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Via’s ‘One-Stop Shop’ Helps Salve Regina Increase Study Abroad Participation
Via allows administrator more time for students, less time ‘shuffling paper’When it came to application and post-acceptance processes, Joe Meringolo says he had “a bit of a learning curve” when he took on the role as Assistant Director, Study Abroad at Salve Regina...
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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...
Michigan State University Leverages Via for Data Reporting
Via Makes it Easy to Get the Data it Needs for Open Doors and More When Michigan State University’s Office for Education Abroad switched to Via, it got much easier for Hope Kroll to get the data she needs—when and how she needs it. “It’s a helpful tool that allows me...
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...
Via’s Help Desk Tips and Tricks
Empowering you to feel comfortable and confident with Via Via wants to make it easy for you to use our innovative Software as a Service (SaaS) platform to make your workday as efficient as possible. Our goal is your goal: to empower #everystudent and #everytraveler to...
Success Story: Winthrop University
“Via cares and they care long term,” says Winthrop’s Dr. Leigh Poole The global experiences Dr. Leigh Poole and Taylor Evans had as undergraduate students led them to their careers in International Education. “It’s the reason I am in the job and the role that I am in...
Tips to Make the Switch to Via Seamless
Via will go above and beyond to ensure your transition is smooth sailing We get it. Switching software systems can feel overwhelming. But with Via, we go out of our way to make sure your transition is efficient, tailored to your needs and, well, painless! One key...
Success Story: Knox College
“In our old system, I had a cumbersome Swiss Army knife when all I use is the bottle opener. Via is the bottle opener,” says Knox’s Todd Heidt It was serendipity in the form of a perfectly timed email that brought Via together with Todd Heidt, director of the Eleanor...
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...
Via Unveils Self-Care Employee Stipend During Mental Health Awareness Month
Via Prioritizes Employee Mental Health Year-Round with Initiatives Particularly as a virtual company with employees all over the world, Via wants our team members to know how much we support and care about them and their mental health. We do that year-round through a...
Success Story: Southwestern University
Via Travel gives Southwestern’s Monya Lemery “peace of mind” Monya Lemery knew when she became director of study abroad and international student services at Southwestern University in January 2020 that she wasn’t going to have the in-house software system she had...