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Explore one of Europe鈥檚 most beautiful cities with the director of KSU Florence Center.
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Tahira is an international student from Sialkot, Pakistan. She is here with the Global Undergraduate Exchange Program with Pakistan which is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State to allow her to study at a university in the U.S. for one semester. She comes from a small town鈥
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Matheus Priosti came a long way to find his purpose. Five thousand miles, in fact.
The S茫o Paulo, Brazil, native made the long journey from South America across the equator to arrive at 抖M女仆 in August 2016, and he has never looked back.
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