Tagged: Global Gateways

The Office of International Affairs (OIA) has appointed three Ohio State faculty members to serve as academic directors for the Global Gateways, Ohio State’s liaison offices in China, India and Brazil. In addition to their faculty appointments, they will serve as part-time senior advisors for the Global Gateways and connect with Ohio State’s 15 colleges and regional campuses to identify new partnership opportunities abroad.

Ohio State Buckeyes gathered recently in Riyadh to celebrate the Alumni Club of Saudi Arabia. Dedicated alumni Musa Alharoon, Saud Milibari, Mohammed Alsekhan, Abdulaziz Almousa and Ziyad D. Al-Qahtani have worked closely with The Ohio State University Alumni Association to build the alumni club and bring Buckeyes together.

Founding president of the Alumni Club of India, Akshay Nair was awarded the 2022 Pay It Forward Award by The Ohio State University Alumni Association. Under his leadership, the club has earned Scarlet status each year since its inception in 2018.

The Ohio State University’s Research Internship for Young Academics (RIYA) program facilitates cutting-edge research experiences for undergraduate mechanical engineering students from top institutes in India. Established in 2014, the prestigious RIYA program is seeking candidates with exceptional research aptitude.

The Foundation for Neglected Disease Research (FNDR) in Bangalore and the India Gateway hosted a one-day signature conference to confront the challenges of tuberculosis (TB) and HIV.

A delegation from Greater Columbus Sister Cities International visited Brazil in January to meet with companies and government offices in Curitiba, Columbus’ sister city since 2014. The group included members and representatives from Columbus’ business, health, housing and transportation sectors.

In November and December, Fabio Leite, an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at the Lima Campus, taught the virtual workshop “Developing Intercultural Competence: A preparation to study, research or work in another culture or interact with other cultures.” Over 100 Brazilian students and professionals registered to attend the four-part workshop series.

Marla Goins, PhD '20, published the book “A Amiga Estadunidense da Abayomi” in collaboration with Maria Aline Soares, a teacher and activist in Brazil. Goins earned her doctorate from the College of Education Human Ecology and was a visiting research fellow at the University of São Paulo in 2018 and 2019-2020 as part of her doctoral studies in the Teaching and Learning program.

For the first time since 2020, Ohio State students studied abroad in Brazil. The Fisher College of Business Honors Cohort education abroad program provided Ohio State students an opportunity to work with Brazilian students on a case for a company, understand the opportunity and challenges associated with a major emerging market and become immersed in Brazilian culture.

The China Gateway and Alumni Club of Taiwan assisted the Office of Global Business to plan the Global Lab to Taiwan, a 10-day faculty-led education abroad program in May 2023. This is the first education abroad program to China since 2019. Global Labs are immersive cultural and business tours led by a Fisher College of Business faculty expert. These short-term, high intensity programs offer a quick survey of different business specializations and regions of the world.