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Each fall Vanderbilt welcomes students from around the world to our campus and community. To help these students feel welcome and to ease the transition to American culture, International Student and Scholar Services offers the First Friends program. Read More

International Student and Scholar Services is seeking students, faculty, staff and community members who may be interested in collaborating with ISSS for its upcoming World on Wednesdays (WOW) program during fall 2017. Read More

When China native Cici Xuning Zhang first started searching for colleges, a university in Nashville, Tennessee—or even one in the United States—was far from her mind. Then an iconic image of Vanderbilt’s Kirkland Hall popped up on her computer screen. Read More

International Student and Scholar Services invites you to World on Wednesdays, where the Vanderbilt community engages in presentations, informal conversations and topical lectures on global issues. Read More

Join Vanderbilt undergraduate and graduate students, scholars, and campus and community partners for delicious food and conversation on Tuesday, Nov. 22. Read More

International Education Week is an annual initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education to promote programs that prepare Americans for a global environment and to attract future leaders from abroad to study, learn and exchange experiences in the United States. Read More

International Student and Scholar Services invites you to World on Wednesdays, which gives students, faculty and Vanderbilt community members the chance to engage with other parts of campus through presentations on topics that address and open discussion on a breadth of global issues and experiences. Read More

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos has approved a reorganization and expansion of the Office of the Dean of Students to better support Vanderbilt’s rapidly changing student body. Read More

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos today announced the creation of the Community Oriented Result and Expectation (CORE) Committee—a group that primarily will comprise Vanderbilt University community members who will meet regularly to make recommendations to the university’s police department regarding safety and security on campus. Read More

Isaac Broune, a journalist for 17 years in his native Cote d’Ivoire, is a second-year student at Vanderbilt Divinity School, where he holds the Nathan and Morris Brandon Scholarship. Learn more about this outstanding international scholar. Read More

Emir Farid Mohammed Rodzi, a rising junior from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is majoring in computer engineering and enjoys playing basketball. He is one of three siblings currently studying abroad. Learn more about Emir’s Vanderbilt experience. Read More

“So what made you choose Vanderbilt?” Xuning "CiCi" Zhang answers the question that has popped up in almost every first conversation she has had with an American peer. Learn more about her experiences as an international student from China. Read More

This fall, 454 international students representing 55 countries, from Armenia to Zambia, will arrive in Nashville to study at Vanderbilt. To help these students feel welcome and to ease the transition to American culture, International Student and Scholar Services offers a way for them to connect with the Vanderbilt and Nashville communities through the First Friends program. Read More

International Student and Scholar Services is seeking students, faculty, staff and community members who may be interested in collaborating with ISSS for its upcoming World on Wednesdays (WOW) program during fall 2016. Read More

The Office of the University Chaplain and Religious Life, Wellness Programs and Alcohol Education, and the Psychological and Counseling Center have collaborated with student panelists to create a discussion about religious pluralism through the engagement of differences. Read More

International Student and Scholar Services is planning its next Experience American Tastes (EAT!) event for Feb. 21. Read More

Khin Mon Nyein, a Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow through Peabody College, will discuss the changing political landscape in Myanmar for the World on Wednesdays session Feb. 3. Read More

International Student and Scholar Services invites you to World on Wednesdays, where the Vanderbilt community engages in presentations, informal conversations and topical lectures on global issues. Read More

Are you interested in connecting with an international student or scholar? Then EAT! might be the program for you. Read More

Vanderbilt University Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos has announced an immediate expansion in staff that have experience and skills working with people of varying racial and cultural backgrounds, and the opening of a new Center for Student Wellbeing. Read More