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Evelyn (Santiago) Rosario, senior counselor in the Educational Opportunity Program office and former director of the Puerto Rico study-abroad program, was elected chair of the 2014–2015 Diversity Abroad Religion Task Force. The task force is composed of Nora Larkin, institutional relations manager at CAPA International Education; Eric Leinen, associate program director of the Learning Abroad Center at the University of Minnesota; and team consultant Lily Lopez-McGee, manager of the Diversity Abroad Network.

As principal investigator, Rosario and her team received approval from the institutional review board to launch a study titled "Gotta Have Faith: The Impact of Religion on Study-Abroad." The study will examine whether religion is considered an important factor among study-abroad participants and explore the importance of religion within the value systems of former, current, and prospective students. Alumni and current students of Buffalo State's offices of Special Programs and International and Exchange Programs will be invited to participate in the study. The results will assist advisers and students in their conversations when considering studying abroad. Other institutions of higher education nationwide are interested in joining the study.