{"id":6,"date":"2015-11-10T08:58:52","date_gmt":"2015-11-10T16:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/mayflower-template-full\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2026-03-24T08:16:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T15:16:52","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/globalinitiatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Welcome to Global Initiatives J-1 Exchange Programs:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The J-1 Exchange Program, run by the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/j1visa.state.gov\/\">U.S. Department of State<\/a>, promotes cultural and educational exchange. Bellevue College is an official sponsor and supports these categories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/globalinitiatives\/j-1-exchange-programs\/students\/\">J-1 Exchange Students<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/globalinitiatives\/j-1-exchange-programs\/scholars\/\">J-1 Exchange Visiting Scholars<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Professor, Research Scholar, Short-term Scholar, &amp; Specialist<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/globalinitiatives\/j-1-exchange-programs\/pre-arrival\/\">J-1 Exchange Pre-Arrival &amp; Orientation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/globalinitiatives\/j-1-exchange-programs\/payment\/\">eShipGlobal Payment (for Express Mail Requests)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/globalinitiatives\/j-1-stories\/\">Scholar Stories<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Halimi, former Director of Global Initiatives, once said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Global Initiatives department&#8217;s role is to become a powerful catalyst in campus wide comprehensive internationalization efforts. Global Initiatives works on instilling a global perspective in our students by exposing them to other countries, cultures and languages; it creates avenues and crafts opportunities for international faculty and staff development and internationalization of curriculum; and fosters partnership building with institutions of higher education around the world.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>These initiatives reflect the awareness that internationalization has to become more inclusive by focusing on both mobility and curriculum. As a vibrant, essential unit in the College, we actively engage locally and globally by providing service and opportunities for student, faculty and staff.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I also invite you to read a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/2017\/08\/GI-PPT-Retreat-Chart.pdf\">summary of Global Initiative&#8217;s Strategic Plan<\/a><\/em><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Global Initiatives J-1 Exchange Programs: The J-1 Exchange Program, run by the&nbsp;U.S. Department of State, promotes cultural and educational exchange. Bellevue College is an official sponsor and supports these categories: J-1 Exchange Students J-1 Exchange Visiting Scholars Professor, Research Scholar, Short-term Scholar, &amp; Specialist J-1 Exchange Pre-Arrival &amp; Orientation eShipGlobal Payment (for Express <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/globalinitiatives\/\">...more about Home<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-6","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/globalinitiatives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/globalinitiatives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/globalinitiatives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/globalinitiatives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/globalinitiatives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/globalinitiatives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3252,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/globalinitiatives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions\/3252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/globalinitiatives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}