UMBC Study Abroad Office Staff |
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Brian V. Souders, Assistant Director, Study Abroad |
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Brian has led UMBC's Study Abroad Office since 2000. His first study abroad experience was in Finland as a high school exchange student. He returned for a second year at the University of Helsinki. He spent two summers on intensive Russian programs in Moscow, Russia and completed a year of research in Tallinn, Estonia at the Estonian Academy of Sciences. He holds a B.A. in Political Science and Slavic Languages and Literatures from Indiana University, and an M.A. in Political Science from the University of Illinois. He is a doctoral candidate in the Language, Literacy and Culture program at UMBC. In his spare time, he is an avid runner, currently training for the National Capital Marathon in Ottawa, Ontario in May 2008. He also is the Baltimore area run coach for Team in Training, the world's largest fund raising endurance event training program. When he can get away from all that, he also enjoys exploring the US and the rest of the world with his backpack. |
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Overlooking Mexico's Sierra del Carmen Mountains: January 2006 |
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Meaghan Casey , Study Abroad Graduate Assistant |
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| Meaghan joined the study abroad team in August 2006. She spent a semester in Tours, France while working on her B.A.at Bucknell University. After graduation, she returned to France as an elementary school language assistant in the small town of Thouars, France. Meaghan is now working towards her master’s degree in UMBC's intercultural communications program. This past year, she traveled to Nicaragua on a service trip, which has piqued her interest to start studying Spanish. She enjoys coffee and has tried brews in fourteen different countries (though she still prefers Dunkin Donuts). | |
At the Tuileries in Paris, Spring 2005 |
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