Student Features
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“Unique Personalities and Perspectives”: A Global Learning Internship from Home
Senior Jayden Thomas was one of countless students whose study abroad experience ended abruptly in March because of COVID-19. However, his global learning studies didn’t end when he returned to the U.S. Since…
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International Women’s Day: Celebrating the Women of Global Learning
Happy International Women's Day! Our study abroad and international women are amazing and deserve to be celebrated.
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“The World is at Your Fingertips”: Science Majors Abroad
“I can’t study abroad. My majors or classes aren’t offered.” “If I study abroad, I won’t be able to graduate on time.” According to GoOverseas, these are two of the biggest study abroad…
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WKU Student Finds a Home in the International Student Community on WKU’s Campus
Student Features: Reuben Tang “Much more than technical skills, WKU has helped me solidify my character, my personal qualities, and nowadays I’m much more confident in myself as a person than before.“ –…
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Trying new things and being open to getting involved
What do you feel when you are in a new place, and you don’t know everyone there? You may feel exciting, nervous, or panic? It is hard to say; also, different people get…
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My Journey to Becoming A Student Diplomat
Becoming a diplomat is not a hard thing; however, you need time to encourage yourself to go out of your comfort zone. Before I became a diplomat, I took a long time to…
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Minding the Gap: A Discovery of the Love for Studying Abroad
Student Profile: Frank Zheng What study abroad experience do you want to relive? “I would say traveling across Italy without any coursework to worry about. It allowed me to not worry about anything…
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‘Translated Theatre is Valuable:’ WKU senior Becca Willenbrink helps bring Argentine culture to the Theatre Department
Argentina’s capital, Buenos Aires, serves as a theatre hub that remains relatively unknown in the U.S. but WKU senior Becca Willenbrink made it her mission last spring to challenge herself by bringing a…
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Student Spotlight: Peruvian Amelia Ampuero serves Bowling Green community with internship at local veterinarian clinic
You may know Amelia as one of the front desk staff for ISSS & Study Abroad & Global Learning, however, aside from serving students with a warm & friendly smile in HCIC suite…
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Ayman Alwehaibi – WKU Student Receives Internship at Tristar Greenview Hospital
Ayman Alwehaibi from Buraydah, Saudi Arabia, came to Western Kentucky University as a transfer student in 2017. Alwehaibi says he wishes he would have known about the school sooner. It was not until…
