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🌎 Save the Date! International Education Week is Nov. 16–20! Join UF for “A World of Possibilities!” and celebrate global connections and opportunities. 🐊

Have an event to promote? Contact [email protected].
https://t.co/mRQT0oix4N
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🌎 This Student Appreciation Month, UFIC celebrates our amazing International Scholars Program ambassadors! Thank you for your dedication and contributions to UF’s global community! 💙🧡 Learn more about ISP Ambassadors at https://t.co/KZtTZgwjIl

#GlobalGators #UFIC

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🌏 UF faculty and staff learned about fully funded opportunities for teaching, research, and professional exchange across all disciplines.

Interested? Contact Claire Anumba at [email protected].
https://t.co/KXwnUniCuq

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Celebrating UFIC’s Student Assistants During Student Appreciation Month!

Kamafo Neizer-Ashun
Kisa Mulondo
Anniston Sims
Isabella Acevedo
Bella Weisheimer
Rafael Toste de Castro
Hatice Kubra Karakis
Charlie Hochfelde

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🌎🧠 Save the Date: Global Trivia Competition!

Think you know the world? Test your global knowledge!

📅 November 20, 2026
⏰ 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
📍 Normal Hall Rm 2021

Register your team: https://t.co/723NMSKMzV

#GlobalGators #UFIC

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🌎 Kick off #IEW2026 with UFIC! Explore global opportunities and cultures at our Global Programs & Cultural Tabling.

📅 Nov. 16 | 11 a.m.–1 p.m.
📍 Reitz Union North Lawn

For info and to reserve a table email [email protected]

#GlobalGators

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🌎 Get to Know Us: Valeria Ortega!

Meet Valeria, UFIC’s Web Designer, who helps connect UF’s global community through the website, newsletter, and digital communications.

Read her story: https://t.co/gVgGW422my

#GlobalGators #UFIC

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🎉 The 2026 Global Culture Photo Contest winners are in! Congrats to our winners for capturing global experiences and cultural connections. 🌎📸

See the Winning Photos: https://t.co/9FVfNoP2O3

📸 “Fireworks” by Rei Takami (Submission taken in Japan)

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Join Dr. Lorenzo Bruzzone, a leading expert from the University of Trento, for a CRS Seminar on the future of global land-cover mapping, deep learning, and Earth observation.

Wednesday, October 21 | 11 a.m. EDT | Via Zoom

Register: https://t.co/91awYQVEl0

#GlobalGators

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🌏 Explore fully funded Fulbright teaching, research & exchange opportunities in the Philippines!

📅 Oct. 29 | 9 a.m. EDT | Zoom

All disciplines welcome, with priority in space tech, nuclear energy & semiconductors.

📩 [email protected]
Register at https://t.co/CbAcyiUEH4

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“📸 Last chance to enter!

The 2026 Global Photo Contest ends this Friday, October 9!

🌎 Show us where you’ve been. Share your favorite global experience for a chance to be featured!

👉 Don’t miss the deadline!
Submit: https://t.co/YKBRRwLV5e

#UFIC #GlobalGators

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🥟☕ Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with Pastelitos in the Library!

📅 Oct. 7 | 1–3 p.m.
📍 Smathers Library, Room 100
⏰ While supplies last!

👉 Stop by and celebrate with us!

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📸 Last chance to enter!

The 2026 Global Photo Contest ends this Friday, October 9!

🌎 Show us where you’ve been.

👉 Don’t miss the deadline—submit your photo by Oct. 9!
https://t.co/K2yrspFfvX

#UFIC #GlobalGators

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🎬 Explore Haiti’s past through film.

Join the Film Konbit Kolektif for Raoul Peck’s L’Homme sur les Quais / The Man by the Shore, followed by discussion & Q&A with Danièle Magloire.

📅 Oct. 2 | 1 p.m. ET | Zoom

Register: https://t.co/lQUVyGKIjT

#UFIC #GlobalGators

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🌎 Welcome to the Gator Nation, Global Gators! 🐊

UF welcomed hundreds of new international students and scholars at the annual New International Student and Scholar Welcome Reception on Sept. 22.

#GlobalGators #UFIC

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🌊 Can going deeper help marine species survive ocean warming?

UF Global Fellow Robert “Robbie” Lamb, Ph.D., is exploring deep reefs in Ecuador’s Galápagos Islands to see if they provide refuge during El Niño events. 🔬

🌎 Learn more about his research: https://t.co/F2S2S6dTT2

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UF faculty are invited to learn about the Global Learning Institute (GLI)—a professional development program designed to help integrate global learning into teaching.

📅 Join the info session via Zoom

🔗 Register: https://t.co/nzHAMBz4Zc

#UFIC #GlobalGators

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💙 Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month!
We’re honoring the rich cultures, histories, contributions, and global connections of Hispanic and Latino communities.

What Hispanic or Latino culture, tradition, person, or place has inspired you? Share in the comments! 👇🌎

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🌎✈️ Ready to go global? Mark your calendar!

Join us for the Study Abroad Fair and explore programs, destinations & opportunities abroad.

📅 Oct. 6 | ⏰ 10 AM–3 PM |📍 Reitz Grand Ballroom

#StudyAbroad #GlobalGators #GoGators

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🌎 Building global research connections

Through the UFIC’s Global Fellows Program, Javiera Rudolph, Ph.D., traveled to Chile to build partnerships advancing computational research in ecology and the life sciences.

Read: https://t.co/IYb4pXuTZi

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