International Students and Scholars

• Site provides a wealth of information of international students. With information ranging from travelling to Purdue to international student organizations.

Conversation groups list

English Conversation Group
Come on either
Wednesdays or Thursdays:
4:30 - 6:00pm
RAWL 4054 Syllabus for ECG

• CIBER Foreign Language Conversation Groups
  CIBER groups meet at Rawls or Krannert buildings, once school begins.
  
  
• Purdue Village Conversation Groups
  494-0860
  1235 Gates Road
  West Lafayette, IN 47906
  
  Purdue Village offers conversation groups for both students and families.
  The Purdue Village is located ¾ mile down the street from Rawls Hall.
  
  
• International Center
  743-4353
  523 Russell Street
  West Lafayette, Indiana 47906
  (site currently under construction.)
  
  The International Center offers a variety of popular conversation groups.
  The International Center is located 5 blocks from Rawls Hall.
  
  
• University Church
  746-4353
  320 North St.
  West Lafayette, IN 47906
  
  University Church offers several English conversation groups. These are popular groups for international students and families.
  
  University Church is located 2 blocks from Rawls Hall.
  
  
• Morton Community Center
  775-5120
  222 North Chauncey
  West Lafayette, IN 47906
  
  The Morton Community Center provides English and other languageconversation groups, as well as many art, wellness, and other programs.
  
  Morton Center is located 3 blocks from Rawls Hall.
  
  
• Lafayette Adult Resource Academy
  476-2920
  324 South Street
  Lafayette, Indiana 47901
  
  LARA is located approximately 1 ¼ miles from Rawls Hall.
  

Attending a summer educational program in the U.S.

If you plan to enroll in any type of educational program (for example: English as a Second Language) in the United States prior to attending Purdue this coming fall semester, you must inform this office [Krannert]. We will then coordinate with the Office of International Students and Scholars (ISS) so that the proper immigration paperwork (I-20/DS-2019) and advice can be provided for yourself and any of your dependents whom you may be planning to have join you.

If you have no dependents coming with you to the U.S.: You will need to obtain an I-20/DS-2019 issued by the educational institution you will attend prior to Purdue and use it to apply for a US visa.  After arriving in the U.S., you will need to obtain a transfer form from Purdue's ISS office, have it processed by your school's international office, and return it to the Purdue ISS office.   A new, transfer pending I-20/DS-2019 will then be processed for you so that you may come to Purdue in proper non-immigrant status.

If you have dependents coming with you to the U.S.: It would be best for you to have them join you at the educational program you will attend prior to Purdue. They would then be able to transfer with you to Purdue. If they stay overseas with the plan to join you when you come to Purdue, they may face delays as you would need to have a transfer I-20/DS-2019 processed for you by the Purdue ISS office before dependent I-20's/DS-2019's could be issued for them, mailed overseas, and then used to apply for visas.