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FundMyTravel Breaks Down Financial Barriers to Global Experiences
GoAbroad creates travel opportunities with crowdfunding platform As a company that believes with our whole heart that global experiences can change the world, Via loves supporting other companies that share a similar belief. GoAbroad is one of those companies....
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Success Story: University of New Hampshire
UNH replaces its old database, nicknamed “The Beast,” with Via in 2017 In 2016, the “old rickety database” the University of New Hampshire’s Education Abroad team was using was on its last legs, recalls Leonie “Leo” Meijer, now interim director of education abroad at...
Success Story: Pepperdine University
Via Makes Work Easier for Global Programs Office Before Chloe Weatherill started at Pepperdine Graziadio Business School, the school’s Global Programs Office was primarily using Via for its Trimester Exchange Program. Chloe wanted to expand Via’s use to include the...
Success Story: Western Illinois University
“I feel like part of the Via family,” says WIU’s Kim McDaniel Kim McDaniel acknowledges she was resistant to changing software providers when the Study Abroad and Outreach Office at Western Illinois University (WIU) decided to replace its existing system for something...
Success Story: University of Houston
Via Helps UH Learning Abroad Office Weather the Pandemic Storm When Paris came under a series of terrorist attacks in November 2015, the University of Houston Learning Abroad office found itself at a crossroads of an old record keeping system and the need for new...
Meet the New Via TRM
Powering Global Experiences to Change Lives—and the World Via TRM was founded in 2011 by Samantha Martin, an international educator who worked in a study abroad office. After growing ever more frustrated with an antiquated and overly complex software system, Samantha...
Connect with Via at the Forum Conference
Power Your Forum Experience with Free Coffee from Via The Forum on Education Abroad 18th Annual Conference is just around the corner! The Via team is excited about the conference and this year’s theme – Globally Interconnected: New Opportunities and the Challenge of...
Via TRM’s Products Address Client Needs
“Everybody deserves to have an efficient workday,” says Via’s CCO From the first moment Via TRM was launched, the company was borne out of client need and client request. “It was built collectively by and for international educators because every person who comes into...
Former Chef Brings Passion for Software Engineering to Via
“There’s a creative aspect to both disciplines,” says Alex Mathieu Alex Mathieu left the restaurant industry years ago but at Via TRM, the backend software engineer will always be known as “Chef.” Alex, who started at Via in November 2019, began working in restaurants...
Via Applauds DEI Efforts
Powering Global Experiences for ALL Students is Via’s Focus Every Day, Not Just During Black History Month Via is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion — in our workplace and in the work we do in the international education community. While DEI is top of mind...
Via Joins in International Study Abroad Day Celebration
Chef-turned-Via-software-engineer teaches Via team to make paella Via began celebrating International Study Abroad Day weeks ago by helping the founders of this important grassroots movement revamp their website. The website overhaul included adding in the ability for...
Global Learning Fest Connects the World
Study Abroad Association Event Runs February 28th through March 4th Via believes global experiences change the world. The Study Abroad Association is dedicated to increasing study abroad participation for students and faculty across the world. In April 2020, we knew...
Success Story: Randolph-Macon College
Search for “Simple Solution” Leads R-MC OIE to Via The Office of International Education (OIE) at Randolph-Macon College (R-MC) had two basic needs when it went looking for a new software solution in 2017 to replace the one they had been using for about five years....