Supporting Your Journey
The Office of International Student Affairs (OISA) provides support and guidance on every aspect of international student life at Wesleyan, including navigating cultural, academic, personal, and financial complexities of life in the U.S. This also includes advising students on federal immigration regulations to ensure you have a great experience at Wesleyan.
The Fries Center for Global Studies helps our community engage in local and global multicultural environments. Fostering collaboration among students, faculty, and staff, the Fries Center supports the knowledge, language and intercultural skills, self-awareness, and empathy needed for responsible participation in an increasingly interdependent world.
The African Students' Association (ASA) seeks to encourage the unification of African students and students of African descent in the diaspora. Together, the association shares the cultures and traditions of the African nations and experiences from different walks. It organizes and engages in activities and events that promote and celebrate African culture. ASA also seeks to create awareness of diverse issues affecting the African continent and empower each other to contribute meaningfully to the developments of African nations.
Ubuntu House is one of Wesleyan's program houses that gives students the opportunity to live collectively in a space based on shared cultural interests and identities. Ubuntu is not only a home for those who seek inclusivity and engagement with people and issues from the African continent, but also a symbol that Africa has visible representation within the diverse community of Wesleyan.
The Gordon Career Center will be there to help you translate your Wesleyan education into a lifetime of meaningful work. The Center provides you with the tools you need to map out your future, step by step. This includes internship support, mentoring programs that connect alumni and students, courses and programs to help students develop critical career skills, access to job listings across a wide range of industries, and long-term resources for alumni already well on their way.
Wesleyan African Scholars will find support throughout their journey on campus and beyond, including through:
- Pre-arrival webinars connecting the African Scholars as a cohort and familiarizing them with offices, resources, and affinity groups on campus to help prepare them for Wesleyan.
- A welcome dinner that includes members of the African Students’ Association, and faculty from the African Studies Minor.
- Peer mentorship through a matched upperclass student from Africa.
- Access to a cross-cultural speakers program giving African Scholars the opportunity to share aspects of their home region’s history, geography, cultures, and languages with Wesleyan and Middletown communities.
- Opportunities to connect with alumni from Africa for networking, mentorship, career planning, and professional development,including workshops, information sessions, and alumni panels.
- Opportunity to attend and participate in conferences such as the Yale African Innovation Symposium.
- Sourced opportunities in Africa to intern or work post-grad
- Guaranteed access to a need-based summer experience grant