{"id":3353,"date":"2019-11-22T19:35:14","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T19:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/?p=3353"},"modified":"2019-11-26T17:55:20","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T17:55:20","slug":"learn-about-study-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/2019\/11\/22\/learn-about-study-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn about Study Abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3353\" class=\"elementor elementor-3353\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-23d07c92 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"23d07c92\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">TAMUK offers many opportunities to study throughout the world in the Study Abroad program.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Students were able to hear testimonials from other students who have engaged with this program at The Office of International Studies and Programs Study Abroad Fair, which lasted from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Nov. 20 in the Memorial Student Union Building.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"wp-image-3356\" src=\"http:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Study-Abroad-5-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" 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#000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Criminal Justice major Alberto Oliveira III was one of the students who was hesitant to sign up to study abroad because he did not think he could afford it, but now wonders why he was even worried in the first place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"wp-image-3355\" src=\"http:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Study-Abroad-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Study-Abroad-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Study-Abroad-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Study-Abroad-1-768x512.jpg 768w, 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style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cIt was humbling to see the history of gay Jews in Germany, and it made me take pride in our community,\u201d Oliveira said. \u201cThey paid a harsh price just to be who they were.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Oliveira was not the only student at the fair sharing his experiences studying abroad.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"wp-image-3357\" src=\"http:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Study-Abroad-6-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Study-Abroad-6-1024x683.jpg 1024w, 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#000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Whiddon loved the food, culture and teaching through the use of hands-on activities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ratcliff stated that she leads fundraisers to help education students pay for the trip to Taiwan, and that they really help students afford to study abroad.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The communications department is hosting their first study abroad program to Amsterdam to study how the city divides itself into quadrants and markets them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: 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