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UM-Flint Nursing Students Follow Maureen Tippen to Dominican Republic for 20th Year
It is a learning experience that has become a tradition for the University of Michigan-Flint nursing department. Clinical assistant professor Maureen Tippen will guide students to the less-traveled areas of the Dominican Republic to deliver healthcare to a sugarcane village in a remote area of the country.
UM-Flint Helps Train Pediatric Nurses from Cambodia
UM-Flint's Department of Nursing established a partnership seven years ago with the Angkor Hospital for Children in Cambodia. As part of the partnership, nurses from Cambodia come to UM-Flint for special training.
UM-Flint Nursing Students Find Inspiration in the Dominican Republic
This February, UM-Flint Nursing professor Maureen Tippen traveled with a group of students to the Dominican Republic for the 18th time as part of her International Service Learning course. With the help of two translators, UM-Flint staff member Becky Pettengill and alumnus James MacDonald, Tippen and her students saw over 500 people over the course of a week.
Turkey is Destination of UM-Flint's Second Student Fulbright Scholar
In Turkey, Burack will mainly be teaching English language and culture courses at a university yet to be determined by the Fulbright program.
UM-Flint Expands Education Abroad Opportunities with New Agreement with German University
During the past year, representatives from the UM-Flint International Center and the BUW International Office have visited each institution and, with faculty, have already organized the initial student exchanges.