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TANGIER, Morocco

The 'Associated Press' highlights UNE’s efforts to welcome foreign students

The Associated Press also published this photo of UNE's open house at its Tangier campus
The Associated Press also published this photo of UNE's open house at its Tangier campus

The Associated Press highlighted the University of New England’s efforts to recruit international students in a recent article titled, “US colleges assure overseas students: You are welcome here.” It includes photos of UNE’s open house for Moroccan students at its Tangier campus.

The article points to efforts from several top U.S. colleges and universities to ensure foreign students that they will be welcomed at their institutions. UNE Vice President for Global Affairs and Communications Anouar Majid, Ph.D., shared the concerns he has heard from Moroccan students interested in studying at UNE.

"Several students wearing hijabs wondered whether they would be welcome in the United States, given the election of Donald Trump and the rhetoric they were hearing," said Majid. "We assured them that the United States is very welcoming."

The AP also interviewed prospective UNE student Aymane Lamharzi Alaoui, who said that family members in Boston reassured him that Americans are more welcoming than the current political rhetoric would suggest.

See the article in the Associated Press, ABC News, Fox Business, Yahoo News, U.S. News and World Report, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Houston Chronicle, VOA News, the New Jersey Herald and the New Zealand Herald.

To learn more about UNE Morocco, visit www.une.edu/morocco

To apply, visit www.une.edu/admissions

About the University of New England

The University of New England is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible, accredited online degrees. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.