Bringing Global Citizenship to TCU

International Services supports, nurtures, and helps guide students from all over the world, helping to make TCU a global environment where students can come together and learn from one another. The department works to ensure the full engagement of 620 international students and alumni who represent 84 nations around the world from undergraduate to Ph.D. level study.

International Services places its first efforts on student well-being in the classroom and campus community, providing programs, support, and opportunities for U.S. and international students to engage at TCU. Programs like Global Ex, Frogs for Rwanda, and International Orientation are organized around a co-learning model that stresses the two-way nature of educational exchange.

With a nine percent increase in international students coming to TCU, a major role of International Services is to assure accuracy, transparency, and compliance around the complex rules and regulations surrounding immigration law and travel to and from the United States. The department maintains consistent support to international students not only during their time on campus, but up to three years following their graduation from TCU. After graduation, International Services maintains students’ immigration records, works with them to file reports with the government, and supports them when there is a change in immigration status. The team at International Services handles complex regulations and at the same time continues to work to make TCU feel like a second home for students.

At some point culture shock hits, and this is when the international community becomes most pivotal, because you realize you are not alone. Not only do you have peer support, but you also have advisors in International Services that genuinely love and support your endeavors.

Lisa V. Brandreth, Business Information Systems Major from South Africa