Carolina hosts virtual global career night
The annual panel event featured Carolina alumni in globally-focused careers sharing their professional journeys and engaging directly with students.
The annual panel event featured Carolina alumni in globally-focused careers sharing their professional journeys and engaging directly with students.
The annual panel event featured Carolina alumni in globally-focused careers sharing their professional journeys and engaging directly with students.
Twelve international exchange students from seven countries are calling Carolina home this spring. Due to COVID-19, many had postponed coming to Chapel Hill for one or more terms and waited months for travel restrictions to lift and visas to be approved before arriving on campus.
The program is designed to develop connections between U.S. and Middle East and North Africa educators and students, fostering empathy among participants and increasing cultural competencies.
In 1951, UNC-Chapel Hill sent books to the Hiroshima University library after the atomic bombing that led to the end of World War II. Ever since, Carolina has been making Japan an important partner through research, education and cultural exchanges.
In 2018-2019, 2,479 Carolina undergraduate, graduate and professional students studied abroad. Among doctorate-granting universities, UNC-Chapel Hill ranks 13th for long-term programs and 18th for short-term programs.
In the forum, distinguished leaders in foreign affairs discussed the vital importance of effective diplomacy, particularly now, when the world faces serious transnational crises.