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International Programs is excited to announce this academic year’s schedule for Engaging Across Cultures, a non-academic, professional development certificate program that creates an opportunity for University of Iowa graduate and professional students to learn more about fostering an intercultural campus while honing skills that will carry into the future workplace.

Engaging Across Cultures includes subjects of interest to both domestic as well as international students.  Participants earn a certificate by completing a series of sessions (a required introductory session + 2 electives), which may also be included in a professional development section on a resume or CV. 

Please visit the Engaging Across Cultures website for more information: https://international.uiowa.edu/connect/intercultural-training/engaging-across-cultures. Questions can be directed to Brandon Paulson (brandon-paulson@uiowa.edu or 319-335-0335).

To Register - All sessions taken for the program are offered virtually for this academic year, free of charge, and fill on a first-come, first-served basis.  Participants must register in advance here: https://uiowa.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0uHGq5wzzWikWI6

Description - This introduction session will introduce the Engaging Across Cultures certificate program and share an overview of the international student population at the University of Iowa. Participants will have opportunity to learn about culture and the cultural adjustment experienced when living in a new culture. Participants will examine their own cultural lens and how it influences their interactions.

Participants who attend this session will learn: 

• skills to recognize their own culture(s) and how their cultural lens influences their interactions 
• changes occurring when living in a new culture and strategies to assist with the transition 
• strategies to enhance intercultural communication