OISP Farewell Reception to be held April 29

International Students

The Office of International Studies and Programs is excited to announce our Spring 2016 Farewell Reception, which will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, April 29, in the Bone Student Center’s Circus Room.

International seminar looks at sustainable development goals

Julian Westerhout of Illinois State’s Department of Politics and Government will give a talk Wednesday, April 13, titled “The UN Sustainable Development Goals: A Human Capability Approach” in the Old Main Room, Bone Student Center.

My student teaching abroad story: Kelly Papanicholas

Kelly Papanicholas in front of the Tower Bridge

So far on this trip I have loved my experience in England!

Our town of Eastbourne is along the sea a few towns away from Brighton. Eastbourne has a nice town center that has a vast amount of tiny shops and bigger department stores such as Primark, Next, and Marks and Spencer.

College of Education student study abroad experience: Bayza Senbetta

Bilingual/bicultural education major Bayza Senbetta studies in Spain during the summer of 2015.

Through the “Jepsen Challenge,” your donations large and small help aspiring education majors afford to participate in unique study abroad opportunities offered by the College of Education. Alum Keith Jepsen ’67 M.S. ’68 and his spouse Kathleen Dore will match up to $25,000 in donations made by June 30, 2016 to the Jepsen International Scholars Program Endowment Fund and the College of Education Global Initiatives fund.

College of Education student study abroad experience: Julia Egan

Julia Egan, a junior elementary education major studies in Spain during the summer of 2015.

Through the “Jepsen Challenge,” your donations large and small help aspiring education majors afford to participate in unique study abroad opportunities offered by the College of Education. Alum Keith Jepsen ’67 M.S. ’68 and his spouse Kathleen Dore will match up to $25,000 in donations made by June 30, 2016 to the Jepsen International Scholars Program Endowment Fund and the College of Education Global Initiatives fund.

College of Education student study abroad experience: Kasey Ockerlund

Jepsen scholarship recipient Kasey Ockerlund with a kindergarten Taiwanese student at a school the study abroad group visited in the summer of 2015.

Through the “Jepsen Challenge,” your donations large and small help aspiring education majors afford to participate in unique study abroad opportunities offered by the College of Education. Alum Keith Jepsen ’67 M.S. ’68 and his spouse Kathleen Dore will match up to $25,000 in donations made by June 30, 2016 to the Jepsen International Scholars Program Endowment Fund and the College of Education Global Initiatives fund.