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17 Jul | Pilar Filgueira | No Comments
Meet the Marie McKay Global Citizenship 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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21 Jun | Pilar Filgueira | No Comments
Athena’s Claussen Spotlights LGBTQ Lives Abroad
The Rainbow Newsletter is published by the Rainbow Special Interest Group (SIG) of NAFSA: Association of International Educators. Dr. Dane Claussen, our Manager of University Relations, wrote the article, "Considering LGBTQ Lives Worldwide for NYC's WorldPride/Stonewall 50," published on May 21 in the Rainbow SIG Newsletter, Volume 25, Number 2, Spring 2019. To read the full ...
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13 Jun | Pilar Filgueira | No Comments
Athena Alumnus Making a Splash as a Designer
Dominique Simmons wanted to be a professional football player, but little did he know that was not the fate that awaited him: he was going to be a fashion designer. He left Stephen F. Austin University after two years and graduated instead from Texas Woman’s University with a bachelor’s degree in fashion design. Dominique was …
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