As a signature, professional experience, third year MFA candidates are exposed to international art fairs, given the opportunity to travel, and exhibit. Last year, students exhibited at Aqua Art Miami during Basel week and this year, third year MFAs attended a two-week summer artist residency in Burren, Ireland. Other students have had the opportunity to go to Europe for the Venice Bienniale, Documenta 14, and the Münster Skulptur Projekte. The Art Education program also hosts a recurring summer semester in China. Additional supplemental funding is provided for students to pursue summer residencies and Art History graduate students qualify for a writing mentor series with a local art publication. These unique opportunities yield career-building experience from curator and collector networking, to professional practice, and offer experiences from focused art making and exposure to the greater, international, contemporary art scene.