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Top 5 Things to Do in Downtown St. Louis While in downtown St. Louis, you'll want to save some time to experience the city. The following list includes many of the top places to explore that are convenient to the convention center. While in downtown St. Louis, you'll want to save some time to

Welcome to St. Louis! Hello international educators! We are excited to welcome you to St. Louis, Missouri for NAFSA’s annual conference . As a St. Louis native, it is a great honor and pleasure to share insight and knowledge about my hometown as you begin planning your trip. It’s a pleasure to

President Obama Says Community Colleges are a Gateway to Competing in the Global Economy President Obama yesterday announced a major national investment in America's community colleges, with a focus on opening the doors of opportunity in higher education for many more Americans and on ensuring that

Congress Takes a Step Forward in Preparing Future Generations of America for the Global Age The passage of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act for FY 2010-2011 ( HR 2410 ) in the U.S. House of Representatives is an important investment in America’s diplomatic capabilities. As Matt observed ,

Shifting the Dialogue: Caution about War Equals Strength, Not Weakness The criticism aimed at President Obama’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, former Senator Chuck Hagel, for possible reluctance to use force highlights a deeply troubling and largely unnoticed problem in our public psyche. We have

Unbuilding Walls I started my life in study abroad as a CET Beijing student during the 1987–1988 academic year. I was determined to learn Chinese, but thanks to a grant from the Bowdoin College Visual Arts Department, I also had the opportunity to take and develop photographs. I took hundreds of

If Not You, Who? If Not Now, When? I was nervous when I walked towards room 351 BC of the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston to present at the session, “Advocacy Snapshots: From Idea to Action.” Although I had presented at two regional conferences recently, I was still a bit apprehensive

Now is Your Chance to Take Action for Study Abroad Yesterday, the House Foreign Relations Authorization Act was passed favorably out of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. While the bill's primary purpose is to authorize funding for the operations of the U.S. Department of State, it also includes

Building Your Wings on the Way Down: From Isolationist to International We continue our blog series documenting the reflections of the inaugural cohort of the Connecting Our World Grassroots Leadership Program (GLP) today with a post from Hawaii. Laura Davis describes the challenges of opening the

Shedding More Light, Less Heat, on Comprehensive Immigration Reform What are we going to do about U.S. immigration policy? That question is back in the spotlight again after a whirlwind two weeks for the issue. First, the Obama Administration announced that it would end the deportations of