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The Center for International Education and its new director of study abroad are working to increase awareness and participation of study abroad programs outside Western Europe, by increasing the number of programs for underrepresented majors and identifying new locations for future programs.

Baylor is set to celebrate diversity on campus Monday by participating in International Education Week.

Baylor’s Center for International Education will host events on campus and invites everyone to participate.

The first event will start at 6:30 p.m. Monday in the Mayborn Museum Special Exhibit Room with the Baylor Roundtable International Thanksgiving Dinner for international students, which is the main event of the night. During the day, other events will occur, such as a Baylor in China interest session and Caribbean food will be served at Brooks Dining Hall.

When a man from another country comes to study at Baylor, he does not always come alone. Sometimes he brings his wife and children with him to live in Waco as a family.

Baylor’s six students studying abroad in Japan are safe and expected to remain in the country to complete their studies despite the tragedies that occurred last week, unless the situation changes, according to Katie Erickson, exchange program and study abroad adviser.

Several administrative changes were announced Friday by Dr. Elizabeth Davis, executive vice president and provost, including the appointment of a new vice provost for undergraduate education and a national search for a new director of the Center for International Education.

When you’re at the basketball court’s 3-point line, it doesn’t matter what your first language is or where you were born. There’s one value that spans across foreign waters: the importance of teamwork.