{"id":796057,"date":"2026-05-14T15:06:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T15:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/796057\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T15:06:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T15:06:13","slug":"uc-san-diego-itable-basic-needs-program-wins-international-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/796057\/","title":{"rendered":"UC San Diego iTable Basic Needs Program Wins International Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

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While many international students may be far from home, UC San Diego is making sure that these students aren\u2019t far from help. Earlier this year, the Association of International Education Administrators awarded UC San Diego the 2026 Innovative Excellence in Internationalization Award<\/a> for its iTable Basic Needs Program.<\/p>\n

The iTable Basic Needs Program supports international students facing barriers to food and housing assistance. The program was launched in 2018 by UC San Diego\u2019s International Services and Engagement Office in partnership with The Hub Basic Needs Center, a center that provides resource referrals for basic needs to UC San Diego students.<\/p>\n

Because many international students are ineligible for state assistance programs such as CalFresh<\/a>, iTable provides short-term emergency grocery aid and connects students to essential campus resources, helping them meet basic needs so they can focus on their academic and professional goals.<\/p>\n

The AIEA recognized the iTable Basic Needs Program for providing significant emergency food support to international students, with most participants reporting meaningful improvements in their well-being, focus and academic performance.<\/p>\n

Three students shared with UC San Diego Today how iTable has made a difference in their lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Article Content While many international students may be far from home, UC San Diego is making sure that…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":796058,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5134],"tags":[5229,1582,276,3549,7264,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-796057","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-san-diego","12":"tag-sandiego","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-united-states-of-america","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116573555163529007","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=796057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/796058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=796057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=796057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=796057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}