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Apr 25, 2021 | Students COVID-19 forced Louisiana Tech to switch gears and find new ways to provide students, faculty and staff a quality education and work space while maintaining a safe environment. The international community on campus has experienced this shift in unique ways. For the past year, international students at Tech have had to face problems such as travel restrictions, a lack of funding and being away from home during the pandemic. They have adapted through the change and continue to work towards their degrees. Jay Ligon, Director of International Student and Scholar Services, ...

Towson University and UMBC provided resources for international students to help them cope with life at school during the coronavirus pandemic.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 27, 2021) — On Wednesday, April 28, partners from the Office for Student Success, Office for Institutional Diversity, International Student and Scholar Services and Student Government Association will host a two-part event focused on solidarity with the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community from 2 to 5 p.m.   “During the AAPI vigil a few weeks ago, I heard over and over again the call for solidarity across communities,” Carol Taylor-Shim, director of diversity in the Office of Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice, said. “The AAPI community an...

After her studies abroad junior year of college, Alisha Lombardi was motivated to pursue a career in international education. A pivotal summer in Costa Rica was just the beginning for Lombardi, who has recently begun her new position as Gonzaga Center for Global Engagement’s (CGE) director of study abroad.  “I journaled, I wrote a blog and just recorded all the experiences I was having,” Lombardi said. “It was Alisha on her own doing what she loved without the pressures of my family, the pressures of church, my friends and living up to this expectation that I thought pe...

'They're giving up': How COVID red tape is decimating international education in Texas FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3Rice University PhD student Luisa Rezende, 26, poses for a photograph Friday, April 16, 2021, at Lovett Hall in Houston. Rezende, a Brazil native, struggled to get into the US to study during COVID-19 pandemic last year and arrived Houston in February. She said she's happy finally to be in Houston.Yi-Chin Lee/Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less 2of3 Rice University PhD student Luisa Rezende, 26, poses for a photograph Friday, April 16, 2021, at Lovett Hall in Houston....