For International Students

It is vital that Virginia Western nurtures and facilitates in students a broad working appreciation of the comprehensive and global value of their college education. The job market today requires students to have a worldwide cultural competency to adequately and effectively prepare for the future. The explosion of the Internet, worldwide markets, and global interdependence pinpoint the need to address this international focus for our students. To this end, Virginia Western seeks to foster international growth and cultural proficiency for our students, faculty, and staff. The following list of International Education measures are only examples intended to provide the platform for understanding how students and faculty obtain accessible, affordable, viable, and experiential international educational opportunities.

International Education activities include:

• International student admissions - I-20's issued for F-1 student visas
• Student study abroad programs
• Faculty exchanges
• Short term travel opportunities and trips abroad for faculty and students
• Fulbright exchange programs
• VaCIE-VCCS Exchange program
• Internationalization of courses and curricula
• Visiting professors
• Partnerships with community international programs, foundations, and colleges
• Joint ventures with churches, sister city programs, and other civic groups
• On and off campus student events and cultural activities in the community
• International professional development funds
• Speakers
• Volunteer programs