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study abroad
Campus News
Study abroad rates climb slowly after COVID-19 pandemic
Students are slowly studying abroad again, according to Robin Craggs, the executive director of the International Programs Office (IPO) who said the rate of...
Abroad: A Storytelling Series
Juniors abroad: ‘Visiting a place is so different from living there’
As the spring semester begins, students who were abroad in the fall returned to campus. Lily Carson (junior) studied abroad in Granada, Spain where...
Campus News
Occidental students in Korea react to Seoul tragedy
Oct. 29, a crowd crush caused by a Halloween celebration with more than 100,000 attendees killed 154 people in Itaewon, a neighborhood in Seoul, South Korea....
Campus News
Occidental juniors in search of the ancient musky rat-kangaroo
While Occidental students soak up the Los Angeles sun, Ian Becker (junior) and Adriano Cantelmi (junior) have been hiking through Australian rainforests in search of...
Campus News
Students hoping to study abroad in spring await final decision
With travel guidelines changing constantly and the Centers for Disease Control and Protection (CDC) implementing new COVID-19 policies, students planning on studying abroad in...
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: COVID-19 reveals shortcomings in IPO’s crisis preparedness
COVID-19’s effect as a global pandemic extends far beyond fears of catching the highly contagious illness — economies have tanked, unemployment has risen and...
Opinions
My not-so-hot Italian semester: how coronavirus hysteria plagued my study abroad experience
While I was studying abroad in Rome, Italy, an IES Abroad Rome administrator emailed all its participants Feb. 24 stating that we would have online...
Campus News
Study abroad programs in Europe move to online learning and Occidental students return home
In response to the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in Europe, multiple study abroad programs have moved online and Occidental students are choosing to...
