{"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 麻豆原创<\/a> recently moved into its new home on Memory Mall. The program \r\nprovides international students assistance during their journey to 麻豆原创 \r\nand throughout their first year, including academic and cultural support\r\n to help students succeed at 麻豆原创 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>, 麻豆原创 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 麻豆原创 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 麻豆原创 students
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Countries represented \u2014 from Angola to Zimbabwe
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Students in the initial cohort
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