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Eye on UMSL: Studying abroad

by Ryan Heinz | Aug 12, 2012

Students from Rikkyo University in Tokyo found the large tables in the St. Louis Mercantile Library a perfect place to work on their homework. The undergraduate students, all business majors, are participants in a monthlong program at UMSL. They attend classes, visit the region's cultural and entertainment attractions, and spend…

Students from Rikkyo University in Tokyo found the large tables in the St. Louis Mercantile Library at UMSL a perfect place to work on their homework. The undergraduate students, all business majors, are participants in a monthlong program at UMSL. They attend classes, visit the region’s cultural and entertainment attractions, and spend a weekend with a host family to familiarize and learn about American customs.

UMSL has an exchange program with Rikkyo University, a nationally recognized research university and one of the oldest in Japan.

The picture, by campus photographer August Jennewein, is the latest to be featured at Eye on UMSL.

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