Increasing Access, Expanding Horizons: Underrepresented Students in Less Common Destinations

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

2:00 PM – 2:50 PM PDT

Location: Junior AB

Presenter(s)

Colleen Ferguson, M.Ed. (she/her/hers)

Associate Director, Global Learning and Engagement
Shoreline Community College
Shoreline, Washington

Chair and Presenter(s)

Elizabeth MacGonagle, PhD (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

Slides

Presenter(s)

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Elaine Tuft, PhD

Professor • Mary Lou Fulton Endowed Chair
Utah Valley University Center for International Studies - Orem, UT
Orem, Utah

Presentation Description: Destinations beyond Western Europe offer pre-professional students the opportunity to develop more nuanced intercultural competencies. In this session, representatives from three Department of State IDEAS grant recipient institutions will share methods and lessons learned from creating short-term, faculty-led study abroad programs for underrepresented students focused on nursing, education, race, and health in Ecuador, Brazil, Estonia, Finland, Cuba, and Nigeria.

Learning Objectives:

Market to underrepresented student populations to increase their participation in study abroad programs. Shoreline Community College will share perspectives from the development of their two-week nursing program in Ecuador.
Identify challenges and innovative strategies for developing programming in less-common destinations through the example of the University of Kansas’s hybrid study abroad program connecting Brazil to Cuba and Nigeria.
Create short-term study abroad programs that encourage students to develop more nuanced intercultural competencies through the example of Utah Valley University’s education-focused program in Estonia and Finland.