b'STUDY ABROAD SERVICES strengthened faculty support services, too. This year weJOHN J. MULLIGAN APPOINTED AS SAS hosted several new events for study abroad faculty, includingINTERIM DIRECTORFaculty Appreciation Day, Faculty Town Halls, and a FacultyIn June 2025, UFIC was TED-Talk style event on National Study Abroad Day. We alsopleased to announce the established our new Study Abroad Faculty Advisory Council,appointment of John J. one of the goals in our 2024-2027 Strategic Plan.Mulligan as long-term Interim Director of the Study Abroad Program to help recalibrate and advance our strategic departmental goals.John joined the UF International Center in 2023 as the Health, Safety, and Global Risk Manager for the Study Abroad Program and related initiatives. Prior to UF, he served at the National Security Agency Nicole Fuls speaks at Faculty Appreciation Day on August 2024 as Director of Engagement & Policy, where he led policy integration, compliance, strategic This year, we bid farewell to Nicole Fuls, whose expertise,communications, and global partner engagement. energy, and collaborative spirit left a lasting mark at UFIC.Working alongside UFICs Study Abroad Nicole brought deep global insight to her roles as Studysenior leadership team, John is committed to Abroad Advisor and most recently, Interim Co-Director ofpreservingand acceleratingthe success and Study Abroad Services. She developed innovative studymomentum of our education abroad programs.abroad programs across the Americas and Asia, led theLeveraging decades of experience within Study Abroad Leadership Program, and enhanced studentthe Study Abroad unit, John will continue experiences through advising and intercultural learning. Acollaborating with all UF partners to implement Fulbright-Nehru awardee in 2024, Nicole also representedbest practices in program design, health, and UF at national conferences and committees. Her laughter,safety protocols, as well as international risk creativity, and commitment to global citizenship will bemanagement for students, faculty, and staff.greatly missed. We wish her continued success!ENHANCING EFFICIENCY Scholarship Universe, the official With such programmatic andUniversity of Florida scholarship-administrative growth often alsomatching tool for both current and comes the need for new workflowsadmitted students. UFIC Scholarships and processes to better serve ourare now housed on this platform students. To align ourselves with otheralongside dozens of other UF UF departments, this year our teamawards, providing more visibility began using Salesforce to manageand an easier application process for and track all student inquiries. Usingstudents.this has allowed us to streamline ourSpeaking of scholarships, this communication with students, collectyear saw a record number of UF data on our most popular questions,applicants for the Benjamin A. and collaborate more efficientlyGilman International Scholarship, an with campus partners who also useaward offered by the U.S. Department Salesforce (e.g. Student Financial Aidof State. Twice a year, applications & Scholarships). Since implementingare accepted from thousands of the platform in July 2024, wevestudents from hundreds of U.S. Bottom to top: Jess Mercier, Morganmanaged over 12,000 cases. institutions for awards ranging Williams-Franklin, Jill Ranaivoson, andAnother new software for us isanywhere from $1,000 to $8,000.Nicole Fuls UF International Center |23'