{"id":11709,"date":"2019-01-22T09:30:38","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T14:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=11709&preview=true&preview_id=11709"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:05:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:05:37","slug":"virtual-exchange-students-meet-irl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2019\/01\/22\/virtual-exchange-students-meet-irl\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual exchange students meet IRL"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Team EcoMENA finally meet in person and are named winners during the final event of the William Davidson Institute\u2019s M2Gate. Photo: William Davidson Institute.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Last year, we reported<\/a> on a \u201cvirtual exchange\u201d program called M\u00b2GATE<\/a> connecting U-M undergraduate students with students in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) to create a meaningful, international experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After months of using BlueJeans videoconferencing<\/a> and other collaborative technology to stay connected, they finally got to meet one another in real life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s amazing to finally get to meet all my teammates in person,\u201d said Fatima Ezzahra El Mourabit of team Alters. \u201cWe had a lot of time meeting virtually on Skype and on BlueJeans, and we did a lot and often, actually. Finally getting to meet each other is pretty beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more on the Engaged Michigan website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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