{"id":38407,"date":"2026-05-26T06:44:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T11:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fulbright.edu.co\/colombia-is-bringing-its-educational-and-scientific-diplomacy-agenda-to-the-nafsa-annual-conference\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T06:46:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T11:46:18","slug":"colombia-is-bringing-its-educational-and-scientific-diplomacy-agenda-to-the-nafsa-annual-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fulbright.edu.co\/en\/colombia-is-bringing-its-educational-and-scientific-diplomacy-agenda-to-the-nafsa-annual-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Colombia is bringing its educational and scientific diplomacy agenda to the NAFSA Annual Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On May 25, as part of the NAFSA Annual Conference in Orlando, Fulbright Colombia, ICETEX, and the CCYK network joined forces to host the Colombian Forum: Destination Colombia\u2014a high-level event that brought together academics, researchers, institutional representatives, and members of the Colombian scientific diaspora to discuss the future of educational cooperation between Colombia and the United States.<\/p>\n\n

Opening remarks were delivered by: Stewart Tuttle, Public Affairs Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Colombia; C\u00e9sar Gonz\u00e1lez Hern\u00e1ndez, Colombian Consul in Orlando; Vanessa Caicedo S\u00e1nchez, Head of the Office of International Relations at ICETEX; Milena Mej\u00eda, Director of Strategic Relations at CCYK; and Giovanni Anzola, Executive Director of Fulbright Colombia.<\/p>\n\n

Over the course of more than two hours of academic sessions, the forum explored two main themes. In the first, Fulbright Scholar Kristine Mu\u00f1oz, a professor at the University of Iowa with more than four decades of experience, delivered a strategic lecture on the structure of the U.S. higher education system and its implications for student mobility, academic recognition, and collaboration with Colombian institutions. <\/p>\n\n

In the second session, a panel of experts discussed the role of academic networks, competitive grants, and the scientific diaspora in building a binational innovation ecosystem. The panelists included Dr. Pedro Guillermo Feij\u00f3o Garc\u00eda, a 2018 Minciencias Fulbright Scholar and professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology; Carolina Forero, a 2008 Fulbright Suramericana scholar and instructor at the University of Alabama; and Estefanny G\u00fcech\u00e1, a 2023 J. William Fulbright scholar, with Alejandra Gonz\u00e1lez, Director of International Affairs at the University of La Sabana and Vice President of CCYK, serving as moderator. <\/p>\n\n

The academic session concluded with a networking cocktail reception and a poster session\u2014a forum for relationship-building where institutions, researchers, and diaspora leaders explored opportunities for collaboration, joint funding, and binational projects. It was a setting where informal conversations often serve as the first step toward lasting partnerships. <\/p>\n\n

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