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The Office of Student Affairs is committed to being an active resource to HGSE’s vibrant community of international students and their families. We provide programming, resources and support throughout the academic year.

Adopted in 2006, the OECD and UIS convention defines “international student” when referring to students crossing borders for the specific purpose of studying. Students who refer to themselves as “Third Culture,” often identify as international students. A third culture student is a person who grew up in one or more countries outside their passport country, and having been raised in a foreign culture, created a third culture, a mixture of the two.

The Office of Student Affairs collaborates with students, scholars, and other offices throughout Harvard University to enhance the international character of our school, and to help our students build connections and share their values and stories across the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the larger Harvard community. We want to ensure that you will always feel comfortable here and call HGSE’s Office of Student Affairs your home away from home.



 

##  More Information for International Students 

 



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###    International Students Onboarding Site  expand\_more  

 

The International Students Onboarding Canvas site is designed to help residential international students prepare for and navigate life at HGSE. It provides key information on topics such as visas, employment, travel logistics, community resources, and more! Students retain access to this module, as well as the full onboarding site, for the duration of their studies. (HUID required to access the site.)



 

 



 [ Visit the Onboarding Site arrow\_circle\_right ](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/152785/pages/international-students-overview-and-welcome-from-osa) 

 

 

 

 

 

 



###    HGSE Liaison in the Harvard International Office  expand\_more  

 

The HIO is part of the University’s Central Administration and offers services to international students and scholars at Harvard College, the graduate and professional schools, as well as the numerous research centers and affiliated teaching hospitals, to minimize the difficulties that students may experience both upon arrival and later during their stay at Harvard.

 

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  [### Ashlee Anton

 ](mailto:ashlee_anton@harvard.edu) [ashlee\_anton@harvard.edu](mailto:ashlee_anton@harvard.edu)Advisor to International Student and Scholars

 

 

 

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###    International Student Support Staff at HGSE  expand\_more  

 

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  [### Andrea Le

 ](/people/andrea-le) [andrea\_le@gse.harvard.edu](mailto:andrea_le@gse.harvard.edu)Associate Director for Community Building & International Student Support

Title IX Resource Coordinator for Students

 

 

 

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