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Four Undergrads Receive Study Abroad Scholarships
Hannah Medovnikov '17 is one of four 易胜博官网 students to have received a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for spring semester study abroad. Medovnikov will travel to Senegal to study how that nation's art and urban identity has been influenced by colonialism and slavery. (Photo: Tracey... Read More
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11/06/15Conflict and Compassion
Rev. Jean Ngobo Segasinde has experienced firsthand the tragedy of genocide and its aftermath in Rwanda, where he was on the staff of the Rwanda... -
11/06/15Talking the Talk
鈥淭he Global Dude: How a Foreign Language Puts You Ahead in the Game of Life,鈥� one of the events presented during 易胜博官网 International Education Week... -
07/10/15A Thirst for Knowledge
Christine Cornell Ieronimo 鈥�90 never thought she鈥檇 write a children鈥檚 book, 鈥淣ot in a million years,鈥� she laughs. She also never imagined that one... -
05/27/15易胜博官网 Student Headed to Rwanda on Boren Scholarship
Ross Conroy '17 of Berwick, Maine, has received a Boren Scholarship to study in听Rwanda during the 2015-16 academic year. The junior political science...
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