{"id":9997,"date":"2016-10-26T02:19:18","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T02:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/pegasus\/?p=9997&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
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\n\t\tA new building on Memory Mall puts international students front and center.

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Global Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½<\/a> recently moved into its new home on Memory Mall. The program \r\nprovides international students assistance during their journey to Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ \r\nand throughout their first year, including academic and cultural support\r\n to help students succeed at Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ and transition to life in the U.S. The \r\n54,000-square-foot building is also home to the English Language \r\nInstitute<\/a>, Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ Abroad<\/a>, and 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.
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\u201cBeing a student is hard enough, but being an international student \r\nis even harder. \u2026 Global Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ was there to support me every step of the \r\nway.\u201d<\/em>

\u2014 \u0007Aninze Bernard Ozougwu, a sophomore from Nigeria
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Total Global Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ students
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Countries represented \u2014 from Angola to Zimbabwe
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Average age
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Students in the initial cohort
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Average GPA

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