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International Financial Trading Competition Winners

International Financial Trading Competition Winners

In just a month, a team of Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIU) graduate students grew $500,000 into $1.25 million and claimed a top prize in an international financial trading competition. Competing against 385 other teams from around the w...

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October 3rd, 2022
Bonding with Food

Bonding with Food

Sohini, an international student from India at Lycoming College in Pennsylvania, missed food from home. So she started cooking it for herself, and then she started sharing it with her friends. “[The cooking group] is one of my ways of showing m...

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Oct 3, 2022
Studying at Northwest Missouri State University

Studying at Northwest Missouri State University

Camilo Castelblanco Riveros, who is from Colombia, graduated from Northwest Missouri State University with his bachelor’s degree in biology and psychology with a minor in chemistry. He has accepted an offer to join Boys Town National Research H...

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Oct 3, 2022
Studying Biology at Edmonds College

Studying Biology at Edmonds College

Shoki Nakata from Japan is an international student at Edmonds College. He is currently majoring in biology and hopes to transfer to a four-year university. He says, “I had started to search for colleges in the U.S. by focusing only on if they...

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October 3rd, 2022
Moorpark College Student Shout Outs

Moorpark College Student Shout Outs

“At Moorpark College, we have a good International community,” says Tamim Mansoori from Afghanistan, who is studying computer science. “It was nice to be in a place where I was surrounded by other international students. I was able...

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Oct 3, 2022
Life in Washington State

Life in Washington State

Shoki Nakata from Japan is an international student at Edmonds College. He is currently majoring in biology and hopes to transfer to a four-year university. He says, “Overall, I love life in Washington State and at Edmonds College. I can’...

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Oct 3, 2022
My New Life at Truckee Meadows Community College

My New Life at Truckee Meadows Community College

Kiara-Naseem Larkins, an international student from Germany at Truckee Meadows Community College (TMCC) says, “It honestly feels like TMCC students, faculty, and staff are a big family where everyone looks out for each other. If you have diffic...

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October 3rd, 2022
Home Away from Home

Home Away from Home

Nadim Boukhdhir from Tunisia is a Fulbright Scholar at Kent State University. He says, “I was accepted to pursue a Master of Architecture at Kent State University, where I wanted to learn about the relationship between architecture and educatio...

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Oct 3, 2022
Crossing Oceans for New Opportunities

Crossing Oceans for New Opportunities

An adult learner and transfer student originally from Taiwan, Ju-Yu came to the United States in 2019 to kick start her education, launch a career, and set an example for her kids. At Irvine Valley College (IVC), she found the opportunity to do just...

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Sep 30, 2022
About Stevens Institute of Technology

About Stevens Institute of Technology

Stevens Institute of Technology is a premier, private research university situated in Hoboken, New Jersey, overlooking the Manhattan skyline. Founded in 1870 by America's First Family of Inventors  — who patented steam ferries and the...

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September 26th, 2022

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