learning abroad

Hope Robey was part of the first group of students to travel to South Africa through UMD’s Field Studies in Marine Biology course, led by Professor Allen Mensinger. 

Elise Kloeppner spent the summer in Geneva, Switzerland as an intern for the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Construction Management senior Emily Cendejas-Garcia recounts her study abroad experience helping strengthen rural healthcare in Costa Rica—and the life-changing lessons she learned along the way.

Samia Abdi will embark on a fully funded one-year master’s degree in global affairs at Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University, in Beijing, China.

Maggie Landwer participated in three separate study abroad opportunities as a student at the University of Minnesota Morris—to Latvia, Germany, and Peru.    

CSE student Abigail Johnson traveled to Malawi last summer to take part in an Engineers Without Borders project, where she worked to design and implement a water distribution and sanitation system at a local school. 

The Minnesota Daily reported on how the Learning Abroad Center offers winter break programs for students looking to go abroad for a shorter period of time or to escape the cold weather.

Professor Yingling Fan, a native of China, led nine students on a two-week tour of five cities in China to experience alternative ways of urban planning and urban life. 

First-generation students have a new source of funding for study abroad, thanks to a new scholarship from the Learning Abroad Center.