Southern adding international flavor

[SUjagTILLiDIE]

Brazilian students in BR for study abroad

KORAN ADDO
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August 18, 2013
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When fall classes start Monday, 36 Brazilian students will be roaming the campus along with Southern University’s first-time freshmen and returning upperclassmen.

Southern has made a push in recent years to open its campus to foreign students, sending Chancellor James Llorens overseas to establish relationships with universities in Turkey and Brazil.

In this case, the Brazilian government agreed to send some of its students to Baton Rouge as part of the Scientific Mobility Program, which provides scholarships to undergraduates for a year of study abroad.

Formerly known as the Science Without Borders program, the initiative grants scholarships to students studying in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math, commonly known as the STEM fields.

Llorens said the initial 36 students taking classes this fall could grow to 500 students in the coming years.



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[jsupop33]

Southern got 36 kids. That is good stuff. I was hoping the east coast didn't steal all of those kids. I wonder how many Dillard got. They played a big role in the program

 

[JagGrad]

Southern is regaining its stature!! Kudos to Dr. Mason and Chancellor Llorens for continuing to re-face the University as a whole by Thinking outside of the HBCU box.

Great things are happening on the Bluff in spite of short-comings from the State of La.