Historical Photos

Student holding a spoonful of rice as another student looks on
Dentistry students in white uniforms with patients
Three students sit on the lawn in front of the columns of Burton Hall
1914: The University of Minnesota soccer team, including Chinese students Pan Wen Ping, Pan Wen Huen, and Kwong Yih Kum (Harding)
1932: Three students from the Philippines: Ambrosio Valdez (right), Jose P. Carpio (left), and Simplici D. Carpio (standing)
1935: Dentistry students complete advanced training at the University of Minnesota
1937: Chinese students
1944: Latin American students
1945: Chinese graduate students
1948: International students observe Eid and make pulao, Indian steamed rice
September 19, 1949 during freshman week. Graduate students Otto Klaushofer, Austria (left), Marie Drouet, France (middle), and Daniel U. Bethencourt, Cuba (right)
1950: A student coaches others on how to use chopsticks
1952: F. John Lewis, the surgeon who performed the first successful open heart operation, with student Maung Kyaw Than
1956: Athelstan Frederick Spilhaus, a geophysicist and oceanographer, presents a certificate to a Korean student
1958: Katharine J. Densford, director of the University of Minnesota School of Nursing from 1930 to 1959, with a Korean student
1958: Students in a School of Public Health lab
1959: Advisor Josef Mestenhauser with three international students
1961: Paul Firmino (left), a graduate student in geography from North Rhodesia, and Ghulam Mohammed (right), a graduate student in political science from Pakistan
1961: Three international students walk across a small bridge
Undated: Students bowling
Undated: Students pose in floral attire and leis
1961: Ali Bar Zeqar, a senior from Iran majoring in political science; Joqindar Singh Uppal, a graduate student in economics from India; and Luz Maria Rodriguez, a senior from Venezuela majoring in sociology
1966: Abul Hasan Hasir, a graduate student in geography from India, and Avtar Chand Verma, a graduate student in mechanical engineering from India
1966: Deiter Schmidt, a graduate student in mathematics from West Germany, talking to Sara Turngren, a senior affiliated with Education USA
1966: Kanwal Nain Singh, a graduate student in mechanical engineering from India, talks to E. Thomas Dowd of the Student Activities Bureau
1994: Students at Small World Coffee Hour, an International Student and Scholar Services program for students to learn about different cultures and make new friends
1998: International students go shopping for winter coats
Undated: International students enjoy a traditional Thanksgiving dinner
Undated: International students attending Small World Coffee Hour pose with Goldy Gopher
2003: The International Student and Scholar Services graduation reception
2016: New international students experience all the University has to offer, including rock climbing at RecWell, during Global Gopher Events
2022: Students at Global Tea Time, a space for early-arriving international students to make friends before most students move onto campus for the fall semester