How coronavirus affected Norse abroad
Josh Kelly, Managing Editor
March 22, 2020
The University announced on March 18 that all Education Abroad trips are canceled through the end of summer. Michelle Melish, assistant director in the office of education abroad, said emails were sent to the 16 students abroad asking them to come home. For Christina Fultz, senior Spanish and elementary...
Study abroad trips canceled due to Coronavirus
Rachel Smith, Assistant News Editor
March 6, 2020
Two study abroad programs scheduled for spring break have been canceled due to confirmed Coronavirus cases in the destination areas, according to NKU Education Abroad officials. President Ashish Vaidya, in conjunction with NKU’s Coronavirus preparedness team, made the decision to cancel the program...
Study Abroad fair gives students chance to travel the world
Corinne Byrne, Contributor
September 17, 2018
Willing to expand your educational experience outside of the borders? The Office of Study Abroad will be hosting the annual Study Abroad Fair on Sept. 19 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom.
Study Abroad Fair: Find out where you can go
Emily Sherry, Copy Editor
February 6, 2017
In the past there was a fall Study Abroad Fair, now the Office of Education Abroad has added a spring fair, as well as a new program, Study Away. Each year, students are given the opportunity to go abroad through NKU. The Office of Education Abroad held their third annual spring Study Abroad Fair on F...
One life saved, another changed in Tanzania
Emily Osterholz, Arts & Life Editor
September 12, 2016
A piercing shriek echoed along the quiet spaces of the Sinza Community Hospital. In one of the 10 beds, a woman was delivering a baby boy. NKU student Heather Averbeck ran to her room and peeked through the curtain. “I saw a prolapsed umbilical cord,” Averbeck said. “All I saw was the cord comi...
The traveling teacher
Emily Osterholz, Assistant Arts & Life Editor
January 20, 2016
Quiet sobs echoed off of the pale blue walls. In her hotel room, she sat hunched in the desk chair. Sara Drabik was broken. She was confused and completely out of her element. She had only been in Thailand for a week, but the undergrad from Ithaca College in New York was already experiencing Tha...
Barriers and boundaries lecture gives first look into future study abroad program
Ally Jasper, Contributer
September 10, 2014
Dr. Katrina Powell hosted a lecture in the Student Union Tuesday, Sept. 9, on the topic of displacement among Sri Lankan citizens. Dr. Powell traveled to Sri Lanka in the summer of 2011 “with hopes of meeting a few well-known artists and writers within the community.” After arriving Powell said she ...
NKU hosts a weeklong celebration of global education
Amber Hemmerle, Contributing writer
November 10, 2013
The office of education abroad and other organizations on campus are teaming up to present International Education Week from Nov. 11-15. The International Education Week program celebrates the importance of gaining a well-rounded global education through a series of academic and cultural events on campus...
Learning experiences outside the classroom
Stacey Barnes, Contributing Writer
September 13, 2012
A treasure hunt that requires picture taking, using a foreign language to shop and paying to use public bathrooms may sound strange. But for a group of students participating in the Kentucky Institute for International Studies (KIIS) traveling to France, it amounts to in-class homework. Paris, France,...
