The College of Health and Public Affairs promotes global interests and international activities through an International Affairs Committee composed of representatives from each academic department and unit.
International activities in the college include, but are not
limited to
study abroad programs
research partnerships
faculty support for internationalization of curricular activities
faculty and student exchange programs and networking opportunities
Social work student Betsy Swart (standing, second from right) helped a group of teens from the Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya, establish a nationally recognized soccer (football) team. To learn more, see Social Work below.
Recent International Activities in the College by Discipline
Read about Erica Busard's experience as a study abroad student in Russia on pp. 2-3 of the spring 2008 issue of INTER-NEWS, the newsletter of the Division of International Criminology of the American Society of
Criminology.
In this same issue, on pp. 7-10, read about Associate Professor
K. Michael Reynolds' experience as a Fulbright scholar at Russia's Volgograd Law Academy in the fall of 2007.
Martine Vanryckeghem, professor of communication sciences and disorders, recently completed a sabbatical at the University of Gent in Belgium. Her projects there included work with colleagues from the university's medical school on an international and interdiscipli-nary grant proposal — "the effect of repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of the premotor cortex on the speech of normally fluent adults" — that they submitted in October to the U.S. National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. K. Michael Reynolds, associate professor of criminal justice,
recently completed a sabbatical as
a Fulbright Scholar at the Volgograd Law Academy in Volgograd, Russia. He helped develop a crime analysis curriculum using cutting-edge technologies and conducting research with academy faculty members on democratization, policing and crime analysis in
the Volgograd region.
Universitywide Resources
UCF Office of International Studies Promotes, supports, facilitates and implements activities that lead to the internationalization of education and research at UCF
UCF Global Perspectives Office
Advances UCF's goal of providing international emphasis to curricula and research and expands Central Florida's awareness and understanding of the global community
UCF Study Abroad Provides students and parents with information about study abroad programs offered through UCF
