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  • GET to Know: Illinois International's Shanghai Office

    Mar 5, 2019 2:45 pm

    Meet Karen Weng and Li Na from Illinois International’s Shanghai Office. As ambassadors for the University, they actively contribute to the Illinois-China partnership.

  • Watch: Global Education and Training welcomes students from Beijing University of Agriculture for agricultural management program

    Dec 16, 2017 8:45 pm

    Students from Beijing University of Agriculture share their experiences from Global Education and Training’s 2016 Agriculture Management Program. Developed together with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s College of Agriculture, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences (ACES), students participated in lectures with Illinois professors, site visits to local farms, and corporate visits while immersing themselves in the full American college experience. This program was generously supported by Archer Daniels Midland (ADM).

  • Global Education and Training Renews Chinese Government Authorization to Train Chinese Professionals

    Nov 10, 2016 11:30 am

    The China Executive Leadership Programs (CELP), an initiative within the office of Global Education and Training (GET) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, recently signed a new 5-year cooperation agreement with the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs (SAFEA) in China.

  • GET Offers Training Workshops Abroad

    Oct 26, 2016 9:45 am

    GET will offer EducationUSA Leadership Institute workshops abroad in Kazakhstan and Japan in 2017, as a continuation of a similar program GET ran in 2015 after being selected as a host institution by the Institute of International Education (IIE) on behalf of the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA).

  • Gao Shusong: second row, third from the right

    Alumni Connections

    Sep 16, 2016 11:30 am

    Getting to know Gao Shusong, Specialist Programs for Administrator (SPA) participant.

  • Watch: Summer Heritage Academy at Illinois

    Mar 1, 2016 8:45 pm

    Developed in conjunction with the Collaborative for Cultural Heritage Management and Policy (CHAMP), the Summer Heritage Academy is an intensive, immersive, interdisciplinary program focused on the inter-related areas of cultural heritage, heritage management, historic preservation, cultural tourism, and economic development. Led by University of Illinois professors with expertise in cultural heritage and historic preservation, the Academy has been specifically created for Chinese colleagues. It offers classroom learning, analysis of comparative case studies, practical field research experiences to enrich participants’ professional development and add value to the participants’ home institutions.