{"id":181184,"date":"2026-03-06T20:17:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T20:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/181184\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T20:17:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T20:17:11","slug":"florida-poly-enters-into-fulbright-agreement-with-ecuador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/181184\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Poly enters into Fulbright agreement with Ecuador"},"content":{"rendered":"

Further expanding its global reach, Florida Polytechnic University<\/a> has entered into a new agreement with the Fulbright Commission in Ecuador<\/a>, establishing new opportunities for joint research in STEM fields.<\/p>\n

Florida Poly President Devin Stephenson signed an agreement with Fulbright Ecuador Executive Director Sandra Gross in late February, in Ecuador\u2019s capital city of Quito.<\/p>\n

The partnership aims to strengthen research and other educational collaboration between the Lakeland-based university and Ecuador through faculty and student exchanges, shared projects and other enhanced academic opportunities.<\/p>\n

\u201cCollaborative efforts like this empower our University community to engage in impactful cross-cultural scholarship and innovation that extend well beyond our campus,\u201d Stephenson said. \u201cHosting Fulbright Scholars and collaborating with top minds from around the world are vital to expanding our research ecosystem, forging groundbreaking scientific partnerships, and amplifying our impact as a catalyst for economic growth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gross offered her appreciation to Florida Poly.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThrough this partnership of excellence, Ecuadorian scholars will engage in advanced research, collaborate with distinguished faculty, and drive innovation in strategic fields while strengthening connections among institutions, communities and countries,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Because of Florida\u2019s relative proximity to South America, the school is expanding its reach there to attract talent and promote Florida\u2019s burgeoning innovation sector.<\/p>\n

\u201cFlorida Poly and the Fulbright Program share the same traditions of excellence that fuel innovation, scientific advancement and technological breakthroughs,\u201d said Mustapha Achoubane, senior global affairs officer and director of Florida Poly\u2019s Fulbright program.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are on a mission to cultivate a dynamic economic powerhouse of advanced, world-class talent to serve our state, nation and the world toward progress and scientific discovery.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to other STEM-related research, the collaboration will allow Florida Poly to address pressing global challenges, including developing sustainable solutions to critical materials shortages, while also ensuring Florida Poly staff and students are able to excel in a world increasingly reliant on technology.<\/p>\n

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The Fulbright Program is the United States\u2019 flagship international academic exchange initiative. It supports study, teaching and research in more than 160 countries across the globe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Further expanding its global reach, Florida Polytechnic University has entered into a new agreement with the Fulbright Commission…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":181185,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[34088,28,30,29,18473,3276,85540,85541,85542,6596],"class_list":["post-181184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-devin-stephenson","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-florida-poly","tag-florida-polytechnic-university","tag-fulbright","tag-mustapha-achoubane","tag-sandra-gross","tag-stem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}