Center for Global & International Studies

 

Campus Resources

 

International Programs

The office of International Programs (IP) serves as a conduit and catalyst for achieving the University's international mission. In an interdependent world, KU students, faculty, staff, and administrators must be responsible global citizens. OIP facilitates the complex task of preparing individuals within and outside KU to live, learn, and work in a global society. For more information about the programs, resources, and opportunities available to faculty, students, and staff through International Programs, see: http://www.international.ku.edu

GAP

The Global Awareness Program (GAP) is a KU initiative that recognizes the international experiences of undergraduates. Students can receive transcript certification for activities including study abroad, classes with an international focus, foreign language study, and international co-curricular activities. To find out more, including how to register for GAP, go to: http://www.international.ku.edu/~oip/gap/

Global Partners

Global Partners offers a unique opportunity for students, staff, and scholars, both domestic and international, to share in a cultural exchange with a partner that has similar interests. Each international student will be matched with a domestic participant according to language, geographical interest, major, hobbies, and gender. They will meet at their leisure throughout the semester and engage in activities that interest them.

In addition to the individual dynamic of the program, GP sponsors a number of large group activities that allow students to interact with others who share the same passion for internationalism. These events include community service, academic development, and entertainment.

To find out more, including how to become involved in Global Partners, go to: http://www.oip.ku.edu/~oip/Global%20Partners/

Honors

The University Honors Program provides enriched educational opportunities to academically talented, promising, and motivated undergraduate students at KU. These opportunities include priority enrollment, honors courses with top faculty members, and special programming, which include courses and programs of interest to students working on international topics. The Honors Program also provides personalized academic advising and help navigating the university, facilitating research, and identifying resource and scholarship opportunities. For more information, please go to: http://www.honors.ku.edu/

Ermal Garinger Academic Resource Center

The Ermal Garinger Academic Resource Center is an academic unit within the Humanities division of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. Its mission is to promote the learning and teaching of languages, cultures and humanities at the University of Kansas through the use of technology and other instructional media. In addition to housing a collection of approximately 15,000 audio and video items in over 60 languages, the Center contains three computer labs, a media-enhanced conference room, a soundproofed recording studio and a viewing/study area for small groups. It provides instructors with access to and training in new instructional technologies and support grant and research projects focusing on languages, cultures and the role of technology in the classroom. For more information, please go to: http://egarc.ku.edu/

Study Abroad

For more than half a century, the University of Kansas has promoted international exchange as a vital part of a college education. KU has been a national leader in providing low-cost, high-quality study abroad programs; the University offers semester, academic year, summer, winter break and spring break programs in over 60 countries around the world. These programs vary in structure from exchanges and individually arranged programs to group programs led by KU faculty members.

Study abroad is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity whose benefits go far beyond academic learning. Students in study abroad programs develop skills in intercultural communication and problem-solving that are applicable to everyday life anywhere. Students learn to become independent and to take initiative. Students often gain self-confidence, flexibility, perseverance, and appreciation of diversity. An international experience strengthens career opportunities and increases awareness of the interconnected nature of the world. The global character of the economy has prompted more students to learn about cross-cultural linkages first-hand.

For much more information about study abroad opportunities at KU, see: http://www.studyabroad.ku.edu/

Student Scholarships, Exchanges and Internships

The University of Kansas provides a variety of opportunities for students interested in international student exchanges and internships. In many cases, are also scholarships available to academically qualified students interested in programs abroad. These include Fulbright, Boren, Rhodes-Marshall, Truman, and many other scholarships, fellowships, and bursaries. Some of these scholarship opportunities are administered by individual departments, others by units such as International Programs or the University Honors Program. Students interested in such opportunities should explore their options early and often.

Phi Beta Delta

Founded at California State University, Long Beach in 1986, Phi Beta Delta was established as a national organization in 1987 with 38 charter chapters. It is the first national honor society dedicated to recognizing scholarly achievement in international education. Phi Beta Delta's goals are:

  • to recognize the scholarly achievement of international students and scholars, U.S. students who have studied abroad, and staff who are involved in international activities;
  • to serve as a vehicle for the development of academic-based international programming;
  • to provide a network on each campus of faculty, staff and students involved in international endeavors; and
  • to extend this network to thousands of members in chapters across the United States and other countries.
 

For more information about Phi Beta Delta, please go to: http://www.oip.ku.edu/~oip/pbd/