Study Abroad News Archive

20-Feb-2009

 

Study Abroad: A Life-Changing Experience (Johns Hopkins News-Letter)We have inhabited this beautiful thing we call Earth for 200,000 years. Over the course of these 200,000 years humans have formed countless societies - each with a sharply distinct way of life. To relate the different ways humans have lived their lives would be an endless pursuit; there have been artists, warriors, humanitarians, hippies, WASPs, bankers, kings, surfers, entrepreneurs, Buddhists, ...

Former students in Columbia County study abroad through UW program (Portage Daily Register)Attending college broadens horizons, and three former students in Columbia County took advantage of an opportunity through the University of Wisconsin-Platteville to seek a new horizon by studying abroad.

Local woman pursues women?s studies abroad (The Marion Sentinel) At Hobart and William Smith Colleges students? scholarly passions don?t end when they leave the classroom. In fact, they aren?t even limited to Geneva or the United States. Juniors Emma Kelly and Julie Isaacson have taken their passion for women?s studies to Mendoza, Argentina.

39,455 new nurses; Farm girl is No. 1 (Philippine Daily Inquirer)BAGUIO CITY?An Ibaloi farm girl, whose father is a farmer and whose mother works for a Taiwanese family abroad, topped the November 2008 nursing licensure examinations with a score of 89 percent.

Study Finds Students from Gulf States Lag Behind in Mathematics and Science (Khaleej Times)JEDDAH - Gulf States lag behind in primary school mathematics and science, according to a recent US study ? Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS).

The Language House Introduces Language Study Vacations in Six Mediterranean Countries (PRWeb via Yahoo! News) The Language House is an organization which provides training to work as an English teacher abroad as well as helps its clients set up a new life in a foreign country. As part of this effort, The Language House presents complete language study programs in France, Italy, Spain, Morocco, Greece and Turkey.

New abroad program opens Turkey to study (Student Life)Students looking for an English study abroad program outside of the Western world may want to consider a new summer abroad program at Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey.

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