StudyAbroad.com’s The Globe

I want to introduce this semester’s StudyAbroad.com Bloggers. Studying in Spain, Australia and the United States, they are excited about sharing their experiences with you!
A Spanish and mass communications double major, stargazer Amanda is studying at Centro de Lenguas Modernas in Granada. Having just arrived in Spain, Amanda has already shared pictures, videos and numerous [...]

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An article in the Independent Florida Alligator, written by Seeta Rebbapragada, has several different perspectives on the role the current economic environment is having on students decisions to study abroad. 
Check out the article…
What do you think?

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A Message about Study Abroad to the Next President
The Association of International Educators, NAFSA, has some advice for the next President of the United States, whomever that may be, when it comes to the important national goal of sending more American students to study abroad each year. Since the presidency is directly involved with [...]

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Another hopeful sign that study abroad interest and participation are still strong despite the US dollar being down coming in from Penn State. While the US dollar will get you less in the UK and a few other countries Penn State students are still interested in studying abroad.
John Keller, Penn State’s director of education [...]

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While the trend for US students to study abroad is in Western Europe there are opportunities in the developing world to study and have a positive impact on the local community.
Illinois Wesleyan prides itself on an education that prepares students to be part of a “global society” and offers programs with the School for International [...]

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UCLA is on track to have the most Gilman Scholarship winners in a single year. Last year 18 students were awarded Gilman Scholarships and so far just in the fall that mark has been tied with the spring semester yet to go.
The Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship
are based on need and merit for students looking [...]

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The bar has just been raised at George Washington University as seven GW students have been awarded scholarships to study abroad. Having seven winners of this scholarship is a new record for GW.
The highly competitive 2008-09 David L. Boren Undergraduate Scholarships were awarded by the National Security Education Program. The Boren Scholarships are [...]

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In the 10 months Joshua James, a Glenville State College junior, was in the the United Arab Emirates studying business and marketing he had the opportunity to learn a lot more.
“The Emirati culture, including lifestyle, song and dance, and local food are very unique to the Persian Gulf,” said James.
To read more on how this [...]

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A Northeastern student knowing that she wanted to study abroad based her study abroad selection on location. Many US students tend to pick location first when thinking to study abroad - but she chose the location based on not knowing too much about that country.
Emmania Rodriguez explains in an interview.
“I mainly chose Vietnam because [...]

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Here is a posting that will help a study abroad student find ways to keep themselves from being bored while in country.
http://www.examiner.com/x-331-Study-Abroad-Examiner…
The idea that you could become bored while studying abroad is a hard concept for me to understand. Sure sitting in a train station for hours is not fun but it might be [...]

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