Global Programs Tapped by U.S. State Department to Deliver Online Course for UN Peacekeeping Operations in Nepal
During the 2019 spring and summer semesters, Boston University Global Programs received a grant of $30,000 to work with the U.S. Department of State and key members of the Nepal Army to create and launch a first-of-its-kind fully online English course to support international peacekeeping. The course – English for Peacekeeping Operations – was developed to improve the English reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills of Nepal’s security forces as they prepare for deployment on UN missions. Developing these skills allows the participants to better communicate in English with their counterparts from other countries and write reports about their work. An official of... More
Welcome
Welcome to the newly reimagined Global Programs quarterly newsletter: Global Matters. In each issue, you will discover some of the myriad ways in which Boston University fulfills its identity as a leading global research university. Global Programs helps lead, coordinate, and support the University’s many global endeavors, and this newsletter will give you a window into education, research, and service-learning activities and initiatives that define the global BU experience. You may find study abroad profiles, international research highlights, student and faculty testimonials, data about Terriers abroad, and upcoming events and deadlines – a sample of the many initiatives led or... More
Exploring Maternal and Child Health in Africa as an Undergraduate
Carolyn Hoffman’s BU Study Abroad Experience Fosters Passion for Research, Global Citizenship Launching a research study as an undergrad can be a daunting endeavor, especially when that study is international in scope and revolves around the effects of a rebel group in power. But Carolyn Hoffman (CAS ‘19, SPH ‘20), recognizes an opportunity when she sees one. “I took my experience studying and working abroad and drew upon my interest in global health to create a research study aimed at examining whether a militant group in Africa had affected maternal and child health,” she says. Hoffman started at Boston University studying international relations... More
BU’s International Peer Mentor Program Welcomes Mentors & Mentees for Academic Year 2019-2020
With the start of the new academic year, Global Programs is thrilled to welcome new incoming international students as well as new and returning mentors to the International Peer Mentor (IPM) Program. The IPM program – originally conceived by the Office of Orientation – “is designed to provide facilitated reflection and affinity group support for new international students, to help make sense of what they are observing and encountering in the U.S. and how they may differ from where they grew up,” according to Amanda Miller, Managing Director, Strategy and Communications, who oversees the IPMs within Global Programs. Being an international peer mentor... More
BU Geologist Brings Undergrads on Research Trip to Indonesia
Students explore tidal flooding, ground water, coral reef health, among other issues Dr. Magaly Koch, geologist and associate professor in the Boston University Center for Remote Sensing, recently returned from Indonesia, where she took four Boston University students and two Tufts University students to study environmental change and highly populated coastal areas. Koch conducts research internationally and specializes in the application of remote sensing and geographic information systems in the study of groundwater resources and environmental change of arid lands. Dr. Koch believed that the opportunity to conduct research overseas would be a unique opportunity. According to Dr. Koch, “undergraduate students... More
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