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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! In 2015, they got engaged! Ready to feel all your feels? That’s amore!

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Pursuing Post-Graduate Studies Abroad: Risks and Rewards

Study and Go Abroad

Studying abroad is one of the major unsung advantages of being a student. If you missed out on getting an internationalized education during your undergrad, you may want to study abroad for your post-grad ; either for your entire degree, or even just a semester. Benefits of studying abroad for your post-grad degree.

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Success Story: Wesleyan University

Via's

Via Powers Study Abroad at Wesleyan “We definitely could not live without Via,” study abroad director says. is passionate about making education abroad accessible to all students. She relies on Via to help her two-person study abroad office do just that. “We Without Via, “we would have to scale down.”

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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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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. Venus Williams (2015) Former World No. Small Class Sizes With a 9:1 student-faculty ratio , Earlham offers personalized attention and mentoring opportunities.

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Success Story: College of Charleston

Via's

Melissa, who started as associate director in March 2013, says she and one of her colleagues discovered Via back in 2015 at a NAFSA Regional Conference in Savannah, Georgia. Spring semester was the first time the College offered a faculty-led study abroad program since the pandemic started in March 2020. They respond.

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What is Carbon Offsetting? Why it Helps? 

AIFS Abroad

One return international airline flight often equals as much carbon as one person may contribute in a whole year — it is the single biggest source of carbon from participating in a program abroad.  . Since 2015, this project has reduced over 25,000 tonnes of CO 2 emissions. . Why it Helps  appeared first on AIFS Study Abroad Blog.

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