public affairs doctoral program<\/a> coordinator \u2014 along with his tenure as both an executive board member of the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs and Administration (NASPAA) and a member of NASPAA doctoral programs committee \u2014 proved instrumental.<\/p>\n\u201cNazarbayev 海角直播 is a top-notch institution,\u201d he says. \u201cThe students who graduate from the program will be great faculty sources for the universities in Kazakhstan and other countries.\u201d<\/p>\n
He also believes Nazarbayev 海角直播\u2019s multilingual environment gives it great potential for international involvement.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe students speak multiple languages, and the lectures are all in English,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
To forge partnership between UCF and Nazarbayev 海角直播, Kapucu and the academic leaders discussed potential exchange programs through avenues such as the Bolashak International Scholarship.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are also discussing a relationship between UCF and Kazakh National Medical 海角直播,\u201d Kapucu says. \u201cThey are interested in health informatics, which our college has a school for.\u201d<\/p>\n
While these opportunities are still in the planning phase, one event is already set in stone. Kapucu says the Kazakh Science Fund is scheduling a trip to Orlando to learn about UCF\u2019s research administration, partnerships and relationship with the Central Florida Research Park.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey want to improve their grant distribution to research institutions and understand how we manage our research programs,\u201d he says. \u201cThey will come and meet with us around July.\u201d<\/p>\n
While there, Kapucu presented his lectures on disaster response and community resilience, sponsored by the National Academy of Public Administration and Astana Civil Service Hub. He says that pressing events in Kazakhstan \u2014 two recent earthquakes in Almaty and a period of countrywide civil unrest in 2022 \u2014 led policymakers to address the need for improvement in these areas. He also met with the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the National Security Administration and local law-enforcement agencies to speak about the importance of emergency and crisis management.<\/p>\n
He was even invited to lead a train-the-trainer program, in which experts train instructors to pass knowledge and training on to others.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey want me to go back and do training on these issues,\u201d Kapucu says. \u201cThe citizens want to be prepared.\u201d<\/p>\n
As Kazakhstan\u2019s government refines its emergency management policies, and its learning institutions seek more doctoral graduates in the field, Kapucu is confident that the ties between UCF and Nazarbayev 海角直播 and other academic institutions will strengthen.<\/p>\n
Kapucu says he made hundreds of new connections on his trip. As he continues to work with Kazakh students and faculty from afar, he hopes to return and involve more directly with the people he met.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Fulbright Program isn\u2019t just about research and lectures,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s about building relationships.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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