However, a love of wines started with a study abroad program in 1996 while he was in Florence, Italy.

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Foraker said he met Fattal during a study abroad program in 2003, and the two worked together at the Aprovecho sustainable living research center in Cottage Grove, Oregon.

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While studying at Indiana University, he went to Cairo for a year on a study-abroad program.

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Why does a study-abroad program in a small, English-speaking country on the edge of Europe matter in a time of austerity and budget crises?

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