No one can deny that a valuable experience for college students is to experience life far away from home. It’s courageous enough to choose a school in a different state, but to go study in a different country simply takes adventure to a whole new level.

More American students today seem to be realizing the importance of having learning experiences in foreign countries.

Like many Catholic universities in the 21st century, Salve Regina University seeks to define what it means to be a “Catholic” university. But this “Catholic Identity” is understood differently by different members of the Salve Regina community, especially students.

“We’re our own little breed of people,” said junior Samantha Grover as she described the familial environment of Salve Regina University’s Politics Department. “Once we get rolling on something, it’s hard to get us to stop.”

And it was passion like that that led Grover to meet some of the White House’s top contenders for the Presidency.

Joseph R. DiStefano, chairman of the board of trustees of Salve Regina University, has announced that M. Therese Antone, RSM will complete her tenure as president of Salve Regina on June 30, 2009. She has served as president of Salve Regina since 1994.

In July, 2009, she will transition into a new role as Chancellor of the University.

Four Salve Regina students are winners of the university’s World Youth Day competition. Each student will receive $2,300 grants for the expenses of attending World Youth Day 2008 festivities July 15-20 in Sydney, Australia.

Ian Kerr ’08, Elissa Slason ’08 , Maura O’Toole ’09 and Katherine Shaw ’10 were the competition winners.