{"id":23,"date":"2019-04-15T17:09:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T17:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/asrami21\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2019-05-14T02:49:21","modified_gmt":"2019-05-14T02:49:21","slug":"stories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/internationals\/stories\/","title":{"rendered":"STORIES"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-23\" data-postid=\"23\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-23 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_a3ss000 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_oypm006 first\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module video -->\n<div  class=\"module module-video tb_7mo8070 video-top  \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    \t\t\t\t<div class=\"video-wrap-outer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"video-wrap tf_rel tf_overflow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript><iframe data-no-script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/336009162?h=c4ebac097a&pip=1&playsinline=1&portrait=0&title=0&badge=0\" allow=\"fullscreen\" class=\"tf_abs tf_w tf_h\"><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- \/video-wrap -->\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<!-- \/video-wrap-outer -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"video-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"video-caption tb_text_wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSue McDougal, Director of International Student Programs, has tirelessly worked for over a decade to help international student with their transition to Colby. 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