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Alexandra Kaye volunteers for the Peace Corps in Peru.

A Peace Corps Volunteer in Peru

Alexandra Kaye ’13 discusses how her work with the Peace Corps “is having a measurable impact.”

Photo courtesy of Jacob Heybey.

Computing Cadet

Computer-science major, Benjamin Rush Scholar and ROTC member Jacob Heybey '16 is well on his way to a fascinating international career.

Maggie Murphy in Togo with two young neighbors.

Making a Difference, Adventurously

Maggie Murphy ’06 finds adventure, cultural exchange and opportunity to make a difference through global public-health career.

Bologna, Study Abroad

Joining Forces

Dickinson and The Johns Hopkins University have partnered to offer a dual-degree program in international studies.

Nora Snee '15 introduces a guest speaker during a Clarke Forum event.

Pushing Parameters

International-studies major, Benjamin Rush Scholar and award-winning swimmer Nora Snee ’15 pushes past perceived limits on the track toward global success.

Nick Toole '16 (right) is producing the video series with help from classmate Jaion Dunn '16 (left).

Red Devils Abroad

A student-produced video series, "La Vida Malaguena," reveals day-to-day life as a Dickinson study-abroad student in Spain.

Excellence Abroad

Dickinson faculty receive award for global, multidisciplinary course.

posing for a photo

Here, There and Everywhere

Dickinson welcomes students from around the world, via the U.S. Army War College.

heiner mueller conference

Intersection of Influences

Students experience a rich panoply of culture, literature and history in Berlin.

Liz Plascencia '15

Solid as a Rock

Earth-sciences major, environmental conservationist and Posse scholar Elizabeth Plascencia '16 has studied volcanoes in Iceland and came close to becoming a longboarding pro.

A photograph of Dickinson's global directional sign in the foreground and the top of the Old West building in the background.

Fulbrighters: Where are they now?

What do our young alumni do after completing the Fulbright program? We checked in with a few recent grads to find out.

Dickinson and Akita International University students perform quantitative and qualitative data analysis at the Nakahitane community center in Akita Prefecture, Japan. Photo by John Henson.

Ten Students, Two Continents, One Project

The Global Scholars U.S.-Japan program brings five American and five Japanese undergrads together to perform high-level, cross-hemispheric research.

Xueyin Zha '16. Photo by Rizwan Saffie '14.

Channeling Jane

Learn how a Mosaic led John Dickinson Scholar Xueyin Zha ’16 to two digital-research internships and a year as visiting scholar at Oxford, and why a Gothic romance novel inspired it all.

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