Providing a global experience
Interior Design students at the Gyeongbokgung Palace during a field trip to Seoul, Korea
VCUQatar students and staff at VCU Richmond outside of the student commons
Student exchanges between
International learning
Faculty and staff conferences
Richmond and Qatar
opportunities
and presentations
The VCUQatar/VCURichmond exchange
Eighty-five VCUQatar students participated in
VCUQatar faculty, staff and administration
program is an ongoing program in which
a variety of trips abroad. Student Affairs took
published 71 scholarly articles and creative
five students from each campus exchanged
ten students to Richmond and Washington;
works; three books; participated in 27 inter-
this year. VCUQatar sent two Graphic Design
Art Foundation took ten students to Dubai;
national presentations, 15 exhibitions and
juniors and one Interior Design junior to
Fashion Design took 14 students to Shanghai
13 scholarly review boards and received 30
Richmond for the Fall 2010 semester and two
and Hong Kong, Graphic Design took 17 stu-
grants, awards and citations. They presented
Interior Design juniors for the Spring 2011
dents to Milan and Florence; Interior Design
at conferences, held workshops or exhibited
semester. VCU Richmond sent two Fashion
took 22 students to Seoul, Painting and Print-
their work in countries throughout the world
Design seniors to Doha for the Fall 2010
making took six students to Dubai and MFA.
including: Australia, China, Canada, Denmark,
semester and one Fashion Design senior,
Design took six graduate students to Venice.
two Painting & Printmaking students, one
Ghana, UAE, USA, Malta, South Africa, Japan, Lebanon, Germany, India, UK, Italy, and Qatar.
sophomore and one junior, to Doha for the
Student Affairs supported two international
Spring 2011 semester.
summer internships in the US through money raised from the community programs. A fash-
Seven rising sophomores and juniors, of
ion student worked with Isabella Toledo in
whom five were Qatari, traveled to Richmond
New York and a graphics student worked with
during the summer to take three and five
Armani Exchange.
week courses in classes such as glass blowing and digital photography.
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