Siyu (Snow) Duan, '18 MUDEC allows international students to discover their full potential in a new environment. "This is the time to do the right thing: study in a castle, make international friendships, start your solo trip, explore European cultures. Be brave, become your own hero!" Read MUDEC Stories

Heidi Hetterscheidt, '17 MUDEC travel brings history to life. "Visiting historic sites made my studies come alive, seeing the places I was learning about in class." Read MUDEC Stories

Bob Eckhart MUDEC inspires love for international travel. "[I] think the world would be a better place if we all had the desire — and opportunity — to travel more.” Read MUDEC Stories

Jake Jones '19 MUDEC inspires students to become global citizens “Study abroad is for me because I am a global citizen, and I firmly believe that. “I love to learn about the world, and I think my view on life is so much farther reaching than within the borders of the United States.” Read MUDEC Stories

Gary Van Cott '73 Studying abroad helps prepare students for life as a global citizen “I’ve never met anybody that had a negative experience while studying abroad. Studying abroad is a critical way to prepare for life as a citizen of the world and I think that preparation is going to become more and more important regardless of current politics.” Read MUDEC Stories

Gregor Gilliom '88 Luxembourg gives students instant connections “Friends in college become colleagues in your business network when you graduate. Having worldly experience shows, especially when you interview for jobs. It's something to talk about. When you meet someone in your career who has either studied abroad or been to Luxembourg, there's an instant connection.” Read MUDEC Stories

Isaac Reynolds '09 MUDEC gives students real business experience through internships “One opportunity I had when I was at MUDEC was to be an intern at the US Embassy. I worked in the foreign commercial service section and through that role I got to interact with the commerce department and what they did overseas. To interact in that office, to work on trade leads, to prepare a few trade reports for an ambassador, at that time it was Ambassador Ann Wagner, it gave me a real front seat into how global diplomacy was working in the framework of business.” Read MUDEC Stories

Pam Archer '82 MUDEC greatly contributes to the overall Miami University experience “I would say that my connection to Miami is Luxembourg. Today, I'm more involved with the activities through the MUDEC Alumni Association group and when I think of my time at Miami, I was in a sorority but the sorority sisters I’m closest to are ones who went to Luxembourg with me. I think Luxembourg has been the overriding connection to Miami.” Read MUDEC Stories

Jessie Coffey '93 MUDEC gives students leadership skills for life “The biggest impact the program had on me is when I travel for work I always make sure that I look for the things that I looked for while I was in Luxembourg. MUDEC taught me leadership and how to be confident and those are two skills that I use every day.” Read MUDEC Stories