{"id":66,"date":"2020-11-10T20:00:07","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T20:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/education-abroad\/?page_id=66"},"modified":"2026-10-08T16:20:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T20:20:02","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/education-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"class_list":["post-66","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"lead_in":"","display_title":"Creating students of the world","subtitle":"We help students and faculty expand their horizons through a variety of education abroad opportunities.","call_to_action":{"title":"Spring 2027 applications are now closed.","url":"https:\/\/studyabroad.rochester.edu\/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ListAll","target":""},"hero_image_placement":"right_image","hero_media":"images","hero_pattern_option":"","hero_video":"","hero_image_landing":2116,"hero_image_landing_two":"","hero_image_landing_three":"","content_modules":[{"acf_fc_layout":"text","anchor":"","css_class":"","title":"","content":"<p class=\"u-text-lead\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Studying, researching, interning, or volunteering abroad\u00a0is an important part of the student experience. 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