UCLA Dashew Center

"Need some improvements"

"The worst international student service I experienced, for the following reasons: (1) The woman and the man at the front desk were obviously biased against Asian students and towards Latino students: They let three Asian students who came in early AND were enrolled students at UCLA (including summer sessions) wait for more than half an hour while chatting about Brazil and Columbia with a Brazilian student who came in late AND was NOT a student at UCLA but came here on behalf of his girlfriend. Three staffs spent more than forty minutes working with this Brazilian student while all the three Asian students were dismissed in ten minutes, right before they were closed. They gave a warm welcome to Latino students but a cold shoulder to the Asian students who paid a lot for their service. I waited for forty minutes, only to get this one-sentence instruction: “You should email your question to UCLA summer sessions, not us.” More insultingly, despite my graduate degree in English from a top American university, one of the three staffs thought I couldn’t understand his instruction in English and repeated it in Chinese. But he did not repeat his instructions in Portuguese or Spanish to the Latino students he helped; (2) This is only applicable to the international service at UCLA summer sessions, which is affiliated with the international center at UCLA, i.e., the Dashew Center: More outrageously,"

"The Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars at UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) is a resource center that provides services and programs for international students, scholars, and their families. The center aims to promote cross-cultural understanding and communication, and to help international students and scholars integrate into the campus community and adapt to life in the United States. The Dashew Center offers a range of services and programs, including immigration advising, cross-cultural workshops, social events, and language exchange programs. The center also provides resources for international students and scholars to help them adjust to life in the U.S., including information on housing, banking, health insurance, and employment. In addition, the Dashew Center sponsors a number of cultural events throughout the year, including International Education Week, the International Food Festival, and the Global Siblings program, which pairs international students with American students to facilitate cultural exchange and friendship. Overall, the Dashew Center plays an important role in supporting the international community at UCLA and helping to create a welcoming and inclusive campus environment."

"The staff here is super friendly and helpful! The Dashew Center is an amazing resource"

"It is a little out of the way but it is the place to go to for international students if they have questions."