On Tuesday, Feb. 18th from 10:30am-9:pm there will be a fundraiser at Pitza 42 to help UCA Study Abroad students raise money for their service-learning trip to Rwanda.
Pitza 42 is donating 25% of all sales to customers who show the attached flyer when they order. Customers can print the flyer or simply display it on their phones. Pitza42 is located at 2235 Dave Ward Drive.

Please come out and support a great cause!

 

For more information contact:

Leah Horton: lhorton@uca.edu

Jayme Stone: jaymes@uca.edu

The University of Central Arkansas and the Universidad Autonoma de Encarnacion in Paraguay have signed an institutional agreement of cooperation. The signing of the contract has been finalized, but the formal signing ceremony will take place in March when Dna. Nadia Czeraniukof UNAE visits UCA of the “Leaders of the World” conference.

You can read more about the this agreement and the Universidad Autonoma de Encarnacion here. (In Spanish)

Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr. Steven Runge together with Assistant Provost and Director of Center for Global Learning and Engagement, Jane Ann Williams will be representing UCA at UNIS University in Brazil. They will be speaking on the importance of international education in creating global leaders for the 21st century.

 

We are pleased to welcome the first recipients of our new International Student Mobility Scholarship.

For more information about this scholarship, please go here.

Top:  Carl Missick II, Natasha Batt, Bai Cherno Nyang, Gbessoude Kingbewe

Bottom: UCA Center for Global Learning and Engagement Associate Director Ashley Pettingill, Adon Lorette, Justine Aya Koffi

Not pictured: Alpha Bah, Fatima Cabello de la Rosa, Aya Koffi, Kouakou Kouadio, Garinique Seymour

 

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Since 2009, the University of Central Arkansas has participated in the Rwanda Presidential Scholars Program University Consortium. This program, in cooperation with the Rwandan government, provides four year, undergraduate scholarships to deserving Rwandan students. These students study in the fields of math, physics, chemistry, and biology then return to Rwanda to work for a minimum of five years in order to rebuild the infrastructure of the nation.

Currently eight Rwanda Presidential Scholars attend UCA, and UCA will sponsor two more starting in the fall.

Assistant Provost/Director of Center for Global Learning and Engagement Jane Ann Williams said, “The Rwanda Presidential Scholars have increased diversity and cultural enrichment in the UCA community. They are excellent ambassadors for Rwanda and UCA as well. We look forward to continued participation in this wonderful program.”

Current Rwanda Presidential Scholars have gained acceptance to the UCA Honor’s College, The National Society of Collegiate Scholars, and the American Chemical Society. Several work as resident assistants, lab assistants, volunteer as science tutors and mentors in the STEM Residential College and in programs such as Center for Global Learning and Engagement’s Team Global and Bears Without Borders.

Senior science major, Allie Elyahb Kwizera was selected by the Arkansas Martin Luther King Commission to represent Arkansas at the 2013 Martin Luther King Inaugural Ball for President Barack Obama in Washington D.C.

“I learned that without democracy, there is no hope for growing as a country and without freedom, there is no hope for the future. This trip will remain in me as part of the best experience I have ever had in my life and I will expand all the knowledge I earned from it to all the people around me,” Kwizera said.

Pictured Front row:  Clemet Mugenzi, Gerard Munyazikwiye, Enock Rwamuza

Back row: Aloys Nsereko, Robert Habimana, Elyahb Allie Kwizera, Edouard Niyonsaba

Not pictured: Jean Paul Ngabonziza

 

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Assistant Provost/Director of Center for Global Learning and Engagement at the University of Central Arkansas, Jane Ann Williams was featured in ADN Magazine, an Argentinian magazine with a focus on environmental issues. In her interview, Mrs. Williams discusses UCA’s upcoming international programs, study abroad opportunities for students, and plans for future programs and exchanges with countries in South America.

The Spanish language article can be found here.

Buenos Aires and Montevideo. November 13th / 18th – 

As part of the International Education Week, the Division of Center for Global Learning and Engagement of the University of Central Arkansas developed a series of events in Argentina and Uruguay. Director of Center for Global Learning and Engagement and Associate Provost, Jane Ann Williams, Associate Director of IE, Ashley Pettingill and Latin American Specialist, Lara Bersano Calot, were joined by Executive Assistant to President Courtway, Senator Gilbert Baker, in a series of visits and working sessions with partner Universities and institutions in Buenos Aires.

Events and meetings during this week were as follows:

• Senator Baker met Dean Hector Sauret, head of the Council of Deans of Private Universities of Argentina. They spoke about the opportunity of developing a series of events to discuss the challenges of higher education in the region and the relation between Argentina and the USA.
• Senator Baker, Jane Ann Williams and Ashley Pettingill met Robert Duff, head of Northlands High School.
• Senator Baker and Dean Marcelo de Vicenzi, signed a specific agreement to promote student exchange and IEP programs between communities.
• Education USA Argentina and the US Embassy in Buenos Aires, organized a series of talks in which Senator Baker and Jane Ann Williams described the opportunities, graduate and postgraduate programs available at UCA.
• Pro Secretary of Uruguayan Congress Tabaré Hackenbruch, met with Jane Ann Williams, Ashley Pettingill and Lara Bersano to talk about “Leaders of the Americas” the comprehensive leaders’ professional program that UCA will develop in 2014.
• The Dean of the Business School and President of University de la Empresa, Montevideo, Uruguay, signed an MOU to start working on various international programs with UCA.
• Rep Cristian Ritondo and Senator Baker signed an agreement by which the Legislature of the City of Buenos Aires, which houses the 90 representatives of the city, will work with UCA on educational programs.
• Senator Baker was a lecturer in bilingual high schools of Argentina where he answered questions from students interested in studying abroad.

These events were organized by the Center for Global Learning and Engagement with the goal of strengthening our ties with Latin America in an effort to promote UCA’s core mission and vision of Academic Vitality, Integrity, and Diversity.

Pictured:

(1) Cristian Ritondo, Vice President of Buenos Aires Legslature together with Senator Gilbert during agreement signing.

(2) Jane Ann Williams and Dean of University de la Empresa in Uruguay during MOU signing.

(3) In the park of Northlands School together with Dean Pablo Aldazabal.

(4) At the official ceremony of Presentation of UCA delegation at the Legislature of the City of Buenos Aires, Golden Room. First from left, Representative Victoria Gorleri, head of the education comission of the Legislature, Dr Gilbert, Carolina Barone Director of International Relations and Ashley Pettingill  Associate Director of UCA Center for Global Learning and Engagement

 

December 6^th 2013:

A delegation from the International University of Grand-Bassam in the Ivory Coast met with President Courtway to sign MOU’s and discuss potential programs for the future. The delegation included, Professor Saliou Toure, President of the International University of Grand-Bassam; Mr. Samuel Koffi, Chief Operating Officer; and Mr. Felix Ahoussi, Academic Advising Center Manager.

“The delegation was very gracious and we are extremely appreciative of this opportunity to build upon the very beginning of our collaborative relationship,” said Provost and Vice-President for Academic Affairs, Steve Runge.

Currently, three IUGB students attend UCA to complete degrees in Finance and Risk Management in the College of Business.  UCA has admitted 12 additional students from the Ivory Coast for the Spring 2014 semester.

The International University of Grand-Bassam was formally established as an accredited institution of higher education in May 2007.

Professor Saliou Toure, the first President of the International University of Grand-Bassam, has received countless awards and honors. He is a former Minister of Higher Education, Research and Technological Innovation; a member of the Academy of Science, Arts, and Cultures of Africa and of the African Diasporas of Côte d’Ivoire; the President of the Mathematics Association of Côte d’Ivoire; and a member of Mathematics Associations in the USA, France and Japan.

Pictured: President Tom Courtway and Professor Saliou Toure, President of the International University of Grand-Bassam sign MOU’s

 

International Education Week 2013 was a great success at UCA with students participating in a wide variety of activities ranging from an Ethnic Dance Party, a Diwali Festival, an International Fashion Show, movie night, a soccer tournament, and many other internationally themed activities.

“These activities increase the awareness of the diverse international cultures that are represented through our international students at UCA.  We hope to encourage UCA students to get more involved with international education through international student organizations, studying abroad, or volunteering with Center for Global Learning and Engagement,” said UCA International Student Services Coordinator, Casey Aceituno.  “I’m encouraged by the wide amount of participation from UCA students and the local community in these activities.”

The biggest of these events was “Worldfest” in which international student groups set up displays outside of the Student Center showcasing cultures from around the world. The displays featured art, music, cultural dress, and food from nations around the world.

International Education Week is a  joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education that was created in order to “promote programs that prepare Americans for a global environment and attract future leaders from abroad to study, learn, and exchange experiences in the United States.”

Assistant Provost/Director of Center for Global Learning and Engagement at the University of Central Arkansas, Jane Ann Williams was a featured speaker at the “X World Education Congress 2013” held September 23rd and 24th in Bali, Indonesia.
Mrs. Williams participated in a round table entitled “Regional Integration and Internationalization of Higher Education” along with Ing. Agr. Arturo Somoza (Argentina); Prof. Ms. Stefano Barra Gazzola (Brazil); Dr. Alfredo Cesar Dachary (Mexico) and Dra. Stella Maris Arnaiz (Mexico.)
Mrs. Williams was invited to speak by Dr. Juan Carlos Mena, the President of the Council of Rectors of Private Universities and Dr. Edgardo Nestor De Vincenzi, the President of the World Confederation of Private Education.