Recent Alumna Embraces Virtual Study Abroad Experience
When Kassandra Alfaro ’21TCB was awarded a prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, she hoped to have the international experience of which she always dreamed, but the COVID-19...
Students Apply UN Goals to University Community
Graduate students working on their master’s degrees in International Communication this past semester in The Lesley H. and William L. Collins College of Professional Studies focused on the United...
Global Panelists Emphasize Role of Civility in Political Communication
Five panelists from Europe and the US discussed the increased polarization of political conversation, populism in the media, and journalists’ challenges in the current political and social climate...
Roundtable Discussion Focuses on Crisis in the Caucasus
The Institute for International Communication, in cooperation with the Center for Global Business Stewardship at St. John’s University, hosted an academic-civic discussion roundtable, “The Crisis in...
Webinar Focuses on Communication and Civility
A dozen experts from Austria, Croatia, Dubai, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Uganda, Vietnam, and the United States—featuring different generations, professions, and sociocultural...
GOLE Program Encourages Learning on an International Scale
Global learning is essential for achieving racial equality and creating 21st-century “effective global problem-solvers,” according to an April report issued by the United Nations Educational...
Reflections on Adapting a Community-Based Learning Model to Digital Platforms
In 2012, the Ozanam Scholars Program organized its inaugural trip to Morona Santiago, Ecuador, and established an ongoing partnership with four Indigenous Shuar and mestizo communities in the Limon...
St. John's Prepares Fulbright Grantees for Experiences Abroad
For the third consecutive year, St. John’s University collaborated with the US Department of State to prepare US Fulbright Program student and scholar grantees for their grant periods in Western...
St. John’s Shifts EducationUSA Academy Online
In 2019, St. John’s University was selected as one of 12 host institutions across the country to run an EducationUSA Academy. The academy is an initiative of the US Department of State’s EducationUSA...
12,498 Miles and Counting for International Graduate Student
Yisikandaier Aireti grew up in a remote town in the Uyghur region of China, where those who sought a good education had no other choice but to leave home. For Yisikandaier, it meant traveling 72 hours...