Global Reach
Carving Out His Path from Brazil to Broadway
For Brazilian student Rafael Bahls, being involved in the Ģý American Academy in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, has expanded his worldview in a multitude of ways.
Hollywood Comes to Ģý Florence
Acclaimed television producer and writer Don Reo is coming to Ģý Florence as a guest speaker and to and receive a lifetime achievement award.
A Showcase of Style
Industry professionals, along with Ģý students, alumni and faculty attended the 2023 Portfolio Showcase at Ģý NYC Fashion
How The Backspace Key Taught a Global Digital Leader to Learn, Correct and Move Forward
After 27 years of travel and pivoting to various international endeavors, Sonia Karkare, a native of Mumbai, India, is now back at Ģý as an adjunct professor with the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship’s Executive MBA (Master of Business Administration) program. She is teaching diverse types of courses, including the Digital Transformation in Healthcare course.
‘Being Here in Florence Means Touching History’
What first began in 1972 with a small group of Ģý architecture students and faculty traveling to Florence, Italy, for a few weeks has blossomed into one of the most prestigious education-abroad programs in the country.
A Fashion Student and a Fashion Icon
A Ģý fashion design student helped a prominent New York City designer create and debut his first bridal collection.
IN A FLASH: Bringing NEO Innovation to Brazil
A group of educators from Brazil spent two weeks at Ģý participating in workshops and field trips to area schools.
Working in Kent to Bring Innovation to Students in Brazil
Educators from Brazil visited Northeast Ohio institutions for inspirations in innovative teaching.
Connecting to the Community Through Food
Ģý education major Klair Heestand said the time she spent teaching refugee students in Akron in the spring was excellent preparation for when she enters her own classroom one day.
“It was very helpful, because we’re going to have students of varying abilities, and students for whom English is a second language, no matter where we teach,” Heestand said. “We don’t need anyone left behind because of a language barrier.”
Making the Connection: May 4, 1970, and May 18, 1980
A literature professor from Chonnam National University in Gwangju, South Korea, is wrapping up a year as a visiting scholar at Ģý with hopes of creating an exchange program between the two schools based on their historic campus tragedies.
Before he leaves the Kent Campus at the end of June, Yeonmin Kim, Ph.D., ’13, hopes to have plans in place for a continued exchange of students between the two universities, to further the understanding and legacies of May 4, 1970, at Ģý and May 18, 1980, at Chonnam.