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How NYU Achieves a 94% ISSS Retention Rate
NYU boasts one of the highest student retention rates in the country at approximately 94%, but their international student population is even more loyal. Sherif Barsoum, Senior Associate Vice President for Global Services at NYU, believes in student-focused...
The Whole Journey, Not Just the Visa
In international education, a student’s story doesn’t end—or begin—with a visa stamp. Every record, every interaction, every update is part of a larger journey: from application, to enrollment, to OPT, to career pathways. Yet for too long, ISSS technology treated...
Beyond Borders, International Education Seeks a Human Connection with Babson’s Amir Reza
Babson College has been ranked the number one school in entrepreneurship for 31 consecutive years. Amir Reza, Dean of Babson Academy, believes an international education approach to this learning can take Babson, and others focused on entrepreneurship, to new heights....
Removing Study Abroad Barriers at UCM with Via
Via Removes Study Abroad Barriers; Gives UCM Quality Student Data It Can Use Via helps develop a path to better support students, coordinator says. The University of Central Missouri needed a software system that was easier to work with and more manageable for its...
West Chester Encourages Risk-Averse Generation Z Students to Study Abroad
Via Helps West Chester University Reach Risk-Averse Generation Z Students Via’s “gamified” approach aids students in exploring study abroad Throughout her nearly 20-year career in International Education, Trachanda Garcia has worked to help students see the...
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...
Top Study Abroad Programs at Big 10 Schools
Studying abroad is an incredible opportunity for college students to explore new cultures, gain valuable experience, and broaden their horizons. With so many universities to choose from, Big 10 schools offer some of the best study abroad programming in the country....
Concordia University, Nebraska Makes Easy Transition to Via
Concordia University, Nebraska, Makes Move from “Clunky” System to Via Via Helps One-Person Office “Keep Plates Spinning in a Functional Way” Julie Johnston Hermann, director of global opportunities at Concordia University, Nebraska, had been contemplating changing...
Via Welcomes Dave Saben as Chief Executive Officer
Get to know Via's new CEO: Dave Saben Dave Saben was raised in a family that placed a high value on small business and entrepreneurship. From a young age, he was interested in business. "My family's dinner conversations often revolved around business ideas and...
Via Helps Stephen F. Austin State University Improve Efficiency
Via’s Ease Helps Director Be More Efficient, Feel More Confident By her own admission, Inés Maxit isn’t tech savvy so the study abroad coordinator for Stephen F. Austin State University in East Texas says it was a big step when her office moved from paper to a...