Study Abroad News Archive

19-Feb-2009

 

20-02-2009: Ibrahim Hussein ? an iconic painter (The Edge Daily)Datuk Ibrahim Hussein, one of the nation?s most iconic and successful artists, passed away yesterday. He was 72. Ibrahim?s work, produced over 49 years, is highly sought-after both locally and abroad.

East Brunswick's Almeida studying abroad (MyCentralJersey.com)East Brunswick resident Jessica Almeida, a sophomore at Fairleigh Dickinson University's College at Florham in Madison, is spending the spring semester studying at Wroxton College, FDU's overseas campus in Oxfordshire, England.

Current Issue: (The Mac Weekly)Macalester students go abroad with students from many other institutions, taking part in overseas programs that draw from schools around the country.

Evergreen State College: $50,000 in travel funds missing (Seattle Times)An audit at The Evergreen State College revealed that a professor with a study-abroad program to Chile hasn't accounted for at least $50,000 in student fees and other college money, and that he misrepresented the college by signing contracts with a Chilean company partly owned by his family.

Overseas leaders to study Democracy in Osage this June (Mitchell County Press-News)Story created Feb 17, 2009 - 14:16:58 CST. Preparations are currently underway for our community to embrace visitors from Osage's Sister City, Lermontov, Russia.

Canadian expats risk becoming 'second-class' citizens: study (National Post)Ottawa must do more to build ties with Canadians living abroad or risk losing the economic benefit of the country's large, educated, and sometimes influential, overseas population, according to a report from a think-tank on Canada's relations with Asia.

Dist. 86 hosts students from across the globe (The Doings Oak Brook)It takes a brave soul to travel across the world and immerse themselves in an unfamiliar culture. Especially if that soul belongs to a teenager. A handful of such teenagers can be found within Hinsdale High School District 86. Thanks to study abroad groups, Hinsdale Central and Hinsdale South high schools are hosting students from Germany, Brazil, Switzerland, France, Austria and other nations.

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