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Linda Beck, associate dean of the UMF Office of Experiential and Global Education, sees the UMF Virtual Global Classrooms Project as an affordable and sustainable way for students to pursue an interest in international and foreign language studies particularly during a time when international travel has become challenging.
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FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington is excited to announce it has been awarded a nearly $200,000, two-year Federal grant from the U.S. Department of Education to help fund a Virtual Global Classrooms Project.
The project will create virtual global classrooms at universities in other countries where UMF students can collaborate with faculty and students in other countries, including UMF’s international partners in France, Spain, Germany, Cyprus, Hong Kong and Japan while gaining international cross-cultural experience through remote learning.