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Athena “In the News”
23 Aug | Pilar Filgueira | No Comments
New Catalog, New Faces, and Kaleidoscopes!
Ah, Fall… the season that brings crisp, chilly air, changing colors of the leaves, pumpkin-spice-flavored everything, students heading back to school, and everyone gearing up for the Fall semester…Athena included! You will see both familiar as well as new faces representing Athena on the road this fall. In case you haven't yet met Cassandra Begin ...
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15 Aug | Pilar Filgueira | No Comments
Around the Field: Athena Partner LdM Florence Launches Partnership, Courses with Fondazione Franco Zeffirelli
Athena’s Florence campus at Istituto Lorenzo de’ Medici has joined forces with Florence-based Fondazione Franco Zeffirelli-International Center for the Arts and Entertainment to make available to the city, and internationally to future generations, the artistic and cultural heritage of Zeffirelli’s 70-year career.
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17 Jul | Pilar Filgueira | One Comment
Meet the Marie McKay Global Citizen Scholarship Fall 2019 Recipient
The McKay Global Citizen Scholarship is designed for the Athena student who can best demonstrate an interest in and intention to promote the concept of social justice at a city, state, national, and/or global level. Because students that study abroad become many of our world’s future leaders, it is extremely important that these students consider ways to become globally competent citizens. The recipient of this award must demonstrate an initiative to give back to society, and awareness of global community, and intent to apply the skills and lessons learned abroad to his/her future endeavors.
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15 Jul | Pilar Filgueira | No Comments
Salem State Student Managed Chronic Illness to Twice Study Abroad
Alayna Travaglione is an accomplished young woman: graduating this year summa cum laude from Salem State University, starting this fall a master’s degree program in history at College of Charleston, sorority sister, honorary societies inductee, two-time student studying abroad, and more.
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8 Jul | Pilar Filgueira | No Comments
Athena Prettying up Greenville
Athena’s office is one of the multiple buildings having facelifts to make them more attractive. (Article published in The Record-Argus, Tuesday July 2, 2019)
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3 Jul | Pilar Filgueira | No Comments
Global Give Scholarship Winners Report Academic Successes
Athena Study Abroad launched its First Annual Athena “Global Give” Charity Fundraiser at NAFSA in Denver, Colorado, in 2016. Through generous donations from supporters throughout the field of international education as well as Athena’s dollar-for-dollar donation match, we were able to donate enough to the GoAbroad Foundation to result in the creation of a new ...
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