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Dean Berry in Kozybayez University, Kazakhstan in 2023 | |
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GIE Welcomes Dean Robert Q. Berry III |
Welcome Dean Robert Q. Berry III!
The Dean brings to the IU School of Education myriad experiences and deep engagement at the international level from his previous positions. They included facilitating institutional partnerships with Kozybayev University in Kazakhstan, with Universidad de Guanajuato and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). | | | | |
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Faculty Spotlight: Mark Baildon Brings Global Insight |
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Mark Baildon is a new Visiting Clinical Associate Professor in Curriculum and Instruction, working in IU’s fully online asynchronous M.S.Ed. in International and Comparative Education
program. Dr. Baildon is a distinguished educator and academic leader with over 30 years of international experience across the United States, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Singapore, and the United Arab Emirates. His expertise spans curriculum design, educational technology, and global citizenship education. In April, he gave a webinar with Hong Kong Metropolitan University on the field of international and comparative education to promote the program in Hong Kong. In March, he attended and presented at the
Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) Annual Conference in Chicago where he was able to meet with former colleagues from Singapore’s National Institute of Education and the United Arab Emirates University. | | | | |
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Student Spotlight: Miras Sharipov Advances Student Success Across Borders |
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Miras Sharipov
is a second-year Ph.D. student in the Higher Education and Student Affairs program at Indiana University Bloomington. Prior to IU, he spent 11 years at Nazarbayev University, a top research institution in Central Asia, where he held various administrative positions, including Director of the Department of Student Services. His work involved partnerships with institutions in the U.S., China, Singapore, and beyond. He holds two master’s degrees—one in Leadership in Education from Nazarbayev University and another in Tourism and Hospitality Management from César Ritz Colleges, Switzerland—and he is a two-time recipient of the Bolashak International Scholarship. At IU, Miras works in the Graduate Studies Office and serves as a Managing Editor for the
Review of Higher Education. He also represents graduate students in faculty and budgetary affairs. His research focuses on student access and success, as well as early-career faculty experiences. He values the supportive academic environment at IU and is proud to be part of its scholarly community. | | | | |
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Student Spotlight: Kazakhstan’s Arman Zhumazhanov |
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Arman Zhumazhanov, also a Bolashak scholar, is a third-year EdD student in the Higher Education and Student Affairs (HESA) program at Indiana University. He is a 2024–2025 Patricia M. Volp Higher Education Student Affairs Fellow. Before joining IU, he spent 12 years at Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan’s leading institution for higher education reform, where he held multiple leadership roles. Most notably, he served as Chief of Staff to the President. He also played a key role in launching the Asian Universities Alliance that brought together 15 top universities across Asia. At IU, Arman has contributed to research on higher education philanthropy, worked as a Graduate Teaching Assistant, and serves as Managing Editor of the Review of Higher Education
. His dissertation explores the roles of university Boards of Trustees in Kazakhstan, drawing on U.S. governance models to inform future reforms back home. | | | | |
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Webinar Recording: Peace, Nonviolence, and Contemplation: Pathways in Internationalizing Curriculum Studies |
On March 26, GIE hosted a webinar that explore how curriculum studies can advance peace, nonviolence, and contemplative inquiry in global contexts. Panelists included Dr. Gulistan Gursel-Bilgin (Boğaziçi University), Dr. Jennifer L. Schneider (Oklahoma State University), and Dr. Hongyu Wang (Oklahoma State University–Tulsa). Together, they discussed the complexities of sustaining peace education, the role of contemplative curriculum as a living process, and insights from women’s nonviolence activism worldwide.
Watch the webinar | | | | |
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International Resources for Students & Scholars |
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Grant Opportunities |
Information is obtained from original sources
OVPIA Grants
Faculty
International Mobility
Travel for individual research or creative pursuits, including conference participation, archival research, and other short-term activities (for one-time trips, not related to an ongoing IU partnership).
Deadlines: July 1, 2025
International Collaboration
Visit a current or prospective partner university to strengthen or explore collaboration in teaching, research, or creative activity. There are two tiers of funding: smaller exploratory grants and larger grants to support teams of faculty on collaborative work with colleagues at established partners.
Exploratory deadline: rolling
Research deadline: July 1, 2025
Primary Partner Faculty Grant
IU Global offers funding to faculty and librarians interested in participating in research projects with one of IU’s primary partner institutions.
Deadline: July 1, 2025
Global Gateway Grant
Engage in a wide range of activities and collaborate with our Global Gateways in Bangkok, Beijing, Berlin, Mexico City, and New Delhi.
Deadline: rolling
Global Classroom Fellowship
Partner with a foreign university virtually to teach a parallel course with a student project that spans borders. OVPIA can help connect you to an international partner.
Deadlines: April 01, 2025 - Fall 2025, Spring 2026, or Summer 2026 courses; Oct 15, 2025 - Spring 2026 or Summer 2026 courses
Short-Term Visitor
Explore funding for travel expenses to bring distinguished visitors to your campus for events.
Deadline: rolling
Students
Primary Partner Graduate Student Grant
Funding to doctorate level students interested in participating in research, creative activity, or career development projects with one of IU’s primary partner institutions.
For more information, email partner@iu.edu
SDG Programming Grant
The SDG Programming Grant aims to raise awareness, promote understanding, and facilitate engagement with the UN Sustainable Development Goals at Indiana University Bloomington. Grants of up to $1000 are available for SDG-related programs including, but not limited to: lectures, panel discussions, volunteer events, community engagement, creative/artistic performances or exhibits. Students or student groups who work in partnership with a department or faculty member.
External Grants
Faculty
European Commission Erasmus+ Forward-looking projects
Forward-looking projects are large-scale projects that aim to identify, develop, test or assess innovative (policy) approaches that have the potential of becoming mainstreamed, thus improving education and training systems. The following topics are available: school education, vocational education and training, adult learning, digital education.
Deadline: May 27, 2025
Students
History of Education Society - The Henry Barnard Prize
The History of Education Society awards a prize biennially for the best graduate student essay in the history of education, broadly defined to cover a wide range of educational and cultural institutions inside and outside of the United States.
Deadline for submissions: June 1, 2025.
The Heinrich Böll Foundation Scholarship Program
The Heinrich Böll Foundation supports students from all subjects and types of higher educational institutions in Germany and abroad. The objective of their scholarships is to promote future leaders and experts who are prepared to take on social responsibility, are interested in politics, and work to pass on the basic political values of the Heinrich Böll Foundation: ecology and sustainability, democracy and human rights, self-determination and justice. EU and international students who obtained their university entrance qualifications outside Germany and who have already completed a first degree may apply for a scholarship to cover a Master’s degree.
Deadline: September 1, 2025 | | |
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