Living in Luxembourg: Appreciate the history in front of you
By Raquel Hirsch | October 8, 2024While studying abroad in Luxembourg, columnist Raquel Hirsch has found exploring the history in front of her to be extremely rewarding.
While studying abroad in Luxembourg, columnist Raquel Hirsch has found exploring the history in front of her to be extremely rewarding.
MUDEC students scattered, mostly in the direction of Bruges, Belgium. A five-hour travel day began, and I’m not sure how, but Miami students tend to find one another, even across the world.
Despite being nestled between France, Germany and Belgium, Luxembourg is merely a dot on the map. Many people have never even heard of the country – or they think that it's a city in Germany.However, anyone who steps foot on Miami University’s campus knows of the 998-square-mile nation.
The Talawanda School District Board of Education met on July 9 to continue the discussion of several topics from last month’s meeting – primarily, the board’s vote to approve salary increases for administrators over the next three years.
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The Talawanda School District Board of Education met on the evening of Thursday, March 22 and discussed several potential changes for busing services and administrator salaries beginning in the 2024-2025 school year. The board also announced its selection for the Harry and Virginia Teckman Excellence in Education award.