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Faculty, Staff & Scholars

The UK International Center supports faculty, staff and scholars at UK by inspiring global learning, sponsoring global operations and promoting international partnerships and research.

Global Learning

Find tools and opportunities to help you:

  • Internationalize your classroom
  • Support international students
  • Teach courses abroad
  • Global Engagement Academy
  • Global Health Initiatives

Global Operations

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  • Hiring and hosting int’l faculty, staff and scholars
  • International travel
  • Global Impact Awards
  • Coming to UK as an international faculty, staff or scholar

Partnerships & Research

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  • Initiating an international partnership
  • Current international partnerships
  • UKinSPIRE
  • Fulbright

 

Cultivating and advancing global learning, understanding, and connection by leading, supporting, and inspiring global engagement.

 

 

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News

Global Fair for Faculty and Staff

UK International Center emphasizes global learning at first ever Global Fair for Faculty and Staff

Daniel Flener
 Mar 13, 2025

LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 13, 2025) – The University of Kentucky International Center recently hosted its first ever Global Fair for Faculty and Staff in the Gatton Student Center. The fair brought together globally-minded UK employees.  to network and promote global learning opportunities at UK.

Dr. Reyes-Centeno leads excavation project

Applications open for seed funding to stimulate global research partnerships

Alicia Gregory
 Feb 10, 2025

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 7, 2025) — UKinSPIRE (Seeding Partnerships for International Research Engagement), an internal funding opportunity for University of Kentucky faculty, is now accepting applications for FY25-26 with a deadline of March 28.

GEA Course

UKIC releases Global Engagement Academy offerings for spring 2025

Daniel Flener
 Feb 7, 2025

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 7, 2025) — Established in the spring of 2020, the Global Engagement Academy (GEA) offers free professional development for faculty and staff to build cross-cutting competencies in international education and engagement. Since the program’s inception, 393 UK faculty and staff have participated in the 152 sessions that have been offered so far.

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Upcoming Events

09
Apr
2025
Global Hangout: Outdoor Sports and Games
Wednesday, 6:00pm - 7:00pm | International Student Services - Lucille Little Fine Arts Building

ISSS
18
Apr
2025
Global Games
Friday, 4:00pm - 6:00pm | Hilltop/Woodland Lawn

Global Games at the University of Kentucky is an exciting and dynamic event that brings together students, faculty, and staff from all backgrounds to ...

ISSS
23
Apr
2025
Global Hangout: Study Spa
Wednesday, 6:00pm - 7:00pm | International Student Services - Lucille Little Fine Arts Building

ISSS
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