{"id":2962,"date":"2019-01-31T14:47:55","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T19:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=2962"},"modified":"2019-01-31T14:47:55","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T19:47:55","slug":"facebook-live-international-students-need-to-feel-welcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2019\/01\/31\/facebook-live-international-students-need-to-feel-welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook Live: International Students Need to Feel Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-2963\" src=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/FB-Live-lindsay-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/FB-Live-lindsay-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/FB-Live-lindsay-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/FB-Live-lindsay-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>During a Facebook Live broadcast Thursday afternoon, EducationUSA Branch Chief Fred Boll discussed the message he wants the United States to send to students across the globe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe State Department and EducationUSA are focused on sending a clear and positive message to students all around the world that you are welcome in the United States. We want all qualified students to come study in the United States. We have an unparalleled diversity of institutions, opportunities\u2026There are experiences students will have here that they will simply not get anywhere else,\u201d Boll said.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9qEtZYqg5dM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>He stressed that recruiting these students is not a one-size-fits-all approach. But one of the most important things everyone can do is make international students feel welcome.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I always say is what a student gets in the United States is that kind of personal attention and a real investment in themselves. They\u2019re not just numbers. Institutions are focused on their success \u2013 their personal success and their professional success. That is something that is very special,\u201d Boll said. \u201cAnd students around the world, they know that. We know that they want to come to the United States and we are focused on projecting a message of welcome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watch\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NACACnet.org\/videos\/241905646750989\">the full video<\/a>\u00a0and learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/educationusa.state.gov\/us-higher-education-professionals\/recruitment-resources?fbclid=IwAR2uMOUX3COTasi5aqRohXjv1MOEYEGg3-mu0PxzYST9-2a_LSTJZt8lNt0\">EducationUSA\u2019s recruitment resources.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Ashley Dobson is NACAC\u2019s communications manager for content and social media. You can reach her at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:adobson@nacacnet.org\">adobson@nacacnet.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a Facebook Live broadcast Thursday afternoon, EducationUSA Branch Chief Fred Boll discussed the message he wants the United States to send to students across the globe. \u201cThe State Department and EducationUSA are focused on sending a clear and positive message to students all around the world that you are welcome in the United States. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2019\/01\/31\/facebook-live-international-students-need-to-feel-welcome\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Facebook Live: International Students Need to Feel Welcome<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-education"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Ashley Dobson","author_link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/author\/ashley-dobson\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peWmJq-LM","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2962\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}