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Introducing our 2013 DUSA Student Bloggers!

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We are pleased to introduce you to this year’s official DUSA bloggers!  They’ll be posting all about their experiences and (mis?)adventures during their study abroad programs this year.  Without further ado, here they are!

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Miranda Blank

Miranda Blank is a Marketing major traveling alone to Budapest, Hungary on the CIEE program. She looks forward to telling you all about her explorations and adventures going boldly where she has never gone before.

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Heather Cook

A double major in International Studies and Environmental Science, Heather will be studying both this fall with SIT Study Abroad in Mongolia. Originally from the flatlands of Kansas, Heather is obsessed with the Colorado mountains. She enjoys learning to rock climb and hiking fourteeners, even if she is afraid of heights.

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Jessie Galioto-Grebe

Jessie is an English Major, and a Communications and Gender and Women’s Studies double minor who will be studying abroad at Queen’s University in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Originally from Wisconsin she is a Packers fan who loves her yellow lab Orla, Brett Easton Ellis books, and the Oxford Comma. In her free time she likes to watch Dr. Who, sing show tunes, and work out, usually not at the same time.

Perspectives from abroad… on the DU-hosted Presidential Debate!

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That’s right, the University of Denver is hosting one of the Presidential Debates this election season!  While there are all kinds of ways to get involved here on campus, how can our hundreds of DU students abroad participate?  

Actually, DU is keen to get a global perspective on the debate and American politics.  Our students abroad are getting an in-person education on what the world thinks of the U.S. (and our politics) through their interactions with local students, professors, host families.  We need you to share those perspectives with us!

Here are ways to share those global perspectives with the DU community!

  • Apply to be a video blogger for the debate!  All DU students abroad got an email about it this week.
  • “DU Moment in Time” project: We’re creating a snapshot of the University community, across the globe, at one historic moment in time. We’re asking members of the DU community to take a photo of themselves at 6:30 p.m. MDT on Oct. 3 and email photos to moment@du.edu.
  • Join the conversation on Facebook: Read what others are saying and post your thoughts to add perspectives from abroad on the debate and the U.S. presidential election.
  • Tweet about it: Follow #debatedenver and comment on Twitter.
  • Check out the http://dudebatebloggers.wordpress.com/ blog, written by current DU study abroad students!
  • If you’re planning to watch the debate Oct. 3, consider hosting a DebateWatch party: Many DU alumni across the U.S. are planning debate watch parties, and we thought our students abroad may want to borrow the idea. Interested? Send an email to Marketing & Communications.  We understand this may be challenging for you due to time differences, but we want you to know you’re invited to participate.