Penn State Harrisburg Global's International Students Services is dedicated to meeting the unique needs of students from other countries and cultures, fostering diversity, and promoting the open-mindedness of all.
In addition to supporting international students, we strive to internationalize the Harrisburg campus itself, cultivating intercultural dialogue, sensitivity, and competence. Our goal: to create a vibrant academic community where everyone can draw upon a sense of belonging in the pursuit of excellence.
We are student affairs professionals, global travelers, and intercultural experts, and are dedicated to facilitating the personal discoveries and cultural explorations of students.
We help meet the needs of international students including:
- the need for a rich social life to balance academic rigor
- the need to express stories and experiences from “home”
- the need to be appreciated for the cultures students identify with and represent
- the need to explore American/Pennsylvanian societies and cultures
We empower students, reducing anxieties associated with:
- maintaining immigration status
- managing bureaucratic responsibilities
- adjusting to teaching and learning in the US
- seeking academic success
- the effects of homesickness and “culture shock”
All programming and services provided through International Student Services seek to reimagine community. Once on campus, students are welcomed into a large and ever expanding ‘global village’, comprised of international students from over 50 countries. By interweaving global and local perspectives, and by internationalizing the experiences of everyone, we not only expand how students, staff, and faculty approach cultural differences, but deepen our commitments to one another as well.
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