Photo Courtesy of Katia Coquis Lossio Students perform at the 34th annual Night of All Nations in the Joe Crowley Student Union ballrooms at the University of Nevada, Reno, on Nov. 18. Faculty at UNR are looking forward to giving students a more international experience on campus.

Photo Courtesy of Katia Coquis Lossio
Students perform at the 34th annual Night of All Nations in the Joe Crowley Student Union ballrooms at the University of Nevada, Reno, on Nov. 18. Faculty at UNR are looking forward to giving students a more international experience on campus.

The University of Nevada, Reno, plans to be a home to more international students next year. The university will be conducting interviews this week with two recruiting companies, INTO and Navitas, to focus on recruiting more international students to diversify the university campus.

INTO is a United Kingdom-based program that has 24 colleges around the world in study abroad partnerships. They are partners with eight colleges in the United States, including the University of Oregon and Colorado State University. INTO has over 18,000 students studying in 152 countries this year alone.

In his State of the University speech in September, university President Marc Johnson said diversity would be a key focus of faculty this year and in years to come.

“Diversity will receive significant attention this year,” Johnson said. “Over the past several months, our university’s leadership has been actively engaged with our students and student leadership to ensure that our campus remains a safe and welcoming place.”

University Provost Kevin Carman echoed Johnson during a faculty meeting.

“We talk about providing an international experience to our students. We want them to study abroad, but part of that international experience is who they interact with here on campus,” Carman told the faculty.

This year, 3 percent of the students enrolled at UNR are international students, out of the university’s 21,353 total students.

“Diversity will receive significant attention this year,” Johnson said. “Over the past several months, our university’s leadership has been actively engaged with our students and student leadership to ensure that our campus remains a safe and welcoming place.”

University Provost Kevin Carman echoed Johnson during a faculty meeting.

“We talk about providing an international experience to our students. We want them to study abroad, but part of that international experience is who they interact with here on campus,” Carman told the faculty.

This year, 3 percent of the students enrolled at UNR are international students, out of the university’s 21,353 total students.

The faculty plans on using one of the programs to increase the number of international students to around 10 percent, a number Carman said is more on par with the international student populations at other colleges and universities.

The other program to be interviewed on campus this week is Navitas, an Australia-based program with partnerships with five U.S. college campuses including the University of Massachusetts and the University of New Hampshire. Navitas also has partnerships with universities in Australia, Canada, the U.K., Singapore, New Zealand and Sri Lanka.

According to administrators at UNR, the programs represent a way to bring more money to the university through tuition and fees in addition to increasing student diversity.

“These are full-pay, out-of-state students,” Carman said.

In-state students pay around $7,000 per year at UNR in tuition and fees. Out-of-state students pay almost triple what in-state students pay, a little over $21,000. International students would be paying over $21,000 to attend UNR for a year.

Accompanying the program that may be implemented at UNR is an intensive English learning program that is required of international students planning to study at UNR. According to Carman, both companies said they would be responsible for the costs of the training program.

Carman also said the typical graduation rate of students that participate in these international student recruitment programs is 80 to 90 percent, which is a higher graduation rate than the 70 percent graduation rate seen in Nevada high schools.

The two programs will begin their interview process Tuesday, Dec. 6.The University of Nevada, Reno, plans to be a home to more international students next year. The university will be conducting interviews this week with two recruiting companies, INTO and Navitas, to focus on recruiting more international students to diversify the university campus.

INTO is a United Kingdom-based program that has 24 colleges around the world in study abroad partnerships. They are partners with eight colleges in the United States, including the University of Oregon and Colorado State University. INTO has over 18,000 students studying in 152 countries this year alone.

In his State of the University speech in September, university President Marc Johnson said diversity would be a key focus of faculty this year and in years to come.

“Diversity will receive significant attention this year,” Johnson said. “Over the past several months, our university’s leadership to ensure that our campus remains a safe and welcoming place.”

University Provost Kevin Carman echoed Johnson during a faculty meeting.

“We talk about providing an international experience to our students. We want them to study abroad, but part of that international experience is who they interact with here on campus,” Carman told the faculty.

This year, 3 percent of the students enrolled at UNR are international students, out of the university’s 21,353 total students.

The faculty plans on using one of the programs to increase the number of international students to around 10 percent, a number Carman said is on par with the international student populations at other colleges and universities.

The other program is Navitas, an Australia-based program with partnerships with five U.S. college campuses including the University of Massachusetts and the University of New Hampshire. Navitas also has partnerships with universities in Australia, Canada, the U.K., Singapore, New Zealand and Sri Lanka.

According to administrators at UNR, the programs represent a way to bring more money to the university through tuition and fees in addition to increasing student diversity.

“These are full-pay, out-of-state students,” Carman said.

In-state students pay around $7,000 per year at UNR in tuition and fees. Out-of-state students pay almost triple, a little over $21,000. International students would be paying over $21,000 to attend UNR for a year.

Accompanying the programs that may be implemented at UNR is an intensive English learning program that is required of international students planning to study at UNR. According to Carman, both companies said they would be responsible for the costs of the training program.

Carman also said the typical graduation rate of students that participate in these international student recruitment programs is 80 to 90 percent, much a higher rate than the 70 percent graduation rate seen in Nevada high schools.

The two programs will begin their interview process Tuesday, Dec. 6.