Celebrate International Education Week (IEW) - Nov. 14-18, 2011!

Please join us at the International Education Week (IEW) Reception on November 15, 4:30-6:30 pm in the Center for Community’s J.D. Abrams Student Cultural Center. 

We will present awards to the CU-Boulder Global Citizen Award Winners, the Champions of International Education and the OIE photo contest winners.

International Education Week is a joint initiative of the U.S. Departments of State and Education, was first held in 2000 and today, and is now celebrated in more than 100 countries worldwide.

International Events on Campus during IEW:

ALL WEEK:  World Street Food Week

CU Dining Centers during lunch and dinner, including the Center for Community Dining Center, will feature the unique, authentic street foods from around the world.  Click here for more info.

Monday, Nov. 14: Musicology Colloquium: William Chapman Nyaho - “Into Africa: An Introduction to Piano Music of Africa

2:00-4:00 pm in Imig Music's Grusin Music Hall. Click here for more info.

Monday, Nov 14: U.S. Student Fulbright Grant Interest Meeting

3:00-4:00 in the Center for Community's JD Abrams Student Cultural Center.  Learn about Fulbright grants to fund overseas study/research or to be an English teaching assistant.  These grants are for students who will have at least a bachelor's degree at the time the grant starts. More information on these grants here:  http://us.fulbrightonline.org/home.html).   Click here for more info.

Monday, Nov. 14: Travel Packing Clinic

by Changes in Latitude and Wardenburg. 5:00-6:00 pm in the Center for Community room S350. Click here for more info.

Tuesday, Nov. 15: IEW Reception

4:30-6:30 pm in the Center for Community's J.D. Abrams Student Cultural Center. (See above for more info.)

Wednesday, Nov. 16: Art in Spain! Study abroad interest meeting

5:00-6:00 pm in the Center for Community room S341. Click here for more info.

Wednesday, Nov. 16: China Town Hall

sponsored by The Center for Asian Studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder and the National Committee for U.S. - China Relations . 5:00-8:00 pm in Wolf Law Building's Wittemyer Courtroom. Click here for more info.

Wednesday, Nov. 16: Money Talks: Sino-American Debt Ties as Credible Commitment

a talk by Professor Steve Chan of political science and director of the Farrand Residential Academic Program. 6:30-7:30 pm in the Old Main Chapel. Click here for more info.

Wednesday, Nov. 16: Wednesdays at Somewhere Dinners

sponsored by CU International. 6:30-8:30 pm. Click here for more info.

Friday, Nov. 18: International Coffee Hour

4:00-5:30pm in the UMC Grill, across from Baby Doe's. Click here for more info.

Friday, Nov. 18: Autobiography is Another Story: "Lives' in Hindi

a lecture by Rupert Snell, University of Texas at Austin sponsored by the Center for Asian Studies. 4:00 - 5:00 pm in Hale Science room 230. Click here for more info.

OIE in the
Center for Community

• OIE is very pleased to be part of the new Center for Community building:  http://www.colorado.edu/CenterForCommunity/
• You can find a campus map showing our location here: Center for Community on Campus Map
• If you are interested in contributing to the Building Fund, you may do so here:  Center for Community Building Fund

CU-Boulder's Internationalization Task Force Report Available

CU-Boulder just concluded its participation in the American Council on Education's Internationalization Laboratory.  The Internationalization Laboratory Task Force conducted a review of CU's internationalization goals and strategies and developed recommendations for further growth in this area. 

Further information about the Task Force, its work, and its final report is available here:   

OIE Mission Statement

The mission of the Office of International Education (OIE) is to actively promote international and intercultural understanding and to enrich the academic and cultural environment of CU-Boulder by facilitating the exchange of people and ideas.  OIE brings CU to the world and the world to CU.

OIE Vision Statement

The CU-Boulder community (students, faculty and staff) has a broader world view, has a richer understanding of other cultures, and is more tolerant of differences, as a result of the educational experiences offered by the Office of International Education.

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The Office of International Education (OIE) at the University of Colorado at Boulder provides broad opportunities for international education for students and faculty. The OIE sponsors study abroad programs for undergraduates wishing to spend part of their academic career abroad, serves as host to foreign students and scholars who come to CU-Boulder, and provides advice and assistance to students, faculty, and staff who are interested in an international dimension to their study, teaching, or research.

More than 1,300 international students and nearly 600 visiting international scholars come to CU-Boulder each year. Approximately one-quarter of our bachelor's degree recipients incorporate a study abroad program into the undergraduate degree.  The campus currently sponsors over 200 study abroad programs in more than 60 countries. CU-Boulder is international!

Location:  We are located in the Center for Community. Suite S355.  Click here for map.

Hours:  9:00-5:00, except in the summer when our hours are 9:00-4:30