Study Abroad

As a future educator, the global knowledge, cultural awareness and intercultural competency you gain with study abroad are essential to help you adapt and thrive in classrooms and situations that involve diverse people, places, events, challenges, or opportunities.

Making Education a Global Priority

Hiller Spires seeks to make education a global priority through her teaching, research and service. As the Friday Institute’s interim director and professor of literacy education in the Department of Teacher Education and Learning Sciences, Spires has conducted the New Literacies Teacher Leader Institute in several international locations.

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Sep 18, 2018

International Inquiry: Providing Local In-Service Teachers with International Professional Development

Three NC State College of Education faculty members and a group of 20 in-service teachers from Chatham, Durham, Orange and Wake counties traveled to the Czech Republic for two weeks...

Aug 2, 2018

Developing Collaborative Research Partnerships in Finland and Estonia: A Student Perspective

Claudia Rodriguez, a master of higher education administration student in the NC State College of Education, talks about her experience with a new faculty-led research study abroad program in Finland and...

Aug 2, 2018

Improving Education in Kenya through the New Literacies Teacher Leader Institute

Three NC State College of Education faculty members traveled to Kitale in June to equip Kenyan educators with resources, digital literacy strategies and inquiry-based practices to use in their classrooms.