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Recent posts
Via Helps Wesleyan Scale Education Abroad Office
“We definitely could not live without Via,” study abroad director says. Wesleyan University’s Emily Gorlewski, Ed.D., is passionate about making education abroad accessible to all students. She relies on Via to help her two-person study abroad office do just that. ...
Switching to Via a “No Brainer” for Luther College
Switching to Via a “No Brainer” for Luther “On every level, Via sounded better,” says Director Victoria Christman When Victoria Christman, a longtime professor at Luther College in Iowa, took over as Director of the Center for Global Learning in November 2021, she...
Queens University’s Platform of Choice is Via
“I only wish we’d switched sooner,” Executive Director says In Spring 2022, when Queens University was looking for a more efficient and user-friendly system, Via kept popping up as the “platform of choice,” says Angelle “Angie” Edwards, executive director of the Myrta...
Brand Architecture: crafting clarity in times of ambiguity
#EveryTraveler We’re believers in the power of a clear, relatable brand at Via TRM. Our company is on a mission to engage every student in global opportunities, and we know that technology alone will not help us achieve this mission. The ideas and people who build and...
Student Voices: The Impact of the COVID-19 on Study Abroad
KEY TAKE AWAYS FROM STUDENTS: Many expressed frustration with communication from institutions Students discussed losing trust in their institution when communication was infrequent or unclear Many students made decisions to return home based on what their peers did...
2020 Resilience Grants
When phrases like “in uncertain and difficult times” have become the norm, Via TRM, along with IEP and StudentUniverse, is introducing Resilience Grants to support the international education community and curate a community space for stories of resilience to be...
International Educators World Cafe Connect
On April 1st, 2020, we hosted a digital International Educators World Café focused on the theme of “Adding Ideas to Ideas.” We drew inspiration from the world café style of hosting a gathering in a curated environment, with small breakouts focused on a few pointed...
Market Report Digital Release Event: April 16th, 2020
With the Market Report, Via TRM shares anonymized data of tens of thousands of student-travelers with the international education industry to provide valuable consumer insights and participation trends. The Via TRM Market Report provides unequivocal insights into:...
A recap of what worked (and what didn’t!) for our first ever digital all team “on-site”
For the past 4 years, the Via TRM team has been fully remote: with our team members living and working top to bottom, coast to coast, across the U.S. One key ingredient for making our remote environment successful has been our all team on-sites. All team on-sites:...
Via TRM Fall 2019 Conferences
Via TRM will be at many of the international education conferences this fall, and we want to connect with you. The first 10 people to book a 10-minute demo of Via TRM next generation software for education abroad at each conference, will have their pick of Via TRM...
Is your office “nudging” students towards international experiences?
“If you want to encourage people to do something, make it easy.” - Richard Thaler, author of Nudge and recipient of the Nobel Prize in economics in 2017. The idea sounds so obvious that many people discount the power of a “nudge". Richard Thaler further defines a...
Forum on Education Abroad Recap 2019
The Via TRM team had a great time connecting with colleagues and friends during The Forum on Education Abroad this year in our hometown of Denver. We staged a welcome brigade at the airport, enjoyed the conference sessions and networking opportunities, hosted...