American University (AU) and its International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) emphasize the services, programs, and opportunities for its international students in celebrating International Education Week.
Around 1,670 international students from all over the world enroll at AU each year. How the pandemic has highlighted the complexity of the international student experience and how ISSS works to support it have been the highlights of International Education Week at AU.
Key Takeaways:
- AU takes part in the celebration of the worldwide International Education Week.
- AU draws 1,670 international student enrollment every year.
- AU provides a wide range of programs, services, and career opportunities to international students.
Domestic students and their families decide to enroll once they have been accepted. However, international students face many extra factors, such as decisions imposed by home countries, the U.S. government, and the World Health Organization.
In response, the university and ISSS’s mission is to create a “home” that understands and supports a diverse student body from all over the world.
Starting with orientation, AU connects international students with various offices, domestic students, faculty, and staff.
Other programs, such as the ISSS Language Exchange Program, which pairs roughly 200 domestic and international students each semester for language acquisition and cultural exchange, and the Transitioning Beyond re-entry program, continued virtually.
As students prepare to graduate, AU equips them with vital internal and external resources to use their international experience to their advantage in the job market in the United States or for a successful return to their home countries.
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