UB putting greater focus on improving the experience for international students

UB is moving to accelerate and strengthen engagement between new and returning international students and domestic students, campus life, and academic and non-academic programs.   

The university is focusing on bringing international students more rapidly into classrooms and student life; developing leadership roles for domestic and international students; and bridging cultural differences more effectively and breaking down stereotypes, to help students from both groups better understand each other.

The actions are among more than 50 recommendations contained in the 159-page report of a two-year-long study by a task force of faculty and administrators, delivered to Provost Charles F. Zukoski, which looked at more fully integrating international students into campus and classroom life.