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  • GET to Know: Rob Siedenburg & Lisa Chason

    Oct 27, 2020 9:00 am

    Meet Rob & Lisa. From 2017 to present, GET has hosted four individual cohorts of students from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST): Gifted Student Program (KGSP) program, for each academic year. At the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, KGSP students are provided with immediate access to a solid infrastructure to support international students on campus. 

    As essay coaches, Rob and Lisa share their experiences working with the KSGP Foundation Year students, as they prepare competitive college applications to top U.S. universities.

    Learn about GET's involvement with the KGSP program.

  • Student Spotlight: Jiayi Li

    Aug 3, 2020 2:15 pm

    Meet Jiayi. Jiayi Li is a current student at the Harbin Institute of Technology in Shenzhen, China. Jiayi was a 2019 undergraduate summer school student in GET's Engineering Research Academy program. Her hometown is Chengdu, located in the Sichuan province of China. 

  • A participant celebrates after finishing the last break-out session in the Amideast Egypt Study Tour on Feb. 14 inside the Illini Union.

    Amideast Egypt Study Tour wraps up final sessions at UIUC Feb. 14; participants leave for home Feb. 16

    Feb 16, 2023 10:15 am

    New and pilot center directors from Egypt participated in their final break-out session during the Amideast Study Tour on Feb. 14 inside the Illini Union. 

  • 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. 

  • Eleven students participated in the 2021-2022 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Gifted Student program.

    KAUST cohort share experiences, lessons learned

    Jun 21, 2022 2:45 pm

    On May 17, 11 students participating in this year’s King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Gifted Student Program, sat down for an interview. 

    It was a day before their recognition ceremony, and in a room inside the Everitt Lab they talked about what they learned, they talked about their future, and they talked about why they would never forget their year in Champaign.

  • GET to Know: Assel Aryn and Kuanysh Abeshev

    Jun 14, 2021 9:30 am

    Meet Assel Aryn and Kuanysh Abeshev. As Bolashak International Scholarship recipients, Assel and Kuanysh are scholars and educators from Almaty Management University (AlmaU) in Kazakhstan, which is among the top universities in KZ/Central Asia per the QS World University Rankings. They are top leaders at AlmaU: Assel serves as the Vice-Rector, and Kuanysh serves as the Dean of the School of Engineering Management, respectively. 

    During their six months of instruction and study at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Assel and Kuanysh have been charged with developing strategies and best practices that will increase and enhance online instruction at AlmaU. 

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    Global Education and Training welcomes new cohort of Bolashak fellows from Kazakhstan

    Oct 25, 2023 1:00 pm

    For the third consecutive year, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign will serve as the host institution for 15 Bolashak International Scholarship recipients during the 2023-2024 academic year. The 9-month program will be designed, developed, and managed by Global Education and Training (GET) and the Intensive English Institute (IEI). 

  • Student Spotlight: Doha Amer

    Feb 11, 2020 9:30 am

    Meet Doha. Doha Amer is a current first-year student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering within the Grainger College of Engineering. During the academic year 2018-2019, Doha was a member of the KAUST KGSP Foundation Year cohort at Illinois. 

  • GET to Know: Wade Fagen-Ulmschneider & Karle Flanagan

    Nov 19, 2019 1:30 pm

    Meet Wade & Karle. They have provided their expertise in data science to several GET summer school programs, including the General Education program from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in Shanghai, China and the UNIST program from Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology in Ulsan, South Korea. Wade & Karle share their experiences co-teaching innovative data science classes at Illinois.

  • GET to Know: Don Hardin

    Sep 11, 2019 1:45 pm

    Meet Don. Don Hardin is an adjunct instructor in the College of Applied Health Sciences Department of Recreation, Sport, and Tourism at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Don also has more than 30 years of NCAA volleyball coaching experience, at both the University of Louisville and the University of Illinois, where he was the head coach of the Illini women’s team.

  • Featured partnership: KAUST Gifted Student Program

    Feb 16, 2020 11:00 am

    At Global Education and Training, we are proud to host the KAUST Gifted Student Program (KGSP) Foundation Year, in coordination with King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and the Institute of International Education (IIE). 

    Through the Foundation Year at Illinois, high school graduates participating in KGSP will experience university life at Illinois, attend rigorous foundation courses in a challenging academic environment, and acquire the skills necessary to prepare competitive college applications and pursue a successful undergraduate education experience at a top U.S. university.

  • GET to Know: Cheelan Bo-Linn

    Sep 4, 2019 9:30 am

    Meet Cheelan. Cheelan Bo-Linn is the Senior Specialist in Education in the Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning (CITL) at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign and Instructor in the Department of Education Policy, Organization, and Leadership. In her position in CITL, Cheelan is responsible for the promotion of teaching excellence in campus-wide faculty consultations, programs and innovative initiatives.

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    University of Illinois, Intensive English Institute selected to host Humphrey Fellows for long-term English training program

    Mar 3, 2023 9:15 am

    The Institute for International Education (IIE) has selected the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign as the host institution for the 2023 Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship’s intensive, long-term English training program.