Two Georgia Tech students interning in Brussels, and a Spelman College student participating in a study abroad program there, were safe and accounted for, according to school officials Tuesday.
The updates from the institutions came after a series of attacks at the city’s airport and subway killed at least 30 people and wounded hundreds more.
The Spelman student is participating in a study abroad program offered by the Council on International Educational Exchange, said ‘Dimeji R. Togunde, Spelman’s associate provost for global education and professor of international studies. The student is in contact with the exchange office in Brussels.
Those two institutions were the only colleges or universities to report any students in Brussels when contacted Tuesday.
The University of Georgia and Georgia State University reported no students or faculty currently in Brussels. Kennesaw State University also had no students in the city.
The state’s University System, which includes Georgia’s 29 public colleges and universities, does not plan to change study-abroad policies in light of the attacks, a system spokesman said. The system has been and will continue to follow the guidance of the U.S. Department of State regarding travel abroad, he said
System officials followed the same guidance last year after terror attacks in Paris killed scores of residents and travelers.
Among private institutions, Emory University reported no approved study-abroad programs in Brussels, so no students were there on an official program through the school’s Center for International Programs Abroad. Emory has 61 students studying in other parts of Europe through that program, and is requesting they check in with school officials about their safety and so it can remind the students of general safety precautions when traveling.
Emory officials are also checking for any travelers who may be in Brussels who are not registered with Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response, and is asking units across the university to identify any travelers who may be in Brussels who are not registered with ISOS Travel Tracker, which helps organizations with its international travelers.
Officials at SCAD, Morehouse College, Clark Atlanta and Mercer universities reported no current programs and no students or faculty currently traveling in Brussels.
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