CIS SNAPSHOT

Recently CIS hosted two international student forums, one on OU’s Tulsa campus with around 80 people in attendance, and another on the Norman campus, with around 70 people. Students voiced their opinions and frustrations and asked questions regarding the government’s n...

Taking their OU education thousands of miles from Norman, students from all majors experienced a great fall semester immersing themselves in new cultures, learning new languages and making memories at OU’s three study centers: Arezzo, Italy (OUA); Puebla, Mexico (OUP);...

An Air Force brat with a Bachelor of Arts in International and Area Studies from OU and a Master’s in Public Diplomacy from the University of Southern California, Jennifer Grover grew up on many of the same bases that military students pursuing OU’s Master of Arts in I...

After working for the US Embassy in Dakar, Senegal, Ashley La Rue knew she wanted a career advocating for human rights. Today, her work involves delivering newborn care packages to refugee families at emergency shelters in Vienna, Austria. In the next five years, La Ru...

Friends to International Students (FIS) is the host-family program offered through the College of International Studies. Its purpose is to match first-year degree-seeking exchange students with local “host” families who help the students adjust to life at OU and Norman...