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Share Your Story: Nepal, by Marina Morton '18

Winners Announced for 2018 Study Abroad Photo Contest

Students share their images for the 2018 Study Abroad Photo Contest, and we announce the winning photos.

Olivia Lyman ’19

Pushing Through

Swimming standout Olivia Lyman ’19 knows what it takes to push through and overcome obstacles, in the pool and overseas.

jamie Lopez Alumni in Action photo

Passion to Serve

Former political science major Jamie Lopez ’12 strives to promote justice and protect victims of crimes in her hometown community as the deputy district attorney for the County of Los Angeles.

gretchen brigden '89

Creating Change in the Face of Challenge

Sometimes, life doesn't go according to plan, and the challenges before us seem insurmountable. That's when the learning happens, says COO Gretchen Ernest Brigden '89.

Leigh Parrot '18

Playing Violin Among the Stars

Leigh Parrott ’18 has found a way to deeply explore all of her passions at Dickinson, from music and literature to East Asian languages and astronomy.

China stone forest in kunming yunnan

The World and Back

Dickinson’s global programs and initiatives continue to grow.

Students taking a class on global human-relations practices visited the largest Mercedes Benz plant in the world during a winter break trip to Germany and Denmark.

The Learning Continues

Students in globally integrated courses took winter-break trips to Denmark, Germany and Italy to study global business practices and sustainable food systems.

David Ndreca '19 with his dog.

In Powerful Company

An internship in D.C. helped prepare Posse scholar David Ndreca '19 for high-level foreign-policy research and presented opportunities to meet U.S. senators and the prime minister of Greece.

Anh Do in China.

Global Education, Squared

Anh Duc Do '19 discusses his experiences as a Vietnamese international student studying in China, and the joys of discovering a new way of learning on campus.

Global Study & Engagement at Dickinson find our students in comfort zones around the world.

Global: Beyond the Numbers

Dickinson fosters global learning through language study, cultural immersion and a global curriculum on campus and around the world.

Students on a Global Mosaic

Toward Peace and Justice

Dickinson's distinctive, immersive interdisciplinary research courses, known as Global Mosaics, tackle contemporary concerns and issues, in local communities and across the world.

While studying in Kathmandu, Nepal as part of the Mosaics program, students attended dinner with fellow Dickinsonians and even a few prospective students and their families.

A Very Dickinson Dinner

While studying in Nepal through the global, interdisciplinary Mosaic research program, students attend a dinner with Dickinsonians and even a few prospective students and their families.

Before becoming Dickinson's 29th president, Margee Ensign was the president of the American University of Nigeria, where she co-founded and led the Adamawa Peace Initiative and helped feed 300,000 refugees fleeing the Boko Haram terrorist group.

Preventing Violent Extremism

President Margee Ensign will lead a session at an NYU roundtable exploring religious identity and extremism.

Least Touristy Travel Photo
“50 shades of blue,” Mount Cook, New Zealand,
by Jamey Harman ’18

Images From Abroad

Students share images and experiences from around the world through the annual Study Abroad Photo Contest.

Col. Rory Crooks, director of the USAWC International Fellows program

Writing and Rewriting History

Representatives from the U.S. Army War College came to campus to honor more than 35 students who tutored international fellows in 2016-17.

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