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International student alumna Winnie Bush, originally from Nigeria, loved the many different opportunities she had at Kent State. A graduate of the Higher Education Administration and Student Affairs master’s program, Winnie was able to work on campus as a graduate assistant,…
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Learn about the rich history of Florence’s most iconic bridge from a Kent State expert.
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Tahira is an international student from Sialkot, Pakistan. She is here with the Global Undergraduate Exchange Program with Pakistan which is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State to allow her to study at a university in the U.S. for one semester. She comes from a small town…
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Matheus Priosti came a long way to find his purpose. Five thousand miles, in fact.
The São Paulo, Brazil, native made the long journey from South America across the equator to arrive at Kent State University in August 2016, and he has never looked back.
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Students will find no better time to consider studying abroad than “now.” Yet most students find the prospect of studying abroad a daunting challenge fraught with many uncertainties. Amber Cruxton, the Associate Director of Education Abroad within the university’s Office of…
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A Kent State Education is now “A Whole Lot Closer” for Prospective International Students
Because it values diversity among its student population, Kent State University has created a new “Global Scholarship” to attract a greater number of high quality international students to…
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As children, we often are blessed to have a best friend – a special someone who we hope will remain with us throughout all the days of our lives. For Kent State international students, Shivani Patel and Saloni Parekh, that hope has remained steadfast and true. Shivani, a…
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Kent State University has always taken great pride in its global academic initiatives as well as the number of international students that enrolled at Kent State. Among the thousands of international students, two are particularly unique: Chynara and Eldona Ryskulova,…