The GoAbroad.com awards were held at the Belasco Theater in Los Angeles last week, and winners included a study abroad program which sent students to cover the Olympic Games last year.

Representatives from GoAbroad.com will embark on a cross-country journey across the United States to join the Women’s March on Washington, as part of the company's International Educators United for Women campaign.

LGBTQ ally training, emergency scholar funds and sending a US university mascot “across the pond” were some of the initiatives celebrated at the GoAbroad awards.

The fourth annual GoAbroad.com Innovation Awards took place in San Diego during NAFSA's annual conference. Delegates gathered to recognise the winners of 10 awards celebrating innovative approaches to work and study abroad. STA Travel sponsored a new category, "Start the Adventure", offering a $1000 cash prize for both the winner and their institution.

A US study abroad company with offices in Tacloban, the Philippines, is coordinating direct on-the-ground relief in the wake of the strongest tropical cyclone ever to make landfall, Typhoon Haiyan. GoAbroad.com founder, Troy Peden, has been helping people leave the area and bring in food and medical supplies.

More than 20,000 voters helped decide this year's GoAbroad.com's People's Choice Awards last month, which recognise excellence and innovation in the US study abroad sector. Winners included US-based International Studies Abroad and the University of South Carolina among others.

Developers from GoAbroad.com, one of the leading international education and experiential travel resources in the US, have launched a fundraising site to help students raise money for courses abroad. FundMyTravel allows students to start a campaign on the site and then share it with family and friends who can make donations.