Author: Melissa Dungan

Apr
19

International Perspectives continues to be a success in 2023-24

International Programs successfully hosted four speakers during the 2023-24 academic year for their International Perspectives speaker series. The speakers included KeAnjane’ Govan, former Peace Corps volunteer, Jordan Lane, immigration attorney, Jennet Robinson Alterman, women’s rights advocate in South Carolina, and Astou Aw, FM alumna at GE Healthcare. During their time at FMU, speakers stopped by […]

By Melissa Dungan | International Programs . McNair Center
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Sep
08

Maymester 2023: Travel Study Reflections

Faculty and students had the opportunity to participate in three different travel study courses in the Late Spring 2023 semester. The courses, offered by the Biology, Fine Arts and Modern Languages departments, travelled to Ecuador, Germany, and Spain, allowing students to immerse themselves for two weeks in the country they visited and experience all that […]

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May
16

My Exchange Semester at FMU – by Andréa Bazin

Spring 2023 Exchange Students

(From Right to Left) – Andrea Bazin, Aissam Boudbagh, Chloe Marlow

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Apr
19

International Perspectives Speaker Series – Spring 2023

International Programs hosted two professionals, one from a non-profit organization and another from the public sector, as part of the International Perspective series that debuted this spring and which was fully funded by the Professional Experience and Knowledge (PEAK) program.   Their first speaker, Ms. Michele Ruehs Steinbuch, Vice President of the American Council on Germany, […]

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Mar
07

International Exchange Student Reflections – Fall 2022

FMU’s International Programs does not only send current students abroad, but they also host students from all over the world for a semester or a year to study and live on campus as part of a fully immersive experience of American life. With the largest group in several years, the Fall 2022 term welcomed 10 […]

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