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This February, NAFSA: Association of International Educators selected the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a winner of the 2016 Senator Paul Simon Spotlight Award. The award is granted to just three universities each year that demonstrate innovation and creativity in a particular area of internationalization.

NAFSA presented the Spotlight Award in the area of outreach and partnership to UNC-Chapel Hill for the successful collaboration achieved with Ecuador’s Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ) in the Galápagos Islands, showcased by the institutions’ joint Galápagos Science Center.

“We are honored to be selected as a winner of the Senator Paul Simon Spotlight Award,” says Chancellor Carol L. Folt. “This award underscores Carolina’s commitment to global activity and the value we place on building strong, enduring partnerships that benefit our students and faculty.”

Located on San Cristóbal Island, the Galápagos Science Center was constructed in 2011 as a result of the growing partnership between the institutions initiated and led by Stephen Walsh, Lyle V. Jones Distinguished Professor of Geography at UNC-Chapel Hill, and Carlos Mena, professor of geography at USFQ and a Carolina alumnus.

To keep readings, see http://global.unc.edu/news/unc-chapel-hill-wins-2016-senator-paul-simon-spotlight-award/

By UNC Global
Posted March 31, 2016