Last week, Temple’s Office of Education Abroad and Overseas Campuses hosted its second annual Study Abroad Week. Events included a meet and greet with the Education Abroad staff, a Mini Study Abroad Fair and information sessions about studying abroad at Temple’s Rome and Japan campuses, as well as at other locations around the globe. Additionally, the Education Abroad staff held joint sessions with academic advisors from individual schools that informed students about how studying abroad can complement their degrees.

Temple’s Office of Education Abroad has expanded its exchange programs to offer students the opportunity to study more curricular options in more locations. The programs enable Temple students to have a full academic and cultural immersion experience, sitting in classrooms with students from the host country, engaged in a different educational system and taking full advantage of student life.

Temple CIBER, based at the Fox School, offers short-term study abroad to attract students who are typically underserved in study abroad: males, minority students, athletes and certain majors that have lockstep curriculum that makes it difficult to spend a summer or semester abroad. In addition, many participants have never left the country before their short-term study abroad experience but then enroll in a second study abroad program, according to Kim Cahill, director of Temple CIBER and the Institute of Global Management Studies.

As part of a continuing series profiling students and the opportunities available to them at Temple, Latoya Stroman discusses her experience and the opportunities that led her from Community College of Philadelphia to London, England.

Students broke out into spontaneous dance on Liacouras Walk yesterday during the Mini Study Abroad Fair, part of a week of activities designed to demonstrate the benefits of global education.