Terra Dotta in the News

New Database Will Help UNL Students Find Study Abroad Opportunities

It houses study abroad options, gives universities a risk-management tool, students processing updates and study abroad offices relief. And University of Nebraska-Lincoln officials have entered negotiations to bring the study abroad application optimizer to campus by as early as fall 2012. Rebecca Luhrs, acting director of Study Abroad at UNL, said the university has secured approval and all but finalized the contract for Terra Dotta's StudioAbroad - software that combines study abroad searches and the application process in addition to the student information system for universities across the country and world.
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Study Abroad Implements Online Application System

The Study Abroad office at Western Michigan University recently launched an Internet-based student application system called Broncos Abroad. The Broncos Abroad system will manage all study abroad program information and provide a greatly improved online application and approval environment for WMU students, faculty and staff. It is based on the Studio Abroad program designed by the Terra Dotta company that is being used by study abroad offices in more than 140 colleges and universities...
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International Education Center Rolls Out New Online Application System for Students Who Study Abroad

The International Education Center's Study Abroad department was busy over the summer revising and building new processes to implement StudioAbroad, an Internet-based system that fully integrates with Banner. Designed by Terra Dotta and used by study abroad offices across the country, StudioAbroad will manage all off-campus program information and provide an online application and approval environment for students, faculty and staff.
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RiskInfoSys Keeps Study Abroad Participants Safer

Terra Dotta’s software product, RiskInfoSys, is being adopted by some of the country’s most respected educational organizations because of its ability to mitigate risk for international travelers. It has become the must-have software for travel management because institutions can quickly locate travelers and communicate with them in an emergency.
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University of Oklahoma Study Abroad Goes Online

The University of Oklahoma Education Abroad Office launched a new online system for study abroad applicants that will make the application process easier for advisers and students. The new system allows applicants to search available programs, request teacher recommendations online, watch informational videos, apply for programs and check their statuses without picking up the phone or scheduling a meeting.
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NYU Traveler: Staying in Contact While Abroad

NYU launches Terra Dotta’s travel risk software, RiskInfoSys. Each year, more than 4,000 NYU students, faculty, and staff travel abroad to NYU’s globally networked international academic and research centers. The growth of international travel has made staying in touch with NYU community members more important. Terra Dotta’s software will be used to track international travel from NYU-affiliated programs to personal side trips, and faculty or staff excursions and conferences to sabbaticals and business trips.
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The Booming Business of International Education

Anyone who doubts that global education has become a big business need only walk the exhibit hall at the annual conference of NAFSA. A software company, Terra Dotta, found a niche for an online study abroad application that allows study abroad officials to synchronize files with student-affairs and financial aid offices, maintain a database of equivalent courses offered by foreign university and overseas programs, and track the travel of students and faculty members.
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George Washington University Study Abroad Application to Move Online

The GW Office of Study Abroad is using a new online application system to ease the study abroad application process. Interested students can now go to the office’s web site to search through a database of available programs and begin an online application. Previous complaints about the slow pace of application processing prompted the office to purchase StudioAbroad. The online system has made a noticeable difference in processing time.
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