{"id":53,"date":"2022-03-28T12:53:32","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T17:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/cie\/?page_id=53"},"modified":"2026-03-13T09:28:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T14:28:41","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/cie\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"uwm-u-py-80\"><div class=\"uwm-l-container--base uwm-l-container--overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\"><header class=\"page-header\"><h1 class=\"entry-title heading-separator\">About<\/h1><\/header>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading default\" id=\"h-mission\">Mission<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lead-in\">The Center for International Education (CIE) provides innovative ways for students, faculty, staff and members of the wider community to live, study and work in our interconnected world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col uwm-l-col--4 uwm-l-offset--1\"><div class=\"content_block\" id=\"custom_post_widget-2698\"><nav aria-label=\"Sidebar\" class=\"uwm-p-navigation-list uwm-p-navigation-list--gold-border \"><div class=\"uwm-p-navigation-list--title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/cie\/about\/\">About<\/a><\/div><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/cie\/request-information\/\">Request Information<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/cie\/about\/international-student-data\/\">International Student Data<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/cie\/directory\">Staff Directory<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/cie\/services\/students\/opportunities\/\">Get Involved<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/cie\/about\/travel-services\/\">Travel Services<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/cie\/category\/news\">News &amp; Stories<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/cie\/events\/\">Events<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/cie\/about\/contact\/\">Contact<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/cie\/intranet\/\">For Faculty &amp; Staff<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"uwm-bg-gray uwm-u-py-80\"><div class=\"uwm-l-container--base uwm-l-container--overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row uwm-l-row--3\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-vision\">Vision<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Influence people\u2019s lives beyond the boundaries of the classroom, in Wisconsin and throughout the world.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stimulate society by developing in students a sense of purpose as well as heightened intellectual, cultural and humane sensitivities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Foster diversity in all of its definitions, including who we are, how we think, and what we do.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter uwm-c-img--center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/cie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/600\/2022\/05\/About.jpg\" alt=\"Two smiling female students sitting in front of water\" class=\"wp-image-2544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/cie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/600\/2022\/05\/About.jpg 400w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/cie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/600\/2022\/05\/About-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"uwm-u-py-80\"><div class=\"uwm-l-container--base uwm-l-container--overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-in-pursuit-of-its-mission-cie-engages-in-the-following-activities\">In pursuit of its mission, CIE engages in the following activities:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Recruit, admit, retain and graduate international students<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provide a diverse portfolio of high-quality, safe and affordable international academic opportunities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Facilitate a strategic array of international institutional partnerships<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provide services to employ and retain highly qualified foreign national faculty and researchers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support faculty and staff engagement in a culture of campus internationalization<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"has-alpha-channel-opacity uwm-c-hr--thick uwm-u-my-0\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1287,"featured_media":2342,"parent":0,"menu_order":55,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"class_list":["post-53","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Center for International Education<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn about CIE at 51ÁÔÆæ and how we help students, faculty, staff &amp; 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