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  • UJ FPP, AAMP participants share experience from 10-day intensive training program

    by Analicia HaynesJun 26, 2025 12:15 pm

    Global Education and Training at Illinois International collaborated with the University of Johannesburg in South Africa to host a 10-day intensive training program on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus in April 2025. 

    The program was designed for a diverse group of early-career and mid-career faculty from universities across South Africa. 

    The faculty were members of the Future Professors Programme or the Accelerated Academic Mentors Programme. In the video, three participants share their experience and what they learned following the first week of the program.

  • ‘I’ll always remember this school:’ Gloria Porras reminisces on life-changing experience at Illinois, IEI

    by Analicia HaynesJun 5, 2025 2:00 pm

    Gloria Porras, a former student of the Intensive English Institute at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, shares her on-campus experience and opens up about being a scholar at risk. 

  • GET hosts week-long vocational education program with local and regional partners

    by Analicia HaynesMay 29, 2025 9:30 am

    CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Global Education and Training (GET) collaborated with colleagues at Parkland College and several University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign departments, amongst other local and regional academic institutions, to host a week-long intensive program in vocational education.   

    The program, which spanned from May 5 to May 9, benefited a group of 20 higher education professionals (plus two translators) from different colleges in Kazakhstan.   

  • Through the Lens: GET wraps up intensive training program with recognition ceremony

    by Analicia HaynesMay 6, 2025 2:00 pm

    CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Global Education and Training (GET) and Global Relations at Illinois International collaborated with the University of Johannesburg (UJ), a Universitas 21 global network partner, to host a 10-day intensive training program for the Future Professors Programme (FPP) and the Accelerated Academic Mentors Programme (AAMP).

  • GET, Global Relations collaborates with University of Johannesburg to host 10-day program

    by Analicia HaynesApr 11, 2025 12:15 pm

    Fourteen faculty members from several universities across South Africa will transform their teaching, learning, and research during a 10-day program starting April 14 on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus. 

    The visiting cohort is comprised of early-career and mid-career professors. There will also be two advisors/coordinators joining the group. 

    These professionals are members of two programs administered by the University of Johannesburg (UJ) called the Future Professors Programme (FPP) and the Accelerated Academic Mentors Programme (AAMP).

  • From Kazakhstan to Illinois: Understanding the Bolashak Scholarship Program from a GET perspective

    by Analicia HaynesMar 4, 2025 10:45 am

    The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is a top destination for the program, welcoming 88 scholars total in 2024 (not all 88 scholars have been on campus at one time because of different program start and end times).  

    This year’s cohort is the largest Illinois has seen. 

    The Bolashak Program at Illinois can be traced back to 2021 when the university first participated as a host institution, and when Global Education and Training first welcomed only two scholars.

  • Visiting Kazakhstani scholars create, share video from Intercultural Spotlight Series

    by Analicia HaynesNov 13, 2024 1:30 pm

    Bolashak fellows attending the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign participated in an Oct. 28 Intercultural Spotlight Series event and created a video documenting that event. 

  • Humphrey Fellowship Program returns to Illinois for 2nd year

    by Analicia HaynesJun 4, 2024 10:00 am

    The 2024-2025 Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Illinois) kicked off its long-term, intensive English training in April.

  • GET wraps up 2023-2024 Bolashak Program with capstone event, poster presentation

    by Analicia HaynesMay 16, 2024 1:45 pm

    The Bolashak International Scholarship Program at Illinois is a nine-month program and is designed, developed, and managed by Global Education and Training (GET) in Illinois International. 

    The primary objectives of the program at Illinois include enhancing academic and research skills, facilitating collaborative research projects, promoting cultural exchange, and most importantly strengthening the pedagogical skills of the scholars. 

  • GET celebrates 30 years of China Executive Leadership Programs

    by Global Communication StaffMay 14, 2024 10:30 am

    The Global Education and Training (GET) and UIUC Shanghai Office team celebrated 30 years of collaboration with Chinese partners in March 2024. 

    GET members traveled to China to reignite, continue, and celebrate GET and Illinois’ historic relationships with organizations, universities, and alumni of their joint programs.

    The China Executive Leadership Programs 30th Anniversary Celebration was held in late March.