Prof. Maria Savva has received an Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language (UISFL) two-year grant in the amount of $176,134.65. The UISFL program is part of the U.S. Department of Education, which provides funds to plan, develop, and carry out programs to strengthen and improve undergraduate instruction in international studies and foreign languages. The grant supports the project titled “The Community College Internationalization Initiative: Outreach, Pedagogy and Professional Development in International Studies.” The other grant team includes Arthur Lau (ELA), and Tomonori Nagano (ELA), Olga Aksakalova (English), and Anita Baksh (English).
See the college’s press release for more information (https://www.laguardia.edu/news/laguardia-community-college-receives-uisfl-grant-in-support-of-international-studies-program/).