Global Engagement News

Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of Belgium, Mr. Paul M. Van Halteren, stands behind a podium of speaks to a seated crowd of UIC students.

Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of Belgium Speaks at UIC

On April 11, the Allan Lerner Lecture Series in Foreign Affairs hosted Mr. Paul M. Van Halteren, the Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of Belgium. The lecture series is co-hosted by the OGE – Office…

Six Tutorium in Intensive English instructors pose for a photograph at the Illinois Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages – Bilingual Education 44th annual convention, Feb. 22-23, in Lisle.

Tutorium in Intensive English Instructors Featured by UIC Today

UIC’s digital publication, UIC Today, recently recognized six instructors from OGE’s Tutorium in Intensive English (TIE) for presenting at the Illinois Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages – Bilingual Education 44th…

New UIC Global students holding UIC stuffed toys.

UIC Welcomes International Students to Campus

UIC welcomed over 130 new international students to the campus community in January. The students have come to Chicago from around the world, seeking out UIC to study programs ranging from intensive English…

TIE students and faculty celebrate the end of the fall semester.

Tutorium in Intensive English (TIE) End of Fall Celebration

Students in the TIE Intensive English Program (IEP) celebrated the end of the semester with friends and faculty on November 28. OGE’s Tutorium in Intensive English hosts this event each semester to recognize…

International students hold plates of Thanksgiving food.

7th Annual OIS Thanksgiving Dinner

Over five hundred members of the UIC international community gathered together to celebrate Thanksgiving at the 7th Annual OIS Thanksgiving Dinner on Thursday, Nov. 15. The event is hosted each year by the…