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| Columns::April 28, 2003 National search yields five finalists for diversity position Ag college will consolidate some research and extension facilities A matter of degrees: More than 5,000 complete requirements for graduation Enjoying the last days of the semester New awards program honors excellence in public management Children’s weight results to be released at BHSI symposium All in agreement Promotions Tenure Members of promotion and tenure review and appeals committees announced Forum essay: Faculty-administration relations Earth Day 2003 Campus News Readers Write UGA tops in international education In response to last week’s Forum on International Education in Columns, please note that: • UGA currently ranks number 12 nationally among research universities in the number of students who study abroad. Last year we ranked 16th. • UGA ranks in the top 5 in the number of students who travel on short-term study abroad. • The university hosts more than 2,000 international students, scholars and visitors annually--all of whose immigration status is assured by the Office of International Education. • Over the past five years, OIE staff have helped faculty start 65 new study-abroad programs. • OIE disburses $100,000 per year to faculty who are starting new study-abroad programs--the single largest line item in the office’s budget. • UGA was among the first universities in the country to become compliant with all aspects of the new Department of Homeland Security’s mandatory SEVIS program. • Ours is the only public research university with three overseas residential sites--Oxford, England; Cortona, Italy; and San Luis, Costa Rica--campuses that are funded by non-state funds. • OIE has been working with the new School for Public and International Affairs on a proposal for a globalization requirement in the UGA curriculum. • UGA’s Study Abroad Fair is the largest in the Southeast. This year, 95 study-abroad exhibitors met with nearly 2,000 UGA students. • With support from OIE, UGA is aggressively raising funds for scholarships for study abroad. • This year, OIE sponsored 40 outreach programs to classes and campus groups. • OIE’s Study Abroad Risk Management Program--designed to assure student safety--is widely viewed as the best and most comprehensive risk management program in the country. To view information about UGA’s successes in international education, please visit www.uga.edu/oie. Mark Lusk Associate Provost for International Affairs |
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