LEWISTON — Olivia Sandford of Kennebunk participated in the fall 2018 Bates College Junior Semester Abroad program.

Sandford, who is majoring in environmental studies at Bates, studied in Denmark through the Danish Institute for Study Abroad, Copenhagen.

She is the daughter of Rachel and Erik Murer of Kennebunk, and Bernard G. Sandford of Brighton, Massachusetts, and is a 2016 graduate of Kennebunk High School.

Bates’ nationally recognized international education program offers access to academically rigorous and culturally enriching programs in more than 60 countries. About 60 percent of Bates students elect to study abroad through the college’s Center for Global Education.

Located in Lewiston, Bates is internationally recognized as a leading college of the liberal arts, attracting 2,000 students from across the U.S. and around the world. Since 1855, Bates has been dedicated to educating the whole person through creative and rigorous scholarship in a collaborative residential community.

With a commitment to affordability, Bates has always admitted students without regard to gender, race, religion or national origin.

Cultivating intellectual discovery and informed civic action, Bates prepares leaders sustained by a love of learning and zeal for responsible stewardship of the wider world.