July 2022 Newsletter

  • Law Students Travel to Ireland on First Student Global Experience Since 2020

  • Apply for the Global Perspective Conversation Program

CGE Events

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New PGIF Partnership Awards to Expand and Maintain Existing Partnerships

This year, the Center for Global Engagement awarded five UMB President’s Global Impact Fund (PGIF) Partnership Support Grants. The grants are smaller awards to help maintain or expand existing partnerships and are an off shoot of the PGIF program.

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Law Students Travel to Ireland on First Student Global Experience Since 2020

In June, students from the Carey School of Law and Irish law students at the National University of Ireland School of Law participated in the Galway-Maryland Constitutional Law Summer School focused on "The Global Crisis of Constitutional Democracy."

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Academic Year 2022-23 Is "Focus on Fulbright" at UMB

During this upcoming academic year, the Center for Global Engagement will be hosting a series of events to encourage participation of UMB students and faculty in the Fulbright program.

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Apply for the Global Perspective Conversation Program

Sponsored by the Office of International Services and the Writing Center, the Global Perspectives Conversation Program is looking for both facilitators and participants.

CGE Events

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J-1 Scholar Orientation

Join the Office of International Services to review the rules for maintaining J-1 Scholar status, as well as other topics about getting to know the UMB campus.

UMB Global News

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UM School of Nursing Names New Director of Office of Global Health

Elias Snyder was named Clinical Instructor and Director of the Office of Global Health in the UM School of Nursing's Department of Partnerships, Professional Education, and Practice.

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GLOBALtimore Fellow Presenting COIL Course at Conference in Spain

Deborah Gioia, School of Social Work, will present at the International Virtual Exchange Conference this October in Valencia, Spain.

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Neuroscience PhD Candidate Presents at Conference in Israel

Ashley Marquardt, a PhD candidate in Neuroscience at the UM School of Medicine, was awarded a Graduate Student Association Global Travel Fellowship.

UMB Global News

Submit Breakout Panel Sessions, Abstracts for CUGH 2023 Global Health Conference

The Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) will hold its Global Health Conference "Global Health at a Crossroads: Equity, Climate Change & Microbial Threats " April 14-16, 2023.

Students and Trainees: UMB Needs a Campus Representative

Learn how you can join CUGH's Trainee Advisory Committee (TAC) and Campus Representatives Program (CRP) at a webinar Aug. 3.

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Join UM Eastern Shore Students in Peru

Join students from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore for "Project for Life: Developing Sustainable Communities in Peru" trip.

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Review Fulbright Student Applications with IIE

The Institute of International Education (IIE) annually convenes National Screening Committees to review Fulbright U.S. student applications and recommend candidates as semi-finalists to the award sponsors.

"Transforming Global Learning Practice: Time for Action" AAC&U Conference on Global Learning

Global learning has undergone a necessary period of reflection amid recent social, economic, and public health crises. To address the uncomfortable realities that have been uncovered, educators around the world are reframing global learning.