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Study Abroad Love Stories: Couples Who Met Overseas through AIFS Abroad

AIFS Abroad

Here’s the thing: We’re suckers for study abroad love stories! Countless AIFS Abroad alumni have met their “person” while living and learning abroad, and we hope there will be so many more to come! It has changed who I am for the better, and I would recommend studying abroad and AIFS to everyone!”

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Small College America – Profile Earlham College

Edu Alliance Journal

Strong International Focus Nearly 70% of Earlham students study abroad , and the college has partnerships with institutions worldwide. Leadership Continuity Since 2011, Earlham has had four Presidents and one interim.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Programs include the university’s “earn and learn,” which provides funding for off-campus internships, undergraduate research, study abroad, service learning, and cohort programs that serve particular student groups. Also, the Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Program connects students with faculty in their field of study.

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Success Story: SUNY Oneonta

Via's

SUNY students studying abroad through a partner exchange program in Fukuoka, Japan at the Seinan Gakuin University. While an undergraduate student at Northern Michigan University, Denise spent a semester studying abroad in Hyderabad, India. Denise studying abroad in Hyderabad, India. CONTACT US.

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Teaching activities that bring out the best in students – shouldn’t we all strive for that?

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

After her story, the previous two students asked her to return the microphone, after which they both told their real stories of studying abroad. Akkerman & Bakker (2011) find that transformation, and thus learning, requires “continuous joint work at the boundary” (p.149), References Akkerman, S. F., & Bakker, A.

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Boost Higher Ed Enrollment and Graduation Rates – The Power of Student Support and Belonging: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 148 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Elliot Felix

The Change Leader, Inc.

Brightspot Strategy, the education consulting company he founded in 2011, was acquired by Buro Happold in 2020 and has improved the experience of more than 1,000,000 students. You can find his work in Fast Company, Forbes, and The Chronicle of Higher Education. There’s so much there.