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A record number of students and alumni from ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s TRIO Student Support Services Program are studying abroad this semester, thanks to nationally competitive and local merit-based scholarships and fellowships. They include seniors Kay Funderburg, Mark Niederhofer, and Joshua Turner, as well as 2025 graduates Stephora Alberi and Andersen Herman. Supporting their journeys is Madjesca Limage, an international business and accounting major currently completing an internationally focused internship through the program.

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø is one of the top 400 higher education institutions in the nation for setting its graduates up for financial success. That’s the assessment of The Wall Street Journal and College Pulse. For the second consecutive year, the nation’s financial newspaper of record and the marketing research firm that calls itself “the voice of college students” have included SU in their joint ranking of the 584 “Best Colleges in the U.S." SU also placed highly in several sub-categories, incluiding Best Value, Social Mobility, Student Experience, and Best Salaries.

This semester, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø hosts its first visiting Fulbright Student on campus: Erragab Eljanhaoui, a Ph.D. student from the University of Ibn Zohr in Agadir, Morocco, affiliated with the institution’s Comparative Humanities and Applied Language Studies Lab. During his year at SU, Eljanhaoui will continue working on his doctoral thesis, a study of the Nomads of the Sahara in southern Morocco and how they are portrayed. His Fulbright Joint-Supervisition Grant advisor in the U.S. is Dr. April Logan, SU associate professor of English.

Nearly 30 years ago, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø welcomed world-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall, whose four-day visit in 1996 is still remembered. Goodall, who passed away recently at 91, left a lasting impression on students, faculty, and the community. During her visit, she gave classroom talks, met with students, and capped her stay with a public lecture in Holloway Hall Auditorium — drawing a crowd of at least 750 people.

This fall, high school students are getting a firsthand look at what life on the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø campus looks like. The University hosts open houses every year, giving high school juniors and seniors a chance to meet faculty, connect with other students, and learn more about undergraduate programs. Prospective students can tour residence halls, meet current students, and picture their future at SU.

A bicycle ride across the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland, the 37th annual Sea Gull Century pedaled off from ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø on Saturday morning. It's a ride with a few different paths: one, a 40-mile route to Princess Anne and back; the second, a 63-mile trek to Snow Hill and back; and the third, the century name sake, a 100-mile ride all the way to Assateague Island and back to SU. According to the University, about 2,500 riders locally and from across the country were expected to participate this year.

As ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø students return to campus this fall, school officials are looking far beyond the Eastern Shore — to northeastern Ukraine, where a partnership helps students continue classes, despite being near the frontlines of a war. The city of Sumy was one of the first places hit when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. It’s not uncommon for the school’s students to attend classes remotely, from basements or bomb shelters. “Yet, the city continues, the university continues,” said Dr. Alla Krasulia, head of Sumy State’s International Relations Office.

This year’s Free Application for Federal Student Aid is opening soon. Officials shared why students should apply for FAFSA early. At ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, Interim Financial Aid Director Michael Elliott said, “it’s the federal application that students and their parent contributors complete to determine eligibility for certain financial aid programs.” Elliott is reminding students they must apply every year for FAFSA. It is not a one time application. New this year, FAFSA has made some changes that officials hope will make the process easier.