Features: International

• Appalachian's Sustainable Development Program take students to Madagascar
  Appalachian students and peers from James Madison University explore Madagascar's agroforestry and conservation efforts. [ more . . . ]

• Student travels to Siberia to study earth's climate history
  An Appalachian State University undergraduate student is helping to uncover ancient clues about climate change. [ more . . . ]

• Changing students' lives in Kenya
  An Appalachian State University graduate is helping change students' lives in Kenya through a project to distribute e-readers. [ more . . . ]

• How Appalachian students spend their summer
  Appalachian students continue to expand their knowledge through summer activities. [ more . . . ]

• Students explore sustainable practices in Brazil
  Appalachian State University has its sights on Brazil, one of the world's fastest growing economies and one that can teach the U.S. about renewable energy and sustainable business practices. [ more . . . ]

• Appalachian students experience the world
  Appalachian's Office of International Education and Development (OIED) works with students to help them understand the many opportunities available and to help them make a plan that incorporates an international experience into their individual programs of study. [ more . . . ]

• Will early study abroad inspire future global learning?
  Exploring a rain forest, touring a pineapple plantation and teaching children at a rural school were among activities that started the college experience for 13 students at Appalachian State University. [ more . . . ]

• Master's thesis leads to successful non-profit organization
  Jake Gentry traveled to Tanzania in 2008 to conduct research for his master's thesis about the impact of refugee camps on their host communities. Emotionally touched by the many abandoned children in the camps, Gentry and his friends started a non-profit organization that supports orphanages becoming self-sufficient and sustainable. [ more . . . ]

• Find Yosef a Holiday
  A festival of images, sounds, foods, and activities that represent cultural and religious international holidays, "Find Yosef a Holiday" is an annual event organized by students and presented by the Office of Multicultural Student Development. [ more . . . ]

• Making a difference in Ghana
  Senior social work major Amanda Ronne spent spring semester in Ghana, West Africa, as a student at the University of Ghana at Legon. While there, she helped teach children through a non-profit organization called Mawuvio's Outreach Programme. Her life changed in the process. [ more . . . ]