Brooklyn Student Taisia Dubinina Studies in Spain

2011 Dec 6

University of San Diego student Taisia Dubinina of Brooklyn is studying in Barcelona, Spain this fall.

The semester-long program is offered through the Cultural Exchanges Abroad Global Campus and students can take courses in business and the liberal arts. Barcelona is a stunning coastal city and its tree-lined pedestrian walkway of Las Ramblas is home to an array of shops, street performers, markets and cafés. Art lovers will appreciate Barcelona's world-renowned museums, including the Museau Picasso.

Dubinina is majoring in international business and plans to graduate in Spring 2013.

USD is ranked first in the nation for the percentage of undergraduate students studying abroad, according to the Institute of International Education's latest Open Doors Report. More than 71 percent of all USD undergraduate students study abroad.

The University of San Diego is a Catholic institution of higher learning chartered in 1949; the school enrolls some 7,800 undergraduate and graduate students and is known for its commitment to teaching, the liberal arts, the formation of values and community service. The fall 2007 establishment of the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies brings the University's total number of schools and colleges to six. Other academic divisions include the College of Arts and Sciences and the schools of Business Administration, Leadership and Education Sciences, Law and Nursing and Health Sciences.