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  • A Fulbright Fellow speaks with an instructor during a fellow welcome reception on Feb. 6 inside the Siebel Center for Design.

    GET welcomes new Fulbright Fellow cohort for Spring, Summer 2024

    Feb 12, 2024 2:00 pm

    This new cohort, made up of 15 students from around the world who have been accepted into the Fulbright program, will spend a semester on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus taking English language courses through GET's Intensive English Institute.

  • (From left to right) Vice Consul Zhuoqing Li; Vice Consul Weimiao Yu; Shujun (Amy) Chen, Associate Director for Administration and Operations at Global Education and Training (GET); Dr. Matt Rosenstein, GET Director; Consul Yi Wang; Nianhua Wang, Representative for China Training Programs for GET; and Joanna Hu, Program Specialist for the Shanghai Office at UIUC, pose for a photo during a visit on Feb. 19.

    Consulate General of China in Chicago visits Illinois International, GET

    Mar 5, 2024 12:00 pm

    A delegation from the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in Chicago visited the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign on Feb. 19. The delegation met with senior leadership in Illinois International, Global Education and Training and the Grainger College of Engineering. 

  • Nurken Aubakir is currently serving as a Visiting Scholar at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA, in the framework of the national “500 scholars” scientific internship program by the Center for International Programs “Bolashak”. He is the Dean of the School of Transformative Humanities at Almaty Management University (AlmaU), which is among the top universities in KZ/Central Asia per the QS World University Rankings. In this photo he is posing in front of a screen that reads Kazakh Culture Day and is holding the Kazakhstan flag.

    Scholar Spotlight: Nurken Aubakir details his Illinois experience

    May 8, 2024 2:00 pm

    Nurken Aubakir is a 2023-2024 Visiting Scholar at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Illinois) in the framework of the national “500 scholars” scientific internship program by the Center for International Programs Bolashak (The Bolashak Program). He is the Dean of the School of Transformative Humanities at Almaty Management University (AlmaU), which is among the top universities in KZ/Central Asia per the QS World University Rankings. 

  • Karen Weng, program specialist at the Shanghai Office; Joanna Hu, program specialist at the Shanghai Office; GET Coordinator Allison Wheeler; GET Coordinator Wendy Spencer; GET Director Matt Rosenstein; Nianhua Wang, GET representative for China Training Programs; Grant Brewer, GET associate director for strategic initiatives; and Shujun (Amy) Chen, GET associate director for administration and operations, pose for a photo during the 30-year celebration event on March 22.

    GET celebrates 30 years of China Executive Leadership Programs

    May 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.

  • Two people read one of the posters displayed during the Bolashak Program Capstone Event on May 9.

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

    May 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. 

  • The 2024-2025 Humphrey Fellow cohort visited the Innovation Studio located in the Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning.

    Humphrey Fellowship Program returns to Illinois for 2nd year

    Jun 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.