{"id":9997,"date":"2016-10-26T02:19:18","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T02:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/pegasus\/?p=9997&#038;post_type=story"},"modified":"2020-07-01T13:12:57","modified_gmt":"2020-07-01T13:12:57","slug":"international-studies","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/pegasus\/international-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Room with a Worldview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<section id=\"photo-essay-top\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container mt-4\">\n\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"mb-2 mb-lg-3\">Room with a Worldview<\/h1>\n\t<p class=\"lead\">\n\t\tA new building on Memory Mall puts international students front and center.<br><br>Fall 2016\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\t<section class=\"photo-essay-contents mb-4 mb-lg-5\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-10 col-md-10\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"photo-essay-item photo-essay-item-landscape \" id=\"photo-president-hitt-cuts-ribbon-at-ribbon-cutting-ceremony\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"img-col col-lg-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo-essay-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/2016\/10\/Global-UCF-1.jpg\" alt=\"President Hitt cuts ribbon at ribbon cutting ceremony\" title=\"President Hitt cuts ribbon at ribbon cutting ceremony\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"carat\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-col col-lg-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"photo-essay-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalucf.com\/\">Global UCF<\/a> recently moved into its new home on Memory Mall. The program \r\nprovides international students assistance during their journey to UCF \r\nand throughout their first year, including academic and cultural support\r\n to help students succeed at UCF and transition to life in the U.S. The \r\n54,000-square-foot building is also home to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.international.ucf.edu\/english-language-institute\/\">English Language \r\nInstitute<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/studyabroad.ucf.edu\/\">UCF Abroad<\/a>, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.international.ucf.edu\/\">International Affairs and Global Strategies<\/a>, \r\nand features 22 classrooms, a meditation room, collaborative technology lab and a testing site for TOEFL and the GRE.<br><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<figure class=\"photo-essay-item photo-essay-item-landscape alternate\" id=\"photo-global-ucf-building\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"img-col col-lg-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo-essay-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/2016\/10\/Global-UCF-2.jpg\" alt=\"Global UCF building\" title=\"Global UCF building\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"carat\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-col col-lg-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"photo-essay-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<em>\u201cBeing a student is hard enough, but being an international student \r\nis even harder. \u2026 Global UCF was there to support me every step of the \r\nway.\u201d<\/em><br><br>\u2014 \u0007Aninze Bernard Ozougwu, a sophomore from Nigeria<br>\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<figure class=\"photo-essay-item photo-essay-item-landscape \" id=\"photo-professor-talks-with-student\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"img-col col-lg-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo-essay-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/2016\/10\/Global-UCF-3.jpg\" alt=\"Professor talks with student\" title=\"Professor talks with student\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"carat\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-col col-lg-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"photo-essay-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong>386<\/strong><br>Total Global UCF students<br><strong>35<\/strong><br>Countries represented \u2014 from Angola to Zimbabwe<br><strong>19<\/strong><br>Average age<br><strong>5<\/strong><br>Students in the initial cohort<br><strong>3.31<\/strong><br>Average GPA<br><br>\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<figure class=\"photo-essay-item photo-essay-item-landscape alternate\" id=\"photo-presenter-talks-in-front-of-classroom\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"img-col col-lg-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo-essay-img\" 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