Global winter
1,100 UD students participate in 57 Winter Session study abroad programs
8:28 a.m., Jan. 14, 2016--This month, more than 1,100 University of Delaware students are participating in 57 study abroad programs across 28 countries around the world.
UD is a national leader in study abroad, with more than 30 percent of its students engaging in education abroad during their undergraduate careers in program fields ranging from the arts and humanities to the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) disciplines.
Global Stories
Fulbright awards
Peace Corps plans
A Generation Study Abroad partner, UD’s Institute for Global Studies was recently recognized by the Institute of International Education for its innovation in the field, including the Delaware Diplomats Program, now in its second year.
In 2015, UD was also one of five institutions to receive the NAFSA Senator Paul Simon Award for Comprehensive Internationalization, an honor given to universities that demonstrate significant progress toward comprehensive internationalization — especially those using innovative and creative approaches.
To experience each moment of UD study abroad participants’ global journeys, follow @UDGlobal on Twitter and Instagram, view the Storify site, engage using #UDAbroad, and visit the IGS study abroad blog.
‘Dare to Take Us There’
Students studying abroad during summer and fall of 2015 and winter and spring of 2016 are invited to “Dare to Take Us There” in the annual Study Abroad Photo and Video Contest.
Photos will be accepted in the categories of Landscape, Portraiture, and Impactful Moments. Each student may submit no more than two photos per category.
Participants are also encouraged to submit a 60 second (or less) video that leads viewers through the authentic experience of a study abroad student.
Judges will choose winners based on the ability of the participants to capture moments that truly represent the study abroad experience, and that changed the students' outlook on the world, their host country, or themselves.
Photo and video submissions will be accepted via this online form. Each should be accompanied by a title and short, meaningful description.
For complete details on this year’s photo and video contest, visit the IGS website or email go-global@udel.edu.
About the Institute for Global Studies
The Institute for Global Studies was created in 2009 to enhance the international dimensions of teaching, research and outreach at the University of Delaware. IGS provides leadership and support for programs and experiences that contribute to the education of informed, skilled, open-minded citizens of the world.
Best known for coordinating the University’s study abroad program, IGS also awards scholarships and grants to faculty and students for a number of global opportunities, and administers internationally-recognized State Department-sponsored programs such as the UD Fulbright Initiative, Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) Student Leaders Institute, Mandela Washington Fellowship Program for Young African Leaders, and most recently the Study of the U.S. Institutes for Student Leaders on Women’s Leadership (SUSI-WL) program.
IGS sponsors such signature events as Global Month each fall and country-specific celebrations each spring.
IGS collaborates with other global partners on campus, including the Office for International Students and Scholars, the Confucius Institute and the Center for Global and Area Studies. In addition, IGS partners with Enrollment Management to coordinate the UD World Scholars Program.
Article by Nikki Laws
Photo courtesy of Alexis Trench