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Welcome to the Center for International Programs

VSU International Education Week (November 16- 20, 2009)
Dr. Schloss Signs International Education Week Proclamation

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The Center for International Programs provides institution-wide coordination for the University’s comprehensive range of programs, services and activities in the area of international education.

Current Events

  • The International Education Week at VSU during the week of November 16 - 20, 2009 was a blast . Hundreds of VSU students took this opportunity to celebrate international education, exchanges, study abroad, global understanding and peace initiatives. For a schedule of the events on campus please visit here. For more information on this national forum visit the dedicated site of the U.S. Department of State. To view country presentations and the SIS interview on campus, click here.
  • VSU Society of International Students (SIS) took first place in the 2009 Homecoming Parade. For pictures from the Homecoming Parade and other related international education events click here.

News

  • Four VSU students - Ashley Hartt (Political Science), Michael Johnson (Accounting), Jenna Mulvey (Spanish), and Jay Prosser (History & French) finished a paid Department of State internships for Summer 2009. Our students worked in different State Department offices in Washington D.C.. This is our first program of this kind, and what a wonderful achievement!
  • Our new Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistants (FLTA) for academic 2009/10 are here. Through this program VSU offers again Arabic (Jihene Ayadi from Tunesia ), Chinese (Dan Sheng ), and Russian (Anastasiya Lakhno ) . Ms. Setsuko Okabe , a visiting instructor from Japan, will teach the Japanese language and culture classes.
  • The Langdale College of Business summer study abroad program in Germany 2009, offered in collaboration with our partner institution - The Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences was a great success. This program is the sole independent business study abroad program among all public universities in Georgia. Dr. Andrew Ostapski is the Program Director, Dr. Fred Ware - the Site Director. Students visited AUDI plant, and had a lot of other interesting international business experiences.
  • Dr. Oleg Gabrielian, Dean of Humanities at Tavridia National and State University N. Vernadsky - Simferopol, Ukraine completed his IREX grant with VSU. Dr. James Peterson, Chair of Political Science was the program Coordinator and co-director, jointly with Dr. Ivan Nikolov. The program delivery got the highest marks from IREX, the U.S. national academic exchange organization.
  • Dr. Abdulameer Al-Aasam, former Dean of Humanities and Professor of Philosophy from the University of Bagdad, Iraq, joined the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at VSU as a visiting Brown Scholar. This is a joint initiative with the U.S. Institute of International Education Scholar Rescue Fund. Dr. Al-Aasam is a prominent Islamic Studies scholar. He will be with us until June of 2010.
  • Dr. Jane Zahner from the Dewar College of Education finished her teaching as a visiting professor at Ezsterhazy Karoly College in Eger, a VSU partner institution in Hungary . Dr. Zahner has received a lot of local coverage from the Hungarian press. This is a great opportunity to strengthen the bridge between U.S. and Hungarian students and faculty.
  • The Honorable Patrick Faber, Minister of Education of Belize [and 1998 VSU (Economics) graduate], visited Valdosta on July 28 - 30. Accompanied by Dr. Ivan Nikolov from CIP, he met with Drs. Philip Gunter and Brian Gerber, Dewar College of Education, Dr. Louis Levy, VPAA, Dr. Wayne Plumly, interim Dean of the Langdale College of Business (and Mr. Faber's advisor during his studies at VSU). Mr. Faber met also with Dr. Mathew Richard to discuss past and future study abroad programs in Belize. VSU, with the help of the local community and churches has been assisting the educational system of Belize for close to 20 years. The discussions were focused on furthering and expanding of the collaboration with focus on teacher education, professional and community development.

  • VSU Study Abroad program in Guadalajara, Mexico won the 2007 Heiskell Best Practices Award , organized by the Institute of International Education in New York. The program, directed by Dr. Soady, Chair of the Department of Modern and Classical Languages (MCL), prepares teachers of Spanish and ESL from the VSU region.
  • Valdosta State University's former students Vincent Mack (Political Science) and Kathleen Steffen (Business) participated in the 2008 Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals! They are part of nationally selected group of 75 winners from thousands of applicants. Read Katie's letters from Europe on our Study Abroad page. Currently Kathleen is a Fulbright exchange visitor in Mexico!

Facts about VSU International Programs

During 2008/9:

    • 251 VSU students and 18 faculty members participated in study abroad programs; new VSU study abroad programs were added in Italy and Japan;
    • 38 faculty were sponsored by the Faculty Internationalization Fund to present at international conferences and conduct research abroad;
    • VSU was a home for 319 international students from 55 countries;