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Photo Submitted The Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences recently announced the creation of a new office to further support and enhance student success in the college: the Office of Undergraduate Excellence and Global Engagement. The new office will help bolster excellence across the undergraduate academic experience for Fulbright College students by including and encouraging a focus on study abroad, on-campus global engagement, undergraduate research and general education, while also encompassing the existing high-caliber work of the accomplished Fulbright College Honors Program. Kathryn Sloan, interim dean of Fulbright College, announced the new office alongside…
15 Last Updated on November 20, 2023 by AIFS Abroad “Money can’t buy happiness,” the line goes. Of course, when the rent’s due, it’s easy to forget this. But a 20-year study by Cornell University professor Dr. Thomas Gilovich is here to remind us that investing in experiences — like studying or interning abroad, for example — over things is how to achieve happiness. Here’s why a Cornell University professor says experiences buy you happiness, not things: 1. Adaptation isn’t happiness As Dr. Gilovich put it, “One of the enemies of happiness is adaptation. We buy things to make us…
When asylum seekers come to the United States, they want to work—but an outdated immigration statute is making that more difficult than it needs to be. After filing an asylum application, asylum seekers must wait an agonizing six months before they can receive a work permit. This makes their already vulnerable position even worse and prevents them from providing for themselves or their family. In an effort to bring attention to this problem, the American Immigration Council released a letter on November 16 with more than 100 chambers of commerce, businesses, and trade associations across the country calling on Congress…
ALTOONA, Pa. — Penn State Altoona’s Office of Development and Alumni Relations recently announced the 2023 recipients of the college’s alumni awards. Award Recipients C. David Kimmel (right) is presented with the Distinguished Service Award by Penn State Altoona Chancellor and Dean Ron Darbeau. Credit: Penn State Expand Penn State Altoona Distinguished Service Award: C. David Kimmel C. David Kimmel’s dedicated service to Penn State Altoona spans decades. The countless hours Mr. Kimmel has spent volunteering at alumni society events—including the Athletic Hall of Fame and concession services at the Adler Athletic Complex—are nothing short of amazing. The Penn State Altoona…
Undergraduate student Carolina Pinckney holds a Georgia flag in the courtyard of the Bodelian Library in Oxford, U.K. (Photo by Andrew Davis Tucker/UGA) The 2023 Open Doors report ranked UGA No. 6 overall in student study abroad participation and No. 3 for short-term study abroad program participation among doctoral institutions in the U.S. This report, compiled by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, and the Institute of International Education, details study abroad data for 2021-2022, the first full post-pandemic academic year. According to the Open Doors report, 2,324 UGA students studied abroad for class credit,…
Study abroad as a form of experiential learning teaches college students to be adaptive, problem-solvers, culturally responsive and exploratory. The University of Delaware offers a four-year international experience for students hungry for travel and learning, sending students abroad twice throughout their college career while creating community on campus with special programing, a residential experience and seminars. The World Scholars Program, open to students of all backgrounds and disciplines, recently received Faculty Senate recognition in 2022, putting the program on student degree audits and transcripts as well. Most Popular Stories Most Popular What’s the need: Demand for study abroad after COVID-19…
The University of Michigan offers students various opportunities to travel internationally during their time as undergraduates, including in the form of study abroad programs. While study abroad is an option for most U-M students, it is a requirement for students in the School of Art & Design. The Art & Design School announced in 2010 that starting in 2014, students would have to engage in an “International Experience” in order to graduate. This requirement was waived for students graduating from 2020 to 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, though these students had to take two additional classes to substitute the…
Photo of the Study Abroad table at “A Taste of Global Education” event. (Gabriella Collins/East Tennessean) On Thursday, Nov. 16 from 6-8 p.m., ETSU Education Abroad hosted their event “A Taste of Global Education” in the D.P. Culp Student Center Cave where they invited different cultural organizations on campus for a night of food, fun and games. Organizations present were the South Asian Student Association, the French Society, Shades of Africa, the German Club, the Muslim Student Association and the Hispanic American Student Community Alliance. Each organization stood behind its table and presented its club while serving food…
International Focus Week, hosted by KPU’s Study Abroad program, aims to get students engaged in studying around the world. (Submitted) 🔊 Listen to Post Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s Study Abroad program will be hosting International Focus Week from Nov. 20 to 24 at the Surrey and Richmond campuses. The Study Abroad program gives KPU students the chance to earn credits towards their degree in a different country through exchange semesters, field schools, summer schools, and work abroad trips. The program also allows students to take part in virtual internships and learn about topics through a different lens. International Focus Week will…
A record number of Indian students headed to American universities for higher studies in 2022-23. This was despite foreign degrees becoming more expensive. Over 750,000 Indians migrated for education in 2022 compared to 586,337 in 2019. Of the overall number of students studying abroad, a majority have chosen the United States, shows data from the Ministry of External Affairs. About 35 per cent of the 1.32 million Indians studying abroad in calendar 2022 are in the US followed by 14 per cent in Canada and 12 per cent in the United Arab Emirates (chart 1).x Of the 1.06 million foreign…