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About ISSS

Led by Director Elizabeth Leibach, ISSS provides leadership and expertise in the advising and immigration needs of more than 1,600 international students, 325 international faculty and staff, and 250 exchange visitors. ISSS also administers university compliance with evolving federal regulations, supports the university and its medical center by managing global student and scholar interactions, and facilitates the well being of all international students, faculty, staff, and scholars.
Global Initiative: Menore Lake started the online news magazine “World Report”
Few students have the kind of passion for world news that recently-graduated International Studies major MeNore Lake has. Two years ago she sought to fulfill a need at the University of Kentucky through this passion. She wanted to create an online...
UK Welcomes Students From Brazil Scientific Mobility Program
Twenty-five Brazilian students will become Kentucky wildcats in the fall, as part of UK's partnership with the Brazil Scientific Mobility Program (BSMP) and the Institute of International Education (IIE). The BSMP initiative is administered by...
Two UK Graduate Students Selected as Delegates to the Commission on the Status of Women
In a competitive application process, two University of Kentucky graduate students, Ibitola Asaolu and Chioma Okafor, were selected as delegates to the Commission on the Status of Women review meeting held in the United Nations Headquarters in New...
Two University of Kentucky International Students Received the Viji Jeganathan Award
Two University of Kentucky international students have received scholarships awarded by the UK International Center to support their academic pursuits on campus. These students received the Viji Jeganathan Award, a university-funded scholarship...
Amanda Pesqueira was awarded the Alltech National Young Scientist Award
Amanda Pesqueira, a UK graduate student in Animal and Food Sciences from Brazil, was recently awarded the Alltech National Young Scientist Award – the Global Award will be announced later this year. Pesqueira shared her story on the Alltech...
UK, Georgetown College and BCTC Host International Advisers
Educational advisers from 18 countries (e.g., Peru, Kazakhstan, Bosnia, Malawi and Argentina) traveled to Lexington on April 29 to attend a weeklong Training Institute where they learned to navigate the complex process of applying to U.S. colleges...
International Students Graduation Reception
In honor and celebration of your accomplishments, the University of Kentucky Alumni Association, UK International Center, and International Hospitality Program cordially invite you and your family to the International Students Graduation...
President’s Blog: Immigration Reform Reflects the American Dream
Last year, I had the opportunity to travel to China with a delegation from the University of Kentucky to advance several partnerships growing between UK's colleges and departments and universities and industries in a country growing in economic...
ISSS Brown Bag Workshop Series - advising international students
The International Student and Scholars Services (ISSS), in the UK international Center, is offering three Brown Bag Lunch Workshops to help UK’s academic advisors understand the process of working with international undergraduate students. “We...
Asia Center Scholarship Recipient's Kyrgyzstan Experience
After receiving a scholarship from UKIC’s Asia Center, Holsapple spent the summer of 2011 studying at the London School, a language institute in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan’s capital.   “Central Asia always stood out to me as an area fascinating in...