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studyabroad.com Newsletter - Volume 8

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Studyabroad.com at the NAFSA Annual Conference

Mark Shay and Mark Landon of studyabroad.com will be in Phoenix from Monday, June 3 through Saturday, June 8 for the NAFSA: Association of International Educators 48th Annual Conference. We are anxiously looking forward to meeting those of you who will be attending the conference. Here is how to find us:

On the Exhibit Floor
Stop by and see us at Booth #37 in the Exhibit Hall, during exhibit hours (Tues., Wed., Thurs.: 9 - 5; Friday: 8:30 - 11:30). Our exhibit will feature "Beyond E-Mail," a look at some of the newest technology available for the Internet. This computer presentation shows off the world-wide web's "bells and whistles;" interaction with databases, playing audio files, video files, animation, and more; all demonstrated through a web browser. Mark Landon will also be available to discuss developments in Internet usage as it relates to International Education, and of course studyabroad.com in particular. Free studyabroad.com mouse pads and promotional materials will also be available.
At the Hyatt Regency
Join us for some "Java" in the "Cyber-Suite!" studyabroad.com will maintain a Suite at the Hyatt Regency. We'll be checking in on Monday afternoon and checking out Saturday Morning. We will maintain open hours at the Suite from 7 am to 7 pm, Tuesday through Friday (other times by appointment). Coffee and Pastries will be served each morning starting at 7. Stop by and meet us! We will have two computers, hooked up to the Internet in the Suite. Feel free to come in and "surf the web," do some e-mailing, or discuss the "state-of-the-net." We will be more than happy to give you an on-line tour of studyabroad.com, and answer any questions you might have. Our Suite number will be posted at our booth (or check with the Hotel Front Desk, we'll be registered under the name "Landon").

SUNY BROCKPORT: NEW MASTER SPONSOR

studyabroad.com is proud to welcome SUNY Brockport's Office of International Education as a new studyabroad.com Master Sponsor. Check out Brockport's new web site, just a click away from studyabroad.com's Home Page.

Other new advertisers include:

Aegean Center for the Fine Arts
Art School of the Aegean
Central American Inst. for International Affairs
Dialogo Institute
European University
Flinders University
Harlaxton College
Institute for British Cultural Studies
Institute of Spanish Studies
Instituto Italiano
Queen's University
University of Alaska - Fairbanks

POSTER CAMPAIGN GOES OVERSEAS

This summer we will experiment with placement of a limited number of studyabroad.com posters on Austrian campuses. During the past 9 months, we have distributed more than 10,000 studyabroad.com posters on campuses throughout the United States. Our user survey (concluded in December) told us that more than 40% of our traffic was generated as a result of poster placement.

This trial will be our first direct attempt to market our service to students outside of North America. In spite of this fact, 16% of the 85,000 page requests which received in April, came from Domains outside of North America.

Here's a breakdown of studyabroad.com usage from the top 10 countries, outside the US, along with number of page requests (April 1996):

Canada-1615
United Kingdom-1258
Australia-949
Sweden-783
Japan-540
Norway-494
Germany-487
Singapore-457
Netherlands-420
Denmark-296

TOP 10 UNIVERSITIES LIST

Following are the top ten universities in terms of usage of our system in the month of April. Shown is the number of pages requested from our server by users from each domain. In the past few weeks we have detected that things on campus are winding down as the spring semester is ending. We have seen a steady increase in inquiries coming from off-campus services. The assumption is that students are beginning to browse from their homes and summer jobs.

University of Texas-3908 (not a misprint!)
University of Pennsylvania-586
University of Minnesota-497
Rutgers University-406
Northwestern University-402
Cornell University-401
Pennsylvania State University-398
University of Washington-360
Harvard University-350
Columbia University-296

TRANSITIONS ABROAD ARTICLES ON-LINE

We announced in our last newsletter that studyabroad.com is the on-line host for articles from "Transitions Abroad Magazine." Be sure to visit the "Transitions" pages (click on Study Abroad Forum from our Home Page), where you can currently find "Computers & Study Abroad - An Interview With Ruth Sylte on Using New Information Technology in Study Abroad Advising." This and 3 other articles are "pre-printed" on-line from the May/June issue of Transitions Abroad.

"STATE OF THE NET" REPORT ON TAP

The business of the Internet has been growing at a phenomenal pace of late. Telecommunications companies, software providers, broadcast and print media firms are flooding the market with new offerings related to the Internet. We at studyabroad.com are convinced that the Internet is no longer an experiment, but rather a vibrant and productive means to communicate with no end in sight for its development. Never has there been a more explosive growth in a new technology. Millions of dollars each day are being spent to develop related services.

We are in the final stages of drafting a "white paper" addressing this growth and technological issues surrounding the Internet. We will post this on our web site within a week or two and have copies available at the NAFSA Conference.

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