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GEARS Virtual Poster Presentation Winners: Summer 2023

Global Skills

Kayla with GEARS students at Duke

Apr 7, 2026

Going Global Without Leaving Campus

The Developing Cultural Competence student certificate program is a 4-week virtual exchange experience offered by NC State’s Global Training Initiative. Students from NC State join peers from partner institutions around…

May 27, 2025

Global Treks: Discovering Kosovo

Trip Highlights Going into Kosovo I knew a few things: First, that the country is predominantly Muslim and its history is rife with geopolitical and ethnic struggle. The latter is…
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Feb 3, 2025

Global Treks: From Stadiums to the Seine

Travel Highlights En route to Paris, we made an important social stop in Munich, Germany, to spend two nights near the Starnbergersee with old friends. The train trip from Munich…
Friendsgiving at the Global Village

Jan 14, 2025

DCC Sponsor Spotlight: Alexander Global Village

The Developing Cultural Competence certificate program is a co-curricular opportunity for NC State students to connect with students enrolled in our partner institutions around the globe. During the Fall 2024…
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Oct 17, 2024

Global Treks: Puerto Rico, from Carolina to Carolina

Trip Highlights Puerto Rico is located in-between the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea and enjoys a balmy tropical climate year-round. Visiting in July meant making sure we were prepared…
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Aug 13, 2024

Global Treks: Back to Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan

Program Highlights Since January 2021, GTI has trained more than 350 English language teachers in Azerbaijan through a rigorous online course focused on language teaching pedagogies. Our role is not…

Jul 1, 2024

Global Treks: Belgium Beckons

Trip Highlights After my stay in Belgium, mostly in Brussels, I met up with my family in Amsterdam who asked me what my favorite part about staying there was. Really…

Jun 17, 2024

Global Treks: Iceland is Nice

Trip Highlights The first question we are always asked is about the weather. In a word, it’s unpredictable, even in late May. We landed in the midst of a major…
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Nov 1, 2023

GEARS Virtual Poster Presentation Winners: Summer 2023

During our Summer 2023 session, the Global Training Initiative matched 154 students with mentoring professors at various North Carolina universities for this year’s virtual Global Education, Academics, and Research Skills…