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Daniela Baban Hurrle, International Programs Office, traveled to Bangkok, Thailand, in April at the invitation of the U.S. Department of State, to lead workshops at the Global UGRAD-Pakistan Alumni Academy Convocation. She was one of only five U.S. university representatives invited to serve as facilitators of workshops on leadership in higher education, sustainable community engagement and intercultural exchange. In addition to the workshops, the facilitators and 150 alumni participants of the Academy Convocation worked on a community cleaning service learning projects and celebrated 14 years of the Global Undergraduate Exchange Program launched by the U.S. Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State. Baban Hurrle secured SUNY Cortland’s designation as a sponsor of Global UGRAD-Pakistan students in 2018 and to date, the university has hosted nine sponsored students from Pakistan, and the campus will host another new student this fall.