The SUNY Oswego Office of International Education and Programs joins the celebration of International Education Week, Nov. 16 to 20, with virtual alumni and student panel discussions, global awareness programs, online games, and more.
Leandro Garrido came to Oswego from Brazil for the college’s highly regarded master’s in human-computer interaction. When he graduates in December, he will leave with a robust education and an experience designer job with Electronic Arts’ EA Sports franchise.
A range of new virtual international global education offerings, including internships are on the summer menu through the Office of International Education and Programs.
Offering a world of opportunities for SUNY Oswego students has resulted in the college earning high national rankings in the most recent Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange.
Every year, the SUNY Oswego Office of International Education and Programs welcomes more than 250 international students and scholars to campus and also sends about 400 students overseas to study abroad. The campus will celebrate these and other global connections during International Education Week, Nov. 18 to 22.
Over the summer, 13 SUNY Oswego students from six majors learned about biology, conservation and culture first-hand through a class that traveled across northern Tanzania.
The two most recent SUNY Oswego connections to win prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student program awards add to a recent track record of success while reflecting campus efforts to expand diversity in studying abroad.
The Fulbright Program recently named SUNY Oswego to its 2018-19 list of top producers of successful applicants for Fulbright U.S. Student awards -- recognition that the college's advisor for such fellowships called "tremendously valuable."
SUNY Oswego earning an Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion in International Education (EDIIE) award from Diversity Abroad reflects a campus-wide culture and efforts to support student opportunity, said Joshua McKeown, the college’s associate provost for international education and programs.
