The International Programs Tarpon Springs Campus office has moved to DE 442B. Come by and visit us at our Open House! When: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 Time: 10am-4pm Also come and enjoy the Hispanic Heritage Celebration, hosted by the Latinos United Club and Student Life and Leadership. The event, from 12:30pm-1:45pm in the AG Courtyard, … Continue reading Tarpon Springs International Programs is now in DE 442B!
Interested in world affairs? Consider joining SPC Model UN, open to all students! Find out more at the information session Friday, August 28. See the flyer below for all the details: To learn more about Model UN, please click here. For more upcoming international events, please click here.
Join us at the Fall 2015 Study Abroad Fair at St. Petersburg College! When: Tuesday, September 8, 2015 12:00-2:00pm Where: SPC’s Clearwater Campus: 2465 Drew Street Clearwater, FL 33765 Room: ES 104 What: Explore different Study Abroad options . . . and learn how you can earn college credit while traveling the world! Meet SPC … Continue reading Study Abroad and Earn College Credit!
The Atlantic shares insights on how international experiences can open the mind to new ways of thinking. New sounds, smells, language, tastes, sensations, and sights spark different synapses in the brain, and can stimulate your creativity. To learn more about famous brains that got brainier while living abroad, and how YOU can do the same, … Continue reading For a More Creative Brain, Travel!
National TWO DOLLAR CHALLENGE April 6th – 10th, 2015 It’s time to rethink everything you think you know about the end of global poverty… No one person can solve the problem of global poverty, but a nation in motion is a step in the right direction. The Two Dollar Challenge is a grassroots movement looking … Continue reading Please Join Us for the National TWO DOLLAR CHALLENGE
Heading out to the Dutch Caribbean this May, Jennifer Fernandes and her study abroad students will be exposed to a unique habitat: an island desert that contains one of the world’s most pristine coral reef ecosystems. The main projects on this program are working with the Coral Reef Restoration Foundation and with the Sea Turtle … Continue reading SPC 2015 Innovation Grant for Study Abroad!
A huge part of teacher preparation is making sure that our teachers are globally aware and prepared for the students that will enter their classroom. Universities and Colleges have made great strides toward the internationalization of teacher education but there is still a long ways to go. A recent article posted by Education Week lists … Continue reading A Decade of Preparing Globally Competent Teachers
Did you know that the largest human migration in history is taking place right now in Asia? Every year, millions of people make their way home to celebrate the Lunar New Year (also widely known as the Chinese New Year), effectively shutting down all business operations to welcome the year of the sheep. Some of … Continue reading Celebrating the Lunar New Year
Every year has its share of significant world events. 2014 is no exception! From the rise of several crises worldwide to life-threatening incidents here and there, the past year left a number of ordeals that humanity has to address. Ebola is just one of those urgent matters that hopefully 2015 will be the year in … Continue reading Global Engagement Institute: Ebola in 2015
The White House and its staff has been focusing on a goal to raise awareness of the benefits of cross-cultural education and cultural exchange through study abroad. This goal will boost international student mobility across borders and will broaden students’ visions about the world. As an important driver of public opinion, the media have the … Continue reading The White House Focuses on Study Abroad!