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Abroad fair to explain travel opportunities
September 16, 2011
While young Dominican students prepare for classes, some wander out to the well to fill a cup of water to share with classmates. Others wait in line to use the school’s lone outhouse bathroom — this was one of the many sights Addie Jones, a senior geography major, encountered while studying abroad last spring in the Dominican Republic.
Drinking an international experience for Virginia Tech students
October 19, 2010
Whether it’s swinging a tankard in a German beer garden or maybe enjoying a glass of wine with dinner in France, many American college students are keen to drink in the local culture when studying abroad.
Virginia Tech students embrace Chinese culture
October 14, 2010
The United States, for all of its wealth and fabulous cable television shows, is admittedly not the worldliest country. As the joke goes, a person who speaks three languages is trilingual, a person who speaks two is bilingual and a person who speaks one i
Recognize marginalized in our 'Tech city'
June 23, 2010
In my first column, I mentioned that I was coordinating a study abroad during this first summer session.
Five Americans in Italy: Lessons learned on a bus
June 16, 2010
I was recently in Italy. Rome, Italy. There it was all about the food, the sights, the culture, the people - all as rich as the tomato sauce on my pizza at dinner.
May 26, 2010
Each year Tech sends dozens of students abroad. This past January, I was one of them.
Studying abroad brings global experience
May 26, 2010
Another summer session is upon us in Blacksburg, but for many Virginia Tech students, their summer school experience is happening far away from the confines of Blacksburg.
Virginia Tech secures initial funding for first American extension campus in India
April 26, 2010
Virginia Tech plans to expand the university by building one of the first foreign campuses on Indian soil.
Swiss town hosts students abroad
April 22, 2010
Virginia Tech's spring semester study abroad program in Riva San Vitale, Switzerland, comes to a close in two weeks, marking nearly 10 years since instruction began at the international center.
