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Via’s ‘One-Stop Shop’ Helps Salve Regina Increase Study Abroad Participation
Via allows administrator more time for students, less time ‘shuffling paper’When it came to application and post-acceptance processes, Joe Meringolo says he had “a bit of a learning curve” when he took on the role as Assistant Director, Study Abroad at Salve Regina...
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Application Fees Eliminated at Concordia University Wisconsin with Via
Via’s Affordability Allows Concordia to Eliminate Application Fees Concordia University Wisconsin’s Maggie Leimkuehler had a demo with Via during the 2018 NAFSA Regional Conference in Schaumburg, Illinois. “It definitely looked appealing,” recalls Maggie, now...
Success Story: SUNY Oneonta
“Via takes a lot off our plates so we can focus on other things.” By the time Denise Leinonen went to work at the Office of Global Education at SUNY Oneonta, the office had decided to move from a paper system to a software system. “We interviewed a bunch of colleagues...
Success Story: College of Saint Benedict & Saint John’s University (CSB and SJU)
From Day One, Via offered CSB and SJU students a great user experience Nicole Clements was completely satisfied with the homegrown, institutionally managed software system her office was using for study abroad applications when she was tasked with finding a new system...
Via TRM Spring Conferences 2019
Via TRM will be at the NAFSA Annual Conference in D.C. Curious to learn about user-friendly technology for education abroad? Let's connect! Book a 10-minute demo during either conference, and you'll receive a free #AdventureOn travel mug. NAFSA Annual...
Tips for Success When Stepping into a New Role in Education Abroad
You got the job. You’ve been promoted, made a lateral move, or perhaps taken a step down the proverbial ladder at a different bigger campus, to a new role in international education. Now your job really begins. Before you dive into your new role, here are a few...
A 2018 ‘Retro’ for International Educators
In the art world, a retrospective is an exhibition that displays work from a particular artist created over the course of their career. In technology, a retrospective is a meeting where software developers look back over a project and identify what worked, what...
Denali Release
UPDATE 2/12/2019 We are in the final testing stages for the new Application Templates and Traveler Applications. We decided to rearchitect Applications & Forms in November of 2018 to give Clients greater flexibility in question types, ordering and re-ordering, and...
‘Best Business/Startup of the Year 2018’
We are thrilled to announce that we received the award for 'Best Business/Startup of the Year 2018' from the Women in International Education Awards (WIE Awards). The award ceremony was held in Berlin, Germany on November 3, 2018. Our Founder & CEO, Samantha...
3 Change Theories All International Educators Should Know
What role will change management will play in the future of international education? In her essay, 'The Future of International Education', Samantha Martin (Via TRM's Founder & CEO) wrote 'The future of international education is being driven by a growing appetite...
Via TRM Fall 2018 Conferences
It's conference season in the world of international education. Via TRM will be attending, presenting at, and exhibiting during many of the NAFSA Regionals and the CIEE conference in Spain. And we want to connect with you! The first 25 people to book a 10 minute demo...
Simplifying the Education Abroad Process
What would it look like to radically simplify the education abroad process for students and administrators? The writer Antoine de Saint Exupéry famously said, “You know you’ve achieved perfection in design, not when you have nothing to more add, but when you...
Time For a Pivot in International Education?
“To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often” – Winston Churchill A Famous “Pivot” In the startup world, when a company needs to course-correct, it’s called a pivot. Perhaps the most famous major pivot is that of a small company, formerly known as Odeo....