The goal of the program is to promote research opportunities in Switzerland for American and Canadian students and to foster exchange between Swiss, U.S., and Canadian universities and research institutions. Receiving this award is a significant achievement for both Velin...

Originally from Charleston, South Carolina, Jordan attended the University of South Carolina for her undergraduate degrees in philosophy and political science and Texas A&M University for her master’s degree in student affairs administration in higher education. In her role as...

It is our pleasure to announce that Anna Tinoco-Santiago has been selected as Serve-Learn-Sustain 's newest Community Engagement Specialist, effective 3/6/23. In this capacity, she will report to Dr. Ruth Yow and support Serve-Learn-Sustain’s service-learning and community engagement work by...

It is our pleasure to announce that Anna Holcomb has been selected as our newest Director of Retention and Completion Initiatives in the Office of Undergraduate Education (OUE), effective 3/1/23. In this position, Anna will provide campus leadership for coordinating...

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Lorett Swank has been selected as our inaugural Executive Director for Academic Success & Advising (ED-ASA) in the Office of Undergraduate Education (OUE), effective today, 3/1/23. In this capacity, Lorett will establish a...

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Shannon Dobranski will assume the additional administrative appointment of Faculty Director for the First-Year Semester Abroad (FYSA) @ Oxford program. In this role, Shannon will oversee the curriculum for FYSA@Oxford, maintain relationships with...

In November 2022, Cassy McInnis, Program & Operations Manager for First-Year Semester Abroad, was elected as the Chair of the Staff Council Employee Health & Wellbeing (EH&W) Committee for 2023. I was incredibly nervous about taking on the role, as...

Tutoring & Academic Support, part of the Office of Undergraduate Education, has partnered with Knack, an app-based tutoring platform, to deliver peer tutoring for engineering courses. Knack launched in 2015. At the time, co-founder Samyr Qureshi was a pre-law student...