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[email protected]. Georgia Southern offers study abroad program in Ireland FEBRUARY 20, 2007 On a recent trip to Ireland, Jane Hudak, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, and Howard Keeley, director of the Center for Irish Studies, opened doors for a study abroad program at the University of Limerick. Beginning this fall, Georgia Southern University students will be able to cross the Atlantic and take classes in what is often referred to as ‘Earth’s most global country.” ‘The University of Limerick is one of the newest universities in Ireland, formed by joining a teachers’ college and a technical school,” said Keeley. ‘Located on the campus of the 650-acre National Technology Park, it is home to the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, and it has an Olympic- grade sports complex. It’s an ideal location for study abroad, offering programs that interface well with offerings at Georgia Southern.” Keeley did extensive research on higher education in Ireland before proposing a program with the University of Limerick.