<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">Colleagues,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br>The study away team is ramping up the promotion of the <a href="https://www.plattsburgh.edu/academics/study-abroad-exchanges/programs/nse.html">National Student Exchange (NSE) program</a> for the 2022/2023 academic year. <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Staff and faculty are key partners in promoting this opportunity to our students and our priority deadline is <b>February 25, 2022</b>. </span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Read on for more information but also consider attending</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center"> our very first virtual NSE info session for Plattsburgh staff and faculty:</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="text-align:left;font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center">                                                  <font size="4">  <b>Wednesday, January 19</b></font></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="text-align:left;font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center"><b><font size="4">                                               12 pm - 1 pm</font></b></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="text-align:left;font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center"><font size="4">                                               <a href="https://plattsburgh.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJApdeytrz0vE9Mifa5cNfNkxG2IRZmUl5Dm">Register Here</a></font></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="text-align:left;font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="text-align:left;font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"><b>Over the last few years, here are where our students have studied:</b></div><div class="gmail_default" style="text-align:left"><ul style=""><li style=""><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000" style="" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Alabama State University<br></font></span></li><li style=""><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">California State University, East Bay<br></font></span></li><li style=""><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">California State University, San Bernardino<br></font></span></li><li style=""><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Florida International University<br></font></span></li><li style=""><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Montana State University<br></font></span></li><li style=""><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Montclair State University</font></span></li><li style=""><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">North Carolina Central University<br></font></span></li><li style=""><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Queens College, CUNY</font></span></li><li style=""><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences</font></span></li><li style=""><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Stony Brook University</font></span></li><li style=""><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Southern Oregon University</font></span></li><li style=""><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">University of Colorado Springs</font></span></li><li style=""><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">University of Hawaii at Hilo</font></span></li><li style=""><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">University of Hawaii at Manoa</font></span></li><li style=""><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">University of Massachusetts-Amherst</font></span></li><li style=""><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">University of New Mexico</font></span></li><li style=""><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">University of New Orleans</font></span></li><li style=""><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">University of the Virgin Islands, St. Croix</font></span></li><li style=""><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000" style="" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Utah Valley University</font></span></li><li style=""><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000" style=""><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Western Oregon University</font><table border="0" class="gmail-roster gmail-altem" style="border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;width:775px;border:1px solid rgb(102,102,102);padding:0.2em 0.4em"><tbody></tbody></table><br></font></span></li></ul><div><div><b><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Why do students participate?</font></b></div><div><ul style=""><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><b>broaden their educational perspective</b> by taking classes not available at the Plattsburgh</font></span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><b><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">network at a future graduate school or in a different job market</font></b></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><b>get outside</b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b> their comfort zone</b>...For some students, NSE is the first time they have traveled away from home.</span></font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><b>study at a more diverse campus</b>...NSE includes <a href="https://nse.org/exchange/destination/HBCU/" target="_blank">HBCUs</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">, HSIs (Hispanic Serving Institutions, including 12 in </span><a href="https://nse.org/exchange/destination/puerto-rico/" target="_blank">Puerto Rico</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">), and AANAPISIs (Asian-American, Native American, <span class="gmail-il">&</span> Pacific Islander Serving Institutions).</span></font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><b>experience the geographic diversity of North America</b>...Many students choose a campus near the <a href="https://nse.org/exchange/destination/beaches/" target="_blank">beach</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> or the </span><a href="https://nse.org/exchange/destination/mountains/" target="_blank">mountains</a><font color="#000000">!</font></font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#000000" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><b>adventure, excitement, fresh perspective and new friends!</b></font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#000000" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><b>grow beyond the North Country!</b></font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><b>NSE is affordable</b>...Students pay their usual tuition to Plattsburgh (Home Pay) or in a few cases pay the resident-rate tuition to their host campus (Host Pay) AND most financial aid and scholarships follow students on exchange</font></span></li></ul><div><font color="#000000" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Please reach out if you have any questions about NSE or if you want to partner to promote NSE to your students. I hope to see you at our virtual NSE info session for staff and faculty. </font></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12px;display:inline-block;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:18px"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:14px">BROOKE LAYHEE '17; '19</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word">(she, her, hers, they)</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word">Coordinator of Study Away</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word">NSE Coordinator</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word">Global Education Office</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word">1002 Kehoe</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word">101 Broad Street<br style="background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word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