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Four International Students Receive Mestenhauser Award for Excellence in Campus Internationalization
Two students from the Twin Cities campus and two students from the Crookston campus of the University of Minnesota have been awarded the Josef Mestenhauser Student Award for Excellence in Campus Internationalization.
International Students Receive the President's Student Leadership & Service Award
Eight international students have been recognized with the President’s Student Leadership & Service Award.
Takehito Kamata receives CEHD international alumni award
Takehito Kamata, who earned his Ph.D. from UMN in 2018, received the College of Education and Human Development's Distinguished International Alumni Award. He is currently an assistant professor at Sophia University in Japan.
International Students Named Recipients of the Colonial Dames of America Scholarship
Three students from the University of Minnesota have been awarded the Colonial Dames of America Scholarship.
In-person course requirement for F-1 students
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has indicated it plans to return to the usual registration requirements for F-1 students in Fall 2023. This means that there is a limit to how many credits of online courses can count toward your full-time registration each semester.
Humphrey PhD student delves into labor policy questions
What are the licensing requirements for lawyers? For physicians? How do occupational requirements vary from state to state? Should regulators relax or tighten licensing requirements?
Wenchen Wang, a doctoral student at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, is posing – and answering – new questions with broad implications.
Working to defend human rights
Hortense Minishi has always dreamed of making the world a better place. As a lawyer in her native Kenya, she worked to support and resettle asylum seekers, refugees, and migrants in sub-Saharan Africa. She is now completing a Master of Human Rights at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs.
MDP program broadens mind
After graduating from the University of Cairo and spending two years as a data analyst, Dalila Hussein realized the corporate world was not for her. She is now completing the Master of Development Practice program at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs.
Student Leader Spotlight: Shiman Li
Shiman Li is one of our current Culture Corps graduate consultants. She is originally from China and is a 2nd year Ph.D. student who majors in apparel studies at the College of Design.
Student Leader Spotlight: Yueting Zhao
Meet our spotlight leader, Yueting Zhao, one of our Global Gopher Experiences
(GGE) and Culture Corps (CC) leaders who has been working with ISSS for the past 3 years.
