News topic: Study abroad
Life from a different perspective
“The world witnessed two hijackings on September 11: that of the World Trade Center and that of Islam.” The candid words of sophomore Mustafa Abdullah bit the crisp spring air. Read »
Greetings from…
Over spring break four different groups of university students traveled to three different locations in the United States, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic. All of the locations were host to university… Read »
Trip aims to give aid to Nicaraguan businesses
Sixteen students from the university’s Babcock Graduate School of Management are spending this Spring Break in Nicaragua. The students, along with two faculty members, will be sharing their knowledge… Read »
Students experience racism abroad
When they arrived at the airport in Madrid after a weekend in Amsterdam, five students studying abroad in the university’s Salamanca, Spain, program in spring 2007 were the first people from the… Read »
U.S. justice and her husband to teach in Venice
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg along with her husband, professor of tax law at Georgetown University Martin Ginsburg, will teach a two-week course at the university-owned Casa Artom in Venice, Italy, this… Read »
Re-entry shock addressed in new class
Over half of the students study abroad at some point during their university careers, and their lives are changed, in ways both obvious and subtle, as a result. For many, the transition back into life… Read »
Summer program in Sicily to begin in 2008
In an attempt to give Italian students a full-immersion program and following the lead of other university-sponsored study abroad initiatives, Erice, Sicily, will host the university’s newest overseas… Read »