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school announced that its summer and fall study abroad programs there have been canceled in light of the terrorist attacks that killed at least 30 people, says Elizabeth McDaniel, the school’s senior director for International Education. “It’s the type of thing we are thinking about all the time, so it didn’t come as an, ‘Oh my gosh, we never thought this could possibly happen’ type of thing,” McDaniel says of Tuesday’s attacks. “Of course it has happened before and will likely happen again.” Four Texas Tech students were in Brussels when the attack happened, but all are safe and accounted for, according to a report from KCBD. McDaniel says the department is proactive in its safety measures for study abroad students, and that before venturing out of the country students must attend a two-hour safety seminar, where among other things they discuss potential terrorist attacks. “We reevaluate safety measures every day based on what’s going on in the world,” McDaniel says. “We just look at the situation continuously and evaluate where our programs are going, where our students are going, and then make decisions accordingly.” Texas Tech has study abroad programs in more than 70 countries. Previous European terrorist attacks, like the ones in Paris in November, have yet to curb applications for Tech’s study abroad programs, McDaniels says. In fact, she notes, the number of applications spiked after the attack in France. But she says yesterday’s attack in Brussels could hinder interest in studying abroad