Category: Student highlight

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Post author By Anna Ondieki
Post date March 21, 2025

Tags CEHD, Exercise is Medicine, George Mason University, GMU, Graduate, Kinesiology, research, Student highlight, Student Research Symposium

Tourism and Events Management student Natalie Strait reflects on her study abroad experiences

Post author By Anna Ondieki
Post date December 9, 2024

As Winter Graduation approaches, many graduating students enter a season of reflection. Natalie Strait, graduating this semester with a BS in Tourism and Events Management, looks back at her college experience with fondness. As a student in the Honors College, a member of the CEHD Student Advisory Board, a CEHD Student Ambassador, and president of the Tourism and Events Management Society, Natalie has made the most of her college experience. But her most memorable moments at George Mason were not on the Fairfax campus – or even in the United States.

Keep reading to learn more about Natalie’s experiences studying abroad in her own words.