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Meet the 2026-27 Study Abroad Ambassadors! from Ryan Wong ’27

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By Ryan Wong ’27 You may have already met them during advising appointments or seen them tabling around campus—the Office of Study Abroad is delighted to welcome its newest Ambassadors!   The Study Abroad Ambassadors are students who’ve returned from abroad to work part-time at the Office during the Academic Year. They walk students through the…

The Frontier of Modernity

While in Ecuador, Ollie has witnessed the environmental destruction a community in the Amazon is fighting while trying to preserve a healthy and sustainable environment for their children. They saw the ways in which cultural and colonial biases allow for companies to illegally extract resources from this region of Ecuador without significant consequences or oversight.

Introducing Our Fall 2024 Global Correspondents!

by Julia Gardner Wondering what your fellow Wes students are up to all around the world? Curious about what a day in the life studying abroad looks like? Our Fall 2024 Global Correspondents are here to take us along for the ride! Global Correspondents are students who are abroad this semester and will be sharing…

Virtual Exchange Courses

With study abroad suspended for the spring 2021 semester, the Office of Study Abroad looked for opportunities to continue to foster global and intercultural learning. For the first time, OSA is able to focus on the 60% of Wesleyan students who do not study abroad and ways for them to develop intercultural knowledge, skills, and…