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Study Abroad Health, Safety, & Security Seminar
The University of Minnesota–Twin Cities is co-sponsoring a full-day health and safety workshop on June 15. The seminar will be held at the downtown Minneapolis campus of the University of St. Thomas.
This free, one-day seminar will address critical study abroad health and safety issues, such as alcohol and drug use and abuse, student mental health issues, crisis response, training for program leaders, and university travel clinics. Through support from sponsors, there will be no cost to attend. (MORE)
Simon Award
UMTC wins Simon Award for Campus Internationalization (March 10, 2009)
The award from NAFSA: Association of International Educators—the world's largest nonprofit association dedicated to international education—recognizes outstanding and innovative efforts in campus internationalization.
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- Hunters depleting lion, cougar populations (United Press International, June 23, 2009
- Obama picks St. John's prof as ambassador to Vatican (Star Tribune, May 29)
- Students studying abroad face dangers with little oversight (USA Today, May 27)
- DFL fundraiser Kaplan is top prospect for ambassador to Morocco (Star Tribune, May 22)
- Emergency passport office now open in downtown Minneapolis (Star Tribune, May 21)
- Students win challenge to bring clean water to slums of Mumbai, India (Umn News, May 14)
- U.S. ambassador to Norway visits U (Minnesota Daily, May 7)
- Finding Feisty Fungi in Antartica (Smithsonian, May)
- U cancels learning abroad programs in Mexico (Minnesota Daily, April 29)
- U, state believe they can handle swine flu (Minnesota Daily, April 28)
- Russian ambassador visits Mpls (Minnesota Daily, April 15)
- U students accounted for in Italy quake (Minnesota Daily, April 14)
- Liberian president speaks at U, receives honorary degree (Minnesota Daily, April 13)
- "Iron Lady" leaves crowd riveted (Star Tribune, April 10)
- U looks to improve water access (Minnesota Daily, April 6)
- Editorial: Sports scholarships, foreign students (Star Tribune, March 27)
- Bill would restrict athletic scholarships (Minnesota Daily, March 24)
- Group to start Uganda project (Minnesota Daily, March 23)
- Backlash over Regents Scholarship cuts (Minnesota Daily, March 8)
- Implementation team hears dept. concerns (Minnesota Daily, March 8)
- Study abroad heightens global engagement (Minnesota Daily, March 5)
- A Helping Hand (Minnesota Magazine, March-April 2009)
- To Minnesota With Love (Minnesota Magazine, March-April 2009)
- Disaster revisited: The 2004 tsunami (Minnesota Daily, February 19)
- Disaster revisited: Sept 11 (Minnesota Daily, February 17)
- A disaster revisited: Darfur (Minnesota Daily, February 15)
- Norwegian scientists visit U of M to study biological sciences structure; and opportunities for collaboration (UMNews, February 16)
- U shines 'global spotlight' on Africa (Minnesota Daily, February 10)
- U goes global to attract a more diverse student body (Star Tribune, February 5)
- Peace Corps service drops (Minnesota Daily, January 26)
- Large turnout for speech on China (Minnesota Daily, January 26)