Welcome to the Fries Center for Global Studies, Wesleyan’s hub for intercultural and multilingual engagement. Building on the decades of experience at Wesleyan with education abroad, international studies, and language education, the Fries Center was founded in 2015. In 2022, President Michael Roth issued a Presidential Statement on Internationalization that makes explicit what we mean by “internationalization” and sets forth a range of goals for the next five years. The Fries Center’s many inter-related functions and activities can be accessed via our main menu. We also maintain an active blog featuring activities and opportunities (see below) and send out a newsletter every other week with highlights from the blog. Subscribe to the Wes and the World Newsletter here.

The Fries Center tracks and publicizes international events on campus. To submit an event, use the form here. Upcoming events include:

 

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Call for Applications: Study Abroad in Scotland

The Saint Andrew’s Society of New York is seeking nominations for their scholarship for graduate studies in Scotland. To be eligible to apply, a Wesleyan student must be: (1) a senior, graduating in May 2026, (2) a US citizen, (3) of “some Scottish descent.” Selection criteria include: academic achievement, extracurricular activities, financial need, and clarity…

Anecdote From Abroad

I am studying abroad in Iceland and have somehow managed to set the regional record for most hot dogs consumed in one sitting (22) in the town of Siglufjörður – Jacob Weinsheimer ’27 If you’re currently studying abroad and interested in submitting an anecdote to the newsletter—be it an amusing story, something you’re proud of,…

My CLS Story: Critical Language and Intercultural Learning in Oman

by Diana Tran While returning from my Arabic literature class at Mohamed V University in Rabat, I received an email from American Councils, informing me that I’d been promoted from alternate to finalist for the Critical Language Scholarship program.  I first learned about the Critical Language Scholarship around this time last year. I was preparing…
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