Applications open for the 1st SINTER International Academic Mobility Program – until 8 September 2019

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The Office of International Relations (SINTER) announces that applications for the first SINTER International Academic Mobility (IAM) Program are open, according to the Call for Applications no. 15 SINTER 2019.

Through resources from the Brazilian Ministry of Education’s University Development Plan (PDU) for the internationalization of federal universities, SINTER offers financial assistance to undergraduate students regularly enrolled at UFSC who are in a socioeconomic vulnerability situation (duly demonstrated).

Four undergraduate students regularly enrolled at UFSC will be selected to receive the financial assistance of R$ 15,000 (fifteen thousand reais) to pay for airfare, accommodation, food expenses and fees during the mobility period.

To participate, students must send digitized copies of the documentation required as listed on item 6 of the Call for Applications, saved in a single PDF file, to the e-mail programas.sinter@contato.ufsc.br between 16 August and 8 September 2019.

SCHEDULE

EVENT DEADLINE
Publication of the Call for Applications 16 August 2019
Applications From 16 August to 8 September 2019
First phase preliminary results 10 September 2019
Appeals against first phase preliminary results Until 11 September 2019
First phase results 12 September 2019
Interview with selected students 16 and 17 September 2019
Preliminary final results 18 September 2019
Appeals against preliminary final results 19 September 2019
Final results 20 September 2019

For further information, access the Call for Applications or send an e-mail to sinter@contato.ufsc.br.

Internship vacancy at SINTER – starting immediately

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Internship vacancy at SINTER’s International Programs Coordination Office.

Target students (exclusively from UFSC): Executive Secretariat, Languages and Literature, Administration or International Relations undergraduates.

Work hours:  from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. (20 hours/week)

Remuneration: R$ 364,00 + R$ 132,00 (transportation vouchers) = R$496,00.

Requirements: 2nd semester of studies or beyond, no course failure due to unsatisfactory attendance, fluency in English, excellent writing, ease in operating administrative systems, responsibility, initiative and punctuality. Knowledge of other languages is desirable.

Internship duties: Assist in administrative tasks related to the International Exchange Programs (serving the university community and the public in general; contacting foreign partner institutions; operating emails and administrative systems; updating spreadsheets; etc.)

Students interested must send their CVs to outgoing.sinter@contato.ufsc.br.

UFSC welcomes Professor from City University of New York for Inaugural Lecture and Seminar

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On 12 August, Monday, Professor Anna Stetsenko from the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center will give an Inaugural Lecture at the UFSC Graduate Program in Education (PPGE). The lecture about “Vygotsky’s theory of method and philosophy of practice: implications for trans/formative methodology” will take place at the Culture and Events Center at 9 a.m. and will have simultaneous interpretation done by Professor Gilka Girardello, from the Department of Teaching Methodology. The event is part of the first Academic Week of the Graduate Program in Education at UFSC.

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UFSC welcomes 159 international students from 23 different countries

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On 2 August, last Friday, the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) held a welcome session for 159 international students from 23 different countries. The event promoted by the Office of International Relations (SINTER) took place at the Rectorate Building Auditorium and included presentations of each country, of the Federal Police, of the Ampera Racing competition team, as well as a Capoeira demonstration.

Bilateral agreements and partnerships with associations and federal programs enabled the exchange of 145 students (of which four are from member universities of the Asociación de Universidades Grupo Montevideo – AUGM) who come to study at UFSC this semester. Six students are here to pursue their degrees through the Exchange Program for Undergraduate Students (PEC-G) and eight students will initiate their graduate studies in the University (four in the Master’s Program and four in the Doctoral Program).

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Final Results – Selection Process for the XXVII AUGM Jornadas Jóvenes Investigadores

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The Office of International Relations (SINTER), in accordance with the Call for Applications no. 13 SINTER 2019, announces the final results of the selection process for participation in the XXVII AUGM Jornadas Jóvenes Investigadores:

Undergraduate

Victor Cavadas Barreto de Albuquerque – Pharmacy

There weren’t any other applicants from Undergraduate Programs.

Graduate

There weren’t applicants from Graduate Programs.

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