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Faculty member’s student experience is inspiration for Japan study abroad program

Aya Yoshikawa, an assistant professor in the School of Health Promotion and Kinesiology, was one of nine recipients to receive a two-year Texas International Education Fund (TIEF) study abroad development grant from the The Texas International Education Consortium (TIEC).

For hearing or deaf, signing has big impact on study abroad experience

Students and alumni from the Education of the Deaf program visited iconic landmarks and experienced Deaf culture in the  TWU Global Perspectives in Deafness in Europe study abroad trip to France and Belgium. 

Professor supports teachers of Ukrainian refugees

Bombs fell. Tanks rolled. Soldiers marched. The war in Ukraine began in February 2022, scattering refugees across the globe. Nearly 13 million Ukrainian refugees have crossed into neighboring Poland since the war began — mostly women and children. They are children who don’t speak Polish, but mainly Russian and Ukrainian. Children who still need to learn, who need school, who need teachers.

SLIS hosts three Taiwanese exchange scholars

While a library can open the entire world to a person willing to discover it, librarianship can sometimes literally lead a person to the other side of the globe. That is the case for three students from Taiwan this summer. 

Gilman scholarship supports study abroad opportunities

Eight Texas Woman’s students recently returned from unique TWU Education Abroad faculty-led trips, thanks in part to scholarships from the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship program.