Previous Students of the Month

August 2008 - Autumn Zellers

Many students believe that if they want to study abroad, they have a couple of choices - opt for a program offered through their school or find a program through another agency. And, many students believe they must study abroad within a specific window of time. Then there are students such as Penn State University's Autumn Zellers who do not allow the typical constraints to limit the chance to study abroad.

July 2008 - Louiza Minasyan

Glendale Community College sophomore Louiza Minasyan left her campus near Los Angeles, California for six weeks last winter and had the experience of a lifetime. She took part in a study abroad program offered by her school that took her to three countries: New Zealand, Australia and Fiji. In New Zealand, she spent time in the areas of Auckland, Waitomo, Rotorua, Queenstown and Milford Sound. Minasyan and her group also spent time in Sydney, Australia, and she and a smaller group topped off their overseas experience with an optional, recreational trip to Fiji.

May/June 2008 - Michael Ernst

Michael Ernst knows his way around the world pretty well these days, thanks to his participation in the "Cities in the 21st Century" program, offered through the International Honors Program (IHP). He studied abroad through the program as a student, and continued his exploration of foreign countries by becoming a trustee fellow with the program.

April 2008 - Hannah Kay

Hannah Kay is a senior at Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri, and she studied abroad for a semester in Moscow, Russia. A Russian major, she studied abroad during her junior year through a partnership between Truman and the College Consortium for International Studies (CCIS).

March 2008 - Lizzie Edwards

Lizzie Edwards, a senior at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York, parlayed her interest in human rights into two exciting experiences abroad. She studied for a year in Argentina, participating in a COPA program through IFSA-Butler in Mendoza. She took classes in Latin American literature, political science, tourism, international affairs, photography and improvisation at la Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, as well as at la Universidad de Congreso.

February 2008 - Jeremy Sperling

Jeremy Sperling spent a semester living in the Holesovice region of Prague, through the New York University Prague program in the fall of his sophomore year. It was an open program with many different classes offered. He was a music education major at the time and realized that he wanted to do something different, so he attended political and history classes while abroad. A scholarship covered one-fourth of the cost, while loans helped Sperling afford the rest.

January 2008 - Monty McGee

If you have ever considered studying abroad but don't know where you'd like to travel, let Monty McGee tell you how fascinating it is to study in China. He should know - McGee, a graduating senior majoring in political science at Virginia's Norfolk State University, spent a full academic year studying in China. Through study abroad programs sponsored by the School for International Training (SIT) at the Yunnan Normal University and at the University of International Business and Economics with the Knowledge Exchange Institute (KEI), McGee enjoyed the experience of a lifetime studying in China's Yunnan Province.