This month, ISSS’s Sponsored Student Services team will welcome 14 new students from Saudi Arabia to participate in one of our Foundation Year Programs. These bright young men will spend a year at UT preparing for admission to a major U.S. university engineering program. They are recipients of the SABIC… read more
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Student Spotlight: SABIC Students Serve Austin Community
Fall 2013 proved to be a semester of service for SABIC Foundation Year students. After completing a volunteerism workshop, students participated in three programs throughout Austin. In partnership with Keep Austin Beautiful, SABIC students spent one Saturday morning cleaning up the Johnson Creek trail near Lady Bird Lake. After two hours of… read more
Students Celebrate Eid al Adha with Food, Music and Dancing
Each year, Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al Adha, the Festival of the Sacrifice, to honor the prophet Ibrahim and his obedience to Allah. On Tuesday, October 15, Saudi Arabian students from the KAUST Foundation Year Program and SABIC Foundation Year Program collaborated to host a celebration in honor… read more
SABIC Students Graduate from Foundation Year Program
Every year UT Austin hosts 15-20 Saudi Arabian students sponsored by SABIC for a customized Foundation Year program. The program consists of 18 months of intensive English and rigorous academic work to prepare the students for their undergraduate studies at various institutions across the U.S. On April 30th the students… read more
UT Austin Sponsored Student Team Travels to Saudi Arabia
April was an exciting month for the International Office’s Sponsored Student team. Liz Smith, Coordinator of Sponsored Students, Matt Jones, SABIC Foundation Year Program Coordinator, and Monica Malhotra, Senior International Student Coordinator for ESL Services, represented the University of Texas at Austin at the International Exhibition and Conference on Higher… read more