OIE in the Media

Costa Rica in the Media

2008

• June 9, 2008
  "University officials dedicate new residential study-abroad facility in Oxford, England"
  UGA’s new Oxford Center was formally inaugurated on May 20 by President Michael F. Adams.
• June 9, 2008
  "Students prep for trip to China with etiquette lunch"
  The etiquette lunch’s goal was to let Chinese students tutor their Americans peers about special customs and Chinese culture...
• May 23, 2008
  "Three University of Georgia students receive study abroad grants from Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society"
  Three University of Georgia undergraduates have been awarded 2008 Study Abroad Grants by The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi.
• May 23, 2008
  "UGA, Tech adjust to higher study-abroad costs"
  At the University of Georgia, enrollment for programs abroad remains strong, said Kasee Laster, director of study abroad programs.
• April 20, 2008
  "UGA sends more students to study abroad"
  Last year, a record 2,069 UGA students took courses in foreign countries. Nearly 30 percent of UGA students now study abroad, the third highest rate among universities that graduate more than 5,000 students a year.
  
• April 7, 2008
  "UGA boosting reputation as education leader"
  The agreement between UGA and Tsinghua University opened doors for other cooperative ventures, such as joint research and faculty exchanges.


• April 3, 2008
  "UGA teams with Chinese university for student exchange"
  An Athens Banner-Herald report on a new excahnge program between UGA and Tsinghua University in Beijing, China.


• April 2, 2008
  A new International Cooperative Agreements between UGA and Tsinghua University is mentioned in an Atlanta Journal-Constitution report: “State learns new trade language for China”


• March 31, 2008
  "True living classroom" University’s campus in Costa Rica dedicated with ribbon-cutting ceremony


• March 27, 2008
  UGA Study Abroad Program Director, Kasee Laster, was quoted in an Inside Higher ED report on college study abroad programs: “Sticker Shock and Study Abroad”


• March 12, 2008
  International Street Festival celebrates 10th anniversary and brings cultural variety to downtown Athens
  The International Student Life Office at the University of Georgia will host the 10th annual International Street Festival on College Square in downtown Athens on Saturday, April 12 from noon to 5 p.m.


• Feb 25, 2008
UGA at Oxford to host UGA vs. Oxford Union Debate
The University of Georgia has challenged the Oxford Union Society to a formal debate for the third time...The debate topic is “Resolved: That the United States Federal Government should ratify and implement the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.”.

2007

• Nov 12, 2007
  "More UGA students study abroad than ever before"
  UGA remained a national leader in study abroad, ranked 9th among the top 40 doctoral/research institutions with 1,916 total study abroad participants in 2005-2006 according to a recently released national “Open Doors” report.