Tri‑National Online Exchange: A Cyber Security Research Experience Across the Americas When many people hear the phrase global learning, they imagine passports, flights, and study‑abroad travel. At St. John’s University, however, global learning can also take place through sustained digital collaboration—connecting students across borders, languages, and institutions without leaving campus. Through a tri‑national Global Online Learning Exchange – Research Experience (GOLE‑RE), graduate students in the M.S. in Cyber and Information Security program. The M.S. graduate cohort was led by Dr. Schmeelk, a Fulbright Cyber Security Specialist, who partnered with peers and faculty from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (PUC‑Campinas), São Paulo, Brazil (South America), led by Dr. Carlos Moreira, Guilherme Oliveira, and PUC Cybersecurity Faculty) and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras (Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Central America), led by Dr. Elías Leonardo García Urquía and UNAH Engineering Faculty. Together, they engaged in applied cybersecurity research addressing real‑world challenges affecting financial systems and critical infrastructure across the Americas. This blog highlights how the tri‑national exchange model brings global learning to life by combining virtual collaboration, research, and workforce‑aligned cybersecurity education. What is GOLE-RE? The Global Online Learning Exchange – Research Experience (GOLE‑RE) connects St. John’s students with international partner universities to engage in collaborative, research‑focused coursework. In this tri‑national exchange, students worked in multinational teams to analyze applied cybersecurity case studies, share regional perspectives, and produce collective research deliverables—mirroring how global cyber teams operate in professional environments. This initiative builds on Dr. Schmeelk Fulbright‑supported international collaboration and St. John’s long‑standing commitment to global online learning, strengthening cybersecurity research capacity across North, Central, and South America. Learn more What Cyber and Information Security Graduate Students Gain Over the course of several weeks, graduate students in the St. John’s University M.S. in Cyber and Information Security dual modality graduate program—accredited/validated by Middle States, ABET (graduate