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About FIU’s Office of Global Learning Initiatives

Global Learning is FIU’s universal global learning initiative. Every FIU undergraduate takes at least two global learning-designated courses and participates in integrative global learning co-curricular activities as a condition of their graduation. The Office of Global Learning Initiatives’ (OGLI) coordinates all aspects of Global Learning and has been awarded NAFSA's 2021 Paul Simon Award for Comprehensive Internationalization, the 2016 Andrew Heiskell Award for Internationalizing the Campus and the 2019 APLU Institutional Gold Award for Global Learning, Research, and Engagement.  

Since the initiative’s launch in 2010, FIU faculty have created over 270 global learning courses housed in every one of FIU’s undergraduate academic programs. The Office offers FIU faculty, staff, and graduate teaching assistants an array of workshops and fellowships that hone skills needed to develop and implement successful global learning experiences.

Our Global Learning Medallion program enables students to design their own global learning pathway and earn a coveted graduation honor. Medallion recipients go above and beyond the minimum graduation requirement to take additional global learning courses, participate in campus and community-based globally-focused activities, and complete a signature capstone experience involving study abroad, foreign language study, original research, and/or internships. Robust co-curricular offerings also include the Peace Corps Prep program, the Tuesday Times Roundtable discussion series, and a selection of student clubs.

Each year, we also recruit and work closely with our university’s Millennium Fellows. The Millennium Fellowship is a semester-long leadership development program that takes students' social impact to the next level. The program provides access to world-class training, connections, and recognition as fellows implement projects addressing the 17 Sustainable Development Goals and the 10 United Nations Academic Impact principles.

Caryn McTighe Musil, Senior Scholar and Director of Democracy Initiatives at AAC&U, says, “FIU’s educational design for universal global learning enables all students to engage in global learning without a passport. It’s a blueprint that relies on moving minds, not bodies.”