Vicki Cline sends students to far-off, majestic lands. And they call this studying?

Experts within academia and industry suggest that the American university has operated within a regional vacuum of research and teaching for too long. Corporate America has gone multinational and is requiring its research, workforce, and innovation to do the same.

Globalization is common to business. In only the last 10 years, markets have become global. Durable goods, personal mobility, improved healthcare, and high-quality housing are within reach to a larger world population.

Teaching, pushing through to new discoveries, traveling the globe, and advocating for every individual’s rights-whatever his pursuit, passion reigns for Keith Bowman, professor of materials engineering. And it’s infectious.

Globalization is the new world order. We hear it as Americans all the time: to compete professionally, one must have proficient knowledge of overseas culture. But what does this mean for the practicing engineer? How are engineers adapting their careers to fit this new mold of operating in multi-continent corporations?

International students find Purdue to be a welcoming place.