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International Students Named Recipients of the 2025 Mestenhauser Awards for Excellence in Campus Internationalization
The Mestenhauser Student Award honors the late Emeritus Professor Dr. Josef Mestenhauser, who dedicated his career to advocacy for and commitment to students.

Four students awarded Colonial Dames of America scholarship
Dina Manandhar, Adhora Madhuri, Oforiwaa Pee Agyei-Boakye, and Swapnil Puranik shared about their plans to use their University of Minnesota education to support their home communities.

Read the latest issue of Global U
The latest issue of Global U, the GPS Alliance e-newsletter for alumni, donors, and friends, is out now.

Four International Students Receive Mestenhauser Award for Excellence in Campus Internationalization
Two students from the Twin Cities campus and two students from the Crookston campus of the University of Minnesota have been awarded The Josef Mestenhauser Student Award for Excellence in Campus Internationalization.

Widening horizons through an exchange
Marta Hardardottir has always wanted to study somewhere outside Iceland. “I thought it would be a good way to widen my horizon, get to know other cultures, as well as my own,” she said.