Students of Color Community Coffee Hour
Education Abroad is hosting the Community Coffee Hour event series to create a more inclusive space for students to build community around study abroad planning and experiences.
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International Students in Your Course: Supporting Academic Belonging
International students bring valuable knowledge, skills, and perspectives to UMD. How can we, as instructors, ensure these students feel integral to our academic community?
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USCIS Announces Inflation Adjustment to Premium Processing Fees
Considering filing for premium processing for an OPT application? U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced a final rule that will increase the filing fee for Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing, to adjust for inflation. The fee change will go into effect on Feb. 26, 2024.
2023 Immigration News and Updates Archive
The latest news and alerts that may impact the immigration status or travel of international students.
USCIS to Increase Government Filing Fees
US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that they will increase the government filing fees of the following government forms and petitions (see chart below).
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Shifting Expectations of Equity and Inclusion in Education from an International Perspective
The University of Maryland, College of Education’s Benjamin Professorship on International Education presents a webinar on Visions of Black Liberation.
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UMD Named Top-Producing Institution for Fulbright U.S. Scholars
On February 13, the U.S. Department of State announced that the University of Maryland (UMD) was named a 2023-2024 top-producing institution for the Fulbright U.S. Scholar program.
Fearless Fulbrights: Dr. Kamal Khan
Visiting Fulbright scholar Dr. Kamal Khan shares his work as a distinguished Teaching English as a Second Language Scholar (TESOL), currently focusing on the English language within educational policy in multilingual Pakistan.