Study Abroad Students to Participate in Research Conference
The VCU School of World Studies is hosting the 13th Annual Student Research Conference with the theme of "Mediated Identities" this year on November 1-2.
Our recent study abroad returnees as well as some of our visiting exchange students will participate on Friday, November 2 in a variety of ways. The Study Abroad Hall will be in the Student Commons Virginia Ballroom B from 10-4. There will be eight half-hour presentations by returnees, a Study Abroad Info Session, as well as an hour-long Panel Discussion from 12-1.
The tentative schedule is as follows:
10-10:30 Emad Maghsoudi, China, Oxford and London
10:30-11 Study Abroad General Info Session
11-11:30 Elaine Kelley, Trier and Other Travels
11:30-12 Vasili Uspensky, Russia and Peru
12-1 Panel Discussion*
1-1:30 Study in the UK session with Nitin Yerram and Rajshri Mainthia
1:30-2 Cassie Williams, Spain
2-2:30 Lauren Jaslow, Advertising in Amsterdam and Costa Rica
2:30-3 Sara Zavik, Spain
3-3:30 Hannah Abbey and Inna Katsev, Social Work in the Dominican Republic
3:30-4 Roshan George, Spain and Oxford
The Panel Discussion from 12-1 will feature over 10 students from the US and abroad. The discussion will be led by Stephanie Davenport, Assistant Director of Education Abroad. We’ll be discussing what it is like to study in another country and how it affects students both personally and academically. We’ll talk both to students from the U.S. who have studied abroad in another country and international students who are studying abroad here at VCU.
This discussion will give insight for students that are interested in going abroad and anyone that is interested in experiencing another culture first hand.
COME JOIN US!