Writer's personal story stranger than fiction
ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Georgia - As a girl growing up in Voronezh, Russia, Lena Mikado loved the Southern classic novel, "Gone with the Wind." Of course, she was reading it in her native language - Russian.
View ArticleLongtime on-campus family housing unit at Kansas closes
LAWRENCE, Kansas - Family housing on the University of Kansas campus came to an end after the last residents moved out of a longtime apartment complex.
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Nashville student turns mom's death into passion to lead
NASHVILLE, Tennessee - When Treasure West was eight years old, her mother died of a drug overdose. At the same time, her father was in jail.
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Undergraduate medical students treat homeless people's feet
RICHMOND, Virginia - Meriam Macauley, a pre-dental student at Rutgers University, touched a thin, flexible fiber to points on the bottom of Ernest Wright's freshly washed and dried feet. She was doing...
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The name game: Colleges rebrand to get more students
CASTLETON, Vermont - What's in a name? For colleges looking to gain prestige along with more students and precious out-of-state tuition dollars, plenty.
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Scholars drawn to conflict zones stoke college safety debate
BOSTON - Some U.S. colleges with overseas-study programs won't touch Ukraine. Tufts University, on the other hand, is drawn to the turmoil in the former Soviet republic, which the U.S. State Department...
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Scholars drawn to conflict zones stoke college safety debate
BOSTON - Some U.S. colleges with overseas-study programs won't touch Ukraine. Tufts University, on the other hand, is drawn to the turmoil in the former Soviet republic, which the U.S. State Department...
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Scholars drawn to conflict zones stoke college safety debate
BOSTON - Some U.S. colleges with overseas-study programs won't touch Ukraine. Tufts University, on the other hand, is drawn to the turmoil in the former Soviet republic, which the U.S. State Department...
View ArticleSaudi exchange student pleads guilty in Utah rape case
SALT LAKE CITY - A Saudi Arabian exchange student has pleaded guilty in a Utah rape case.
View ArticleMore student exchanges sought between Nebraska, Mexico
OMAHA, Nebraska - Mexican Consul Guadalupe Sánchez Salazar said the outlook for more student exchanges in Nebraska is bright following the success of a program that brought eight students from Mexico...
View ArticleTSA agent charged with molesting young woman at NYC airport
NEW YORK - A former federal transportation security agent remained held on $3,000 bail Saturday after being charged with luring a 21-year-old Korean exchange student going to school in Utah into a...
View ArticleChinese student population growing at Indiana University
BLOOMINGTON, Indiana - More international students at Indiana University are coming from China than any other country.
View ArticleLargest, most diverse incoming class at UW-Superior
SUPERIOR, Wisconsin - University of Wisconsin-Superior administrators say this year's enrollment increase can be attributed, in part, to a record influx of international students.
View ArticleExchange students work summer jobs in North Platte
NORTH PLATTE, Nebraska - In China, Wandi Yang is studying digital publishing.
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Reborn music program nurtures souls of Waring School kids
PHILADELPHIA - Seated in a circle behind their 15 African drums last spring, the Laura Waring School kids smiled when Mary Schumacher, their music teacher, said, "OK, we're going warp speed, right?"
View ArticleJudge: Reinstate student expelled for study abroad behavior
MONTPELIER, Vermont - A private liberal arts college said Thursday it would abide by an order from federal judge to reinstate a student who was expelled over allegations of sexual misconduct that...
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Illinois launches Chinese broadcasts of football games
CHAMPAIGN, Illinois - Standing in a small, sterile booth high above the turf at Memorial Stadium, David He's voice reaches a near-shout any time Illinois' football team makes a big play against Kent...
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EXCHANGE: Students fill buckets with acts of kindness
EFFINGHAM, Illinois - Everyone feels better when their bucket gets filled.
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EXCHANGE: Students get new school tools
DECATUR, Illinois - Students at Dennis School are already very comfortable with technology, but this year each student will have a device of his or her own to use.
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'Wounds in our heart': Seattle college mourns 4 students
SEATTLE - Students and faculty, some arm in arm, filed into a private memorial service in a lecture hall at a Seattle college Friday to honor four international students killed when an amphibious tour...
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