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In December 2025, Francis Rubagumya, 37, walked across the stage at ����ֱ�� State's commencement with a Master of Arts in Teaching English as a Second Language — and a plan to take every lesson he had learned back to the country he loves Rwanda.

Practical experience – and hustle – took recent ����ֱ�� State graduate Austin Monte from producing events on campus to bringing the world the 2026 Winter Olympics for NBC Sports.

Marcello Fantoni, Ph.D., vice president for global education and interim dean of the Honors College at ����ֱ�� State University, was recently featured on WAKR Radio’s “Ray Horner Morning Show” to discuss the education-abroad programs, student support and his life-changing experiences abroad.

����ֱ�� State University sophomore Maggie McCullough, a member of the Delta Zeta sorority, recently traveled to Lusaka, Zambia, for a life-changing mission trip. Partnering with the Starkey Hearing Foundation, she helped share "the gift of hearing" with nearly 300 patients.