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            Two Shawnee State University students will be attending Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco for Spring Semester on an exchange program.
            Don Stepp is a senior in International Relations. He received a bachelor’s degree in history in 2004 and after working for awhile, he decided to return to school and study international relations. He wants to see everything he can while he is there including traveling throughout Egypt and Europe.
            “I want to see everything I can,” Stepp said. “I may not come back until August for my birthday.”
            Jonathan Phillips is a junior who attended SSU several years ago as a business major and dropped out. He returned three and a half years later to study his passion – history. He is a communications minor and he would like to write eventually.
            He has never been out of the country and he is looking forward to learning about a different culture. Phillips has two goals, one, to get his master’s degree in history and the other is to study abroad. Eventually he would like to become a writer.
            “I am looking forward to going to Morocco,” Phillips said. “I really want to see the pyramids and travel to Spain too.”
            In order to graduate in Spring 2011, Phillips will continue his studies at SSU in Summer Semester. Stepp’s brother is in Barcelona, Spain, and the two students are planning to travel there for spring break.

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Shawnee State University Students Don Stepp, left, and Jonathan Phillips, right, point to the city in Morocco where they will be attending Spring Semester as exchange students.