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<Title>(FULLY FUNDED) 2024 Faculty Development Overseas Seminars</Title>
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<Summary>Dear Colleagues,     We wanted to quickly share these external two week fully-funded overseas site visit opportunities that were recently discovered:     Council of American Overseas Research...</Summary>
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<Title>Study Abroad 101 on Wednesdays is now from 2-3 PM!</Title>
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<Title>Summer 2024: Creative Writing in Wales</Title>
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