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Did you know that 73% of employers say study abroad is important when evaluating candidates? 

Study abroad expands the walls of Â鶹¹ú²úAV and allows students to broaden their global understanding, intercultural communication, cultural knowledge, and worldview.  The Global Programs office (GPO) specializes in study, internships, and service learning opportunities abroad.  We believe every student can enjoy academic, professional, and personal benefits by going abroad during college. GPO offers innovative international opportunities in over 40 countries including a menu of International Seminars, giving students the chance to travel with Â鶹¹ú²úAV faculty while completing coursework. Students of all majors are able to integrate study abroad into their Damen career during a semester, summer, winter break, as well as spring break.

Alec Karcher, a psychology and history major, often overheard his friends discuss their study abroad experience. The second-year Â鶹¹ú²úAV student knew that if he wanted to study in different parts of the world, he simply had to make the time to pursue traveling.

Elizabeth Renner found herself in a small village in the Dominican Republic unable to speak the language, unfamiliar with local customs, and without her family. And yet she felt confident and prepared to tackle her service learning commitment through Â鶹¹ú²úAV’s Study Abroad Program.  

Â鶹¹ú²úAV pre-vet students Lizzie Potalivo and Samantha Garcia spent two weeks in Thailand working with professional veterinarians. The students were selected as part of a team that worked with both rescued elephants and dogs in need of care.

"Traveling to Thailand was such an eye opening experience-- it makes you see that there is so much more to life outside of the United States. I can't thank Â鶹¹ú²úAV College enough for the chance to study abroad and to complete a service learning project while in Thailand.  It must be true what they say, Â鶹¹ú²úAV College is a world of opportunity. "

It’s not often that American students get to work alongside a two-time Nobel Prize nominee and bathe an elephant during the course of a work week. Â鶹¹ú²úAV student Monica Schubbe, a physician assistant major, had these opportunities while studying abroad in Thailand.