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Shenandoah University Professor Earns Global Challenges Teaching Award

Staci Strobl, professor of criminology and criminal justice, to partner with UK colleague to deliver virtual exchange course

Shenandoah University Professor Staci Strobl, Ph.D., joined exclusive company last month when she was chosen as a recipient of the 2022-23 Global Challenges Teaching Award…

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COIL Continues to Build SU’s Global Virtual Learning Opportunities

Collaborative Online International Learning program is the focus of the Barzinji Institute’s “Academic Practice” pillar

Shenandoah University, through a grant awarded to Director of Global Virtual Learning Younus Mirza, Ph.D., recently announced the formation of the Barzinji Institute for Global…

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Shenandoah, AAUP Sign Memorandum of Understanding, Bolster International Partnership

Universities are collaborating on interdisciplinary research grant project combining virtual reality and nursing

Shenandoah University and Arab American University (AAUP), a private Palestinian university in Jenin, jointly signed a memorandum of understanding on Friday, Feb. 25, further solidifying…

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Barzinji Institute of International Collaboration Launches, Prepares For ‘Zero Hunger’ Service Project

Institute is seeking applicants from Shenandoah faculty, staff and student communities for project that will address food insecurity

Through funding from a recent grant awarded to Younus Mirza, Ph.D., the director of Global Virtual Learning, Shenandoah University (SU) has launched the Barzinji Institute…

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Shenandoah University VR Program Receives Seed Grant to Support International Collaboration

Shenandoah and Arab American University to establish partnership advancing health care education through the use of virtual reality

A seed grant sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Palestinian Affairs Unit, through the Institute of International Education (IIE), will help Shenandoah University and…

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Students Create their Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) Projects

Our students have now begun to create their Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) projects.  In these short videos, Professors `Atiah Abdullah Sidek’s (IIUM) and Ady…

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The Barzinji Project Announces Collaborative Projects Designed in COIL Workshop

Fellows underwent extensive training on Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL)

Barzinji Project Fellows underwent extensive training on Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) and plan on having their students work together on joint projects. The Fellows…

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The Barzinji Project announces its Virtual International Exchange Fellows!

Fellows will go through an extensive training on Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) and then have their students work together on joint projects. The Fellows…

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Marriage Across Cultures

Implementing Virtual International Exchange in my First Year Seminar Course

This last semester I implemented Virtual International Exchange (VIE) in my classroom or better known in North America as Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL). The…

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Learning About Civil Discourse In Higher Education

Shenandoah Partners With Muslim-Majority Countries To Exchange Ideas

Shenandoah University recently partnered with Bridgewater College and two universities in Muslim-majority countries to learn how to provide better opportunities for civil discourse within higher…

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