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UNCO Morocco 2014

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UNCO Morocco 2014

The 2014 ARAMFO course to Morocco was excellent. Participants had an opportunity to visit a variety of urban sites and rural locales – including Tangier, Casablanca, Marrakesh, Fes, and Rabat - throughout this expansive and ...




Music, Ethnicity & Place in the Land of the Setting Sun: The Cultural Geography of Spain 2016

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Music, Ethnicity & Place in the Land of the Setting Sun: The Cultural Geography of Spain 2016
There is one consistent truism my career as a geography professor has taught me; no academic endeavor generates more interactive learning, or fosters more awareness of both oneself and the wider world, than does an experience spent immersed in the field with a collection of eager geographers. If the...

CSUSB work experience with ARAMFO Educational Foundation

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CSUSB work experience with ARAMFO Educational Foundation

In 2014, we were fortunate to find ARAMFO – a foundation committed to promoting affordable and engaging short-term study abroad experiences. ARAMFO is able to do so because of the range of partnerships they have formed with local partners in nations ...



Film and Video Studies Program Morocco 2014

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Film and Video Studies Program Morocco 2014

Students in the Pacific Northwest are very interested in studying abroad, but also mirror “insular” trends of Millennials nationwide in that, only 1.5% of almost 20 million American students enrolled in U.S. higher education actually engaged in study abroad. For some, it’s the cost. For others, it’s...

GSU work experience with ARAMFO Educational Foundation

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GSU work experience with ARAMFO Educational Foundation

Our collaboration with ARAMFO Foundation for Multicultural Understanding started in 2014, when we were planning for a faculty led study trip to Brazil in summer 2015. Dr. Abeer Ibrahim and her team went extra miles to make sure our trip was designed to achieve ...