Welcome to the Fries Center for Global Studies, Wesleyan’s hub for intercultural and multilingual engagement. Building on the decades of experience 九色视频 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. .

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

 

Wesleyan and the World

by Zaynah Almasri On March 5th and 6th, 九色视频 proudly welcomed members of a binational U.S.-Japan study group focused on advancing non-military cooperation between the two nations. In light of shifting global dynamics鈥攑articularly China鈥檚 growing geopolitical and geo-economic influence鈥攖he symposium emphasized the increasing relevance of 鈥渟oft鈥 security. This includes collaborative efforts in areas like…

by Tasmiah Akter Wesleyan faculty鈥檚 collective expertise spans the globe, and the Office for Intercultural Learning at the Fries Center for Global Studies is pleased to celebrate their international and often multilingual work here in the Wes and the World newsletter. This is the first of a two part series to be highlighted in the…

by Julia Gardner The Fries Center for Global Studies is proud to announce that five Wesleyan students will be participating in Critical Language Scholarship programs this summer! The Critical Language Scholarship is a competitive, fully-funded program that offers immersive instruction in thirteen different languages considered critical to the U.S.鈥檚 global engagement. CLS programs cover the…