Indiana University welcomes students from all over the world who have been displaced from their home country. We understand displaced persons may need extra support through the application process and beyond at IU.
Whether you're in the U.S. as an asylee, refugee, a newly naturalized citizen who came to the U.S. as a child, or even those outside the U.S. that have been displaced, we're here to help with your questions.
Description of the video:
Hello. My name is Randy Schrader. I'm a senior director at the Office of International Services at Indiana University, and I'm so happy to welcome you to IU. Congratulations on your admission. We have a lot of resources available to you because we know that this education system may be a little bit different, or it may be a while since you've been in school, or you just need some extra resources. The first is a website. Where we have listed all the different services offices that may help you with things like putting together a budget or getting some extra academic help or putting together your schedule or getting some services from the Health center. These are all people that have volunteered to work specifically with students that are in your situation. They're displaced for some reason or another and may have had an interruption in their education. So they are ready willing and able to help you with any of your needs. We also have what's called a Canvas site, which is an online education program where you can learn about things that I in different modules. So it's like each one's like a lesson. This is a system that is used throughout your undergraduate education. Professors will reference it. And so it's good to go ahead and learn how to navigate this system. But then you can do modules like how to get here from the airport or how to navigate the classroom. How to get around campus and things like that. So you can do those sessions now. You can refer to them later. You can take notes, you can develop questions based on what you learned in those sessions, but it will always be there as a reference for you. The key to being successful at IU is to not be shy about asking questions or letting us know when you have problems. We're all here to help you get a degree from Indiana University. Speaking of degrees, we have a recent alum here that comes from a similar situation, perhaps that you've been in, and she would like to share with you other resources on campus and around town that you can take advantage of. Hello. My name is Mina Shafai, and I am a recent alumni from Kellya School of Business, and I'm happy to welcome you to the campus. It's a beautiful campus, and I'm we are always here to help you out in any questions and inquiries you may have about anything in the campus. OIS is always here to help you. And the students itself, also, they are always welcome and happy and willing to help you if you ask them questions. So I'm going to start from the resources that we may find in campus in the residential areas. Once you come here and you may find any questions regarding your residential areas, you will have your RA or resident assistant and you can directly ask any questions you have from them and they're always willing to help you. Another thing about the campus is that we have communities and groups, cultural communities, faith communities, that if you are willing to join the communities, you're always welcome to join and they have different activities and different sort of helps that they are always willing to provide. And about the I would say it's pretty beautiful and easy to reach anywhere by bike or by bus. We have different beautiful parks and lakes that you can have fun going there. And then about shopping and food, I really I'm really happy to share that Bloomington has a lot of varieties of different international foods, which makes it very beautiful, and you can always have different and international food that you crave for. Overall, Bloomington has been really good experience for me, and I really loved my time here. It's really beautiful. So, that's what it's like on campus and around town, and we are so very glad that you're here. We want to really emphasize that we're here to help you. Congratulations, see you around.IU has designated a special team of professionals from across the university to provide a welcoming environment and comprehensive student services. We can assist you from before you start an application all the way through graduation if needed.
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