Millikin University welcomed 16 international students and three faculty members from the Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences (Netherlands), May 21-25, as part of an international innovation pilot program.
While visiting, the students were given a tour of the Midwest Inland Port and engaged in workshop sessions on Millikin's campus.
Recent Millikin University graduate Haley Hogenkamp '17 is in no stranger to traveling abroad. As an undergraduate she majored in business management with a minor in music and spent a semester living in Geneva, Switzerland.
The 2018 Winter Olympic Games are underway in Pyeongchang, South Korea, with events running Feb. 9-25. Pyeongchang was selected as the host city in July 2011, marking the first time that South Korea has hosted the Winter Olympics, and the second Olympics held in the country with the first being the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
Over 40 international students at Millikin University were treated to a tradition Thanksgiving dinner on Nov. 16 at the Center for International Education (CIE) in the University Commons.
International students on Millikin University's campus were given the opportunity to share their culture and represent their country during Millikin's annual International Festival. The campus community had the opportunity to discover world cultures and hear from people of other nations.
Real-world projects are an essential component of Millikin University's Performance Learning curriculum. This is especially true in the Tabor School of Business where a group of students recently worked with the government of Ecuador to develop a U.S. market entry strategy for Ecuadorian handicrafts.