https://hunewsservice.com Your Neighborhood. Your Nation. Your News! Mon, 03 Mar 2025 03:15:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://hunewsservice.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cropped-407787_352128264798897_1461219382_n-1-32x32.jpg https://hunewsservice.com 32 32 https://hunewsservice.com/news/state-local/howard-students-embark-on-inaugural-kenya-study-abroad-trip/ Sun, 24 Mar 2024 00:51:30 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/?p=16886 By Kareema Bangura During this past spring break, Amoa Salaam set foot on the soil of East Africa for the first time.  The warmth he received from the Kenyan community encouraged him to continue pursuing his studies in the language of Kiswahili. From Feb. 29 to March 11, Salaam, along with other participating students, journeyed throughout the country of Kenya, immersing themselves in the communities and cultures surrounding the language of Swahili. “When you come to a place and the people are singing for you, it’s nice! It’s like home,” said Salaam, a senior mathematics major and African language minor.]]> https://hunewsservice.com/multimedia/video/oh-the-places-you-can-go-why-minorities-are-underrepresented-in-study-abroad-programs/ Mon, 23 Nov 2015 09:55:47 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/uncategorized/oh-the-places-you-can-go-why-minorities-are-underrepresented-in-study-abroad-programs/   Howard University has more than 11,000 students pursing undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees. Yet the university is struggling to get minority students to study abroad. Howard University News Service reporter Alexis Porter explains the benefits of studying abroad and explores why minority students do not participate in the numbers they should.    ]]>