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International educators are a unique breed! They work tirelessly around the world to promote global education and stewardship. Whether they’re recruiting a student, promoting study abroad opportunities, or ensuring student success on campus, they open new doors and make dreams come true. They change lives and bend destinies. And along the way, many of their own lives are changed and their own destinies bent. If you’re interested to hear more about the international educators whose mission it is to change lives and bend destinies, this is the podcast for you. Jessica Guiver and Girish ...

50 years ago my parents set off on an epic adventure that took them across the globe. In two and half months they covered 19,000 miles and travelled through 16 countries; they flew from Vancouver to Hawaii, Japan, Hong Kong, Bangkok, and on to Calcutta. From there they took trains, buses, rickshaws and hitchhiked across India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, and Turkey. Finally ending their travels in Europe, with stopovers in Greece and Italy, settling down in Switzerland, their final destination. I grew up listening to stories of a broken down bus in the "Valley of Death", being attacked by ...