The OIP seeks to foster the international vision of the College as well as support and administer a wide range of international opportunities for students. Outside of these divisions, staff members in the OIP are trained to assist VWC community members with international travel, national and international scholarship applications including Fulbright and Rotary, as well as host any international special guests on campus throughout the year.
Many people take part in the planning for International Week.
Foreign students and those who have or will study abroad are usually involved in the planning, and in the forefront are those faculty and staff members who work in some way to promote internationalization on campus. Foreign Language Professors and Political Science. International Studies Professors play a major role in the start and finish of such a grande seven days on campus. At VWC, International Week falls in the Spring and has been running for over a decade. More recently, National International Education Week, following ex-President Clinton's mandate for International Education to be recognized and celebrated in schools across the nation, was adopted by the Office of International and Intercultural Programs this past November.