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23 Jan | Pilar Filgueira | No Comments
Research Studies Impact of International Service Learning Programs
By Dane S. Claussen, Ph.D., MBA Manager of University Relations Athena Study Abroad “The Impacts of International Service Learning on a Host Community in Kenya: Host Student Perspectives Related to Global Citizenship and Relative Deprivation,” by Elizabeth Mogford and Christopher J. Lyons, was published in the Fall 2019 issue of Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of ...
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16 Jan | Pilar Filgueira | No Comments
Athena’s Passport #18
Return to the Passport Newsletter Archive SUBSCRIBE 2019 In Review Partner News | January 15, 2020 | New series issue #18 Extra, Extra! Rebecca Smietana Joins Global Learning Collective Rebecca Smietana, former Senior Intercultural Programs Advisor at the University of Michigan, and former Study Abroad Coordinator at Saginaw Valley State University, has joined Athena ...
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8 Jan | Pilar Filgueira | No Comments
Around the Field: Photography History Course in Paris Dispels Assumptions, Deepens Cultural Understandings
Michael McCarthy, Director of Paris Institute for Creative Arts (PICA), a program that Athena co-founded with both McCarthy and Whittier College (CA), says that people think they know and understand photography because they see so many different photographs in so many different places every day. He quotes American documentary photographer Philip-Lorca diCorcia, who once said, “photography …
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Research Identifies Strengths of First-Generation Latinx College Students for Studying Abroad
By Dane S. Claussen, Ph.D., MBA Manager of University Relations Athena Study Abroad “Assets-Based Learning Abroad: First-Generation Latinx College Students Leveraging and Increasing Community Cultural Wealth in Costa Rica,” by David Wick, Tasha Y. Willis, Jacqueline Rivera, Evelyn Lueker, and Maria Hernandez, was published in the November 2019 issue of Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of ...
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8 Jan | Pilar Filgueira | No Comments
Top 10: Sights to Photograph in Paris
by Dr. Dane Claussen Athena Study Abroad Paris is a city that has endless fascinating and beautiful sights/sites to photograph, and so recommending just 10 is not easy. But we thought we would give it a shot (no pun intended). And please remember that photographing people in France without their express permission is illegal (which ...
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Athena’s Passport #17
Return to the Passport Newsletter Archive SUBSCRIBE New Year's Traditions Around the World Partner News | December 31, 2019 | New series issue #17 Around the Field: Aberdeen’s Team-Taught Genetics Course Popular Among Study Abroad Students The Genetics course at Athena's Scotland program, hosted at the University of Aberdeen (GN3502), is open to study abroad ...
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