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My co-director and I are always available to our students and take great pride in helping make your experience abroad the experience of a lifetime.
– Ruth Verweijen
Vienna resident director

meet the director

Ruth Verweijen
Every Central College Abroad program boasts a resident director who plays a unique role in students’ experiences. Directors provide academic advising; teach a hands-on seminar, where students learn about the host city and then experience it first hand; and lead the cultural excursions connected to the seminar class. Central College Abroad takes pride in the personalized attention that it can provide its students.

Ruth Verweijen, the on-site program director in Vienna, brings a wealth of knowledge and experience about Vienna and all of Austria to the program. Ruth received a Bachelor of Arts from the Vienna Tourism College, a Master of Arts from the University of Vienna, and a Master of international and intercultural management from the School for International training. As the on-site program director, Ruth facilitates personal growth and learning by offering on-site support, academic advising and a complete on-site orientation to the host city and country.

As director, she most enjoys sharing in students’ experiences in Vienna and helping them explore this exciting city.

On a personal note, Ruth loves to travel and spend time with her daughter.