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Bridging Cultures and Preparing Students for Multicultural Success

Global Partners in Education (GPE) is an East Carolina University led membership organization of Higher Education Institutions that are committed to providing their students opportunities for meaningful and impactful international education experiences through Global Virtual Exchange (GVE). Our goal is to prepare our students to succeed in an increasingly interconnected world by providing greater access to experiences that help them improve the intercultural communication and collaboration skills necessary to effectively navigate culturally diverse environments.

About GPE

Our programming helps students better understand both themselves and their place in the world as well as how to understand, respect and effectively collaborate with individuals from diverse cultures. Through real time interactions with partner students from multiple countries, students develop intercultural communication skills, learn to value others’ perspectives and acquire strategies for effectively working together to complete projects.

2016 NAFSA Senator Paul Simon Spotlight Award

2014 QS Reimagine Education Award

2008 IIE Andrew Heiskell Award

Our Network

Global Partners in Education is forward looking and innovative as it builds a global community that promotes intercultural skill building. GPE member institutions around the world are committed to using Global Virtual Exchange to give their students meaningful global experiences so they can thrive in today's interconnected world. All partners commit to offering at least one GPE course per year, but most do more.

47 Partners Institutions
29 Countries
More than 23,000 students have participated in GPE programming over the last 15 years of programming.

News & Events

14th Annual GPE Conference
05/17/2021 - 05/19/2021
Online, World Wide
GPE XIV provides an opportunity for faculty, technical support personnel, students, and administrators from GPE partner institutions around the world to discuss timely and relevant issues related to our virtual exchange activity, share research and best practices, discuss ways to improve existing programming, and introduce new initiatives. This year's theme is “Forging a Path Forward in the Wake of a Global Crisis.”
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6th Global Issues Conference
04/05/2021 - 04/09/2021
Online World Wide
GIC is a virtual research conference organized by East Carolina University and Carpathian State College that provides students at GPE partner institutions an opportunity to present and discuss their original research with an international audience.

This year, GIC is offered in conjunction with ECU's Research and Creative Activity Week.
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IVEC 2021
10/19/2021 - 10/21/2021
New York, New York, USA
and Online
IVEC 2021 is the largest and most prominent event on virtual exchange, providing a forum for an audience of deans, directors, faculty, instructional designers, administrators, and professionals from institutions around the world interested in technology enabled global learning, international education and new pedagogies.
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Bridging Cultures and Preparing Students for Multicultural Success

About GPE

Building skills to navigate the global landscape.

Our Network

News & Events

14th Annual GPE Conference

6th Global Issues Conference

IVEC 2021

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