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UM's Director of the Reed-Yorke Health Professions Advising Office Visits Mexico!

Wendy Loughlin, UM's Director of the Reed-Yorke Health Professions Advising Office visited the University Studies Abroad Consortium's (USAC) study abroad program in Puebla, Mexico, along with Study Abroad Staff.  Read all about her experience and see why this language and culture intensive program is a great fit for pre-health students looking for clinical experience and the opportunity to learn Spanish. 

Study Abroad Program at the State Department

Come to a Town Hall to learn about how to stay safe while abroad and learn about study abroad opportunities and programs with the U.S. Department of State.  Monday, November 2, 2009 from 2:00 - 3:00 pm at the George Washington University, Elliot School of International Affairs, Room 113, 1957 E. Street, NW, Washington, DC 20052.  To RSVP, email Adriana Gallegos at GallegosAM@state.gov.  Can't attend?  Submit a question to studysabroad@state.gov.  

Congratulations to the UM chapter of Engineers Without Borders, winners of the 2009 VidTerp student generated video competition!  See their moving piece on a project in Burkina Faso that paired local communities with UM engineering students to bring electricity to rural villages.  Find out how you can get involved with Engineers Without Borders -- check them out on the web.  

Check out the great article about the Study Abroad Peer Mentors in the latest issue of Maryland International!

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