) to review their progress and receive in-depth feedback and additional resources specific to their needs.

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Global Fluency Certificate Gains Popularity

Global Fluency Certificate Gains Popularity

Global Engagement Staff  /  11/15/2019  /  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

Expanding collaborations with Symbiosis International University

Global Engagement Staff  /  11/15/2019  /  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

New Associate Director for Regional Initiatives-Latin America

Global Engagement Staff  /  11/15/2019  /  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 Public... read more

IVEC2019 a success! Save the date for IVEC2020!

IVEC2019 a success! Save the date for IVEC2020!

Global Engagement Staff  /  11/15/2019  /  Posted in:  /  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

GLE courses now searchable in Campus Connect

Global Engagement Staff  /  11/15/2019  /  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

International Student Recruitment and Study Abroad Participation

 /  11/15/2019  /  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

Global Learning Experience (GLE) Updates: Record Growth

Global Engagement Staff  /  05/09/2019  /  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

International Virtual Exchange (IVEC) 2019 Conference

Global Engagement Staff  /  05/09/2019  /  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

ACE US-Japan COIL initiative

Global Engagement Staff  /  05/09/2019  /  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

Global Fluency Certificate Launching in Fall 2019

Global Engagement Staff  /  05/09/2019  /  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)

DePaul launches Global Pathway Program (GPP)

Global Engagement Staff  /  05/07/2019  /  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

New International Graduate Recruiter - Karen Mark

Global Engagement Staff  /  05/07/2019  /  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

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

Global Engagement Staff  /  05/07/2019  /  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

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

Global Engagement Staff  /  11/02/2018  /  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

New international student orientation

Global Engagement Staff  /  11/02/2018  /  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

Pronunciation Training for Success

Global Engagement Staff  /  11/02/2018  /  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

Global Learning Experience

Global Engagement Staff  /  11/02/2018  /  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”

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

Global Engagement Staff  /  11/02/2018  /  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

International Student Recruitment and Study Abroad Participation

Global Engagement Staff  /  11/02/2018  /  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

Faculty Involvement: Comprehensive Internationalization Committee

Global Engagement Staff  /  11/02/2018  /  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

Global Learning courses fully tagged in the system

Global Engagement Staff  /  05/15/2018  /  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

Faculty Feature - Christie Klimas

Global Engagement Staff  /  05/11/2018  /  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

Supporting faculty in a global classroom

Global Engagement Staff  /  05/11/2018  /  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

Global Learning Experience (GLE) updates

Global Engagement Staff  /  05/11/2018  /  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

International Student Recruitment and Study Abroad Participation

Global Engagement Staff  /  05/11/2018  /  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

Language and Pedagogy Institute at DePaul University

Global Engagement Staff  /  01/03/2018  /  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

DePaul Students Teaching at Huaqiao University this Academic Year

Global Engagement Staff  /  01/03/2018  /  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

Global Learning Experience (GLE) updates

Global Engagement Staff  /  01/03/2018  /  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

International Student Recruitment and Study Abroad Participation

Global Engagement Staff  /  01/03/2018  /  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

DePaul hosted COIL Conference in October

Global Engagement Staff  /  11/08/2017  /  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

ISS Supports Students: Immigration Ban

Global Engagement Staff  /  04/04/2017  /  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

New Study Abroad Director

Global Engagement Staff  /  04/03/2017  /  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

Fulbright Mentor for Faculty

Global Engagement Staff  /  04/03/2017  /  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

Global Teaching and Learning Updates Spring 2017

Global Engagement Staff  /  04/01/2017  /  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

Student and Faculty Mobility: New Study Abroad Partnership

Global Engagement Staff  /  04/01/2017  /  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

A New Link to China

Global Engagement Staff  /  01/24/2017  /  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

International Graduate Recruitment Strategy

Global Engagement Staff  /  01/24/2017  /  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

Global Learning Experience (GLE) Updates Winter 2017

Global Engagement Staff  /  01/23/2017  /  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

Tagging of Global Courses

Global Engagement Staff  /  01/20/2017  /  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

A Strong Partnership in India

Global Engagement Staff  /  11/21/2016  /  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

Global Engagement Structures and Communication Update: Fall 2016

Global Engagement Staff  /  11/04/2016  /  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

FY@broad New Programs

Global Engagement Staff  /  11/01/2016  /  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

Global Teaching and Learning Stats for AY 2015-16

Global Engagement Staff  /  10/31/2016  /  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

Student and Faculty Mobility Numbers AY2015-16

Global Engagement Staff  /  10/28/2016  /  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

English Language Academy Celebrates 20 Years

Global Engagement Staff  /  10/05/2016  /  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