American students stand atop the Great Wall of China. (Laura Berger/GlobalPost)

GlobalPost launches Study Abroad page

As college students head out for their year of study abroad, we invite you to view the world through their eyes.

By C.M. Sennott - GlobalPost
Published: October 12, 2009 05:55 ET
Updated: October 14, 2009 08:06 ET

BOSTON — Every year more than a quarter of a million American college students head out to see the world through a study abroad program.

These programs, which are growing steadily every year, introduce young people to new cultures, new languages, new ways of thinking and a new sense of perspective on their own country.

GlobalPost believes the next generation of foreign correspondents will likely emerge out of this group of students who seek to learn abroad.

And so, GlobalPost is proud to launch a new “Study Abroad” page which will draw on these students to provide reported stories, essays, blogs, photo galleries and videos. They will form what we are calling the “GlobalPost Student Correspondent Corps.”

This team is made up of more than 70 young people who have demonstrated an interest in student journalism or who have a facility for story telling and a desire to try their hand at being a foreign correspondent.

We sorted through literally hundreds of applications from American students over the last few months to pull together this Student Correspondent Corps and we are excited to see them head out on their journeys to every corner of the world to become eyes and ears for GlobalPost and for you our visitors to the site.

They will not cover big stories or hard news. We’ll leave that to our team of 75 GlobalPost correspondents in more than 50 countries who make up a stellar team of professional, seasoned journalists. But these student correspondents will be reporters-in-training who will seek out stories that provide us a student perspective about life and culture in the countries in which they are studying.

They hail from campuses across the country, including Tufts, Boston University, Harvard University, University of Missouri, University of Wisconsin, University of Texas, Northwestern, Duke, New York University, Swarthmore, and many others.

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Posted by dmartin336 on October 16, 2009 17:45 ET

I welcome the inclusion of the Study Abroad page ad encourage you to become familiar (if you are not already) with Mobility Internal USA (http://www.miusa.org/). I had the greatest pleasure of working along with MIUSA while serving as Director of the George Washington University HEATH Resource Center, an online clearinghouse on postsecondary education for individuals with disabilities.

MIUSA is an invaluable resource for international study for students with disabilities. MIUSA has served as the National Clearinghouse on Disability and Exchange (NCDE), a project sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State and managed by MIUSA to: educate people with disabilities and related organizations about international exchange opportunities; increase the participation of people with disabilities in the full range of international volunteer, study, work and research programs; advise international exchange organizations about the Americans with Disabilities Act; and facilitate partnerships between people with disabilities, disability-related organizations and international exchange organizations.

I wish you all the best and great success with this page!
Sincerely,

Dr. Donna C. Martinez
International Educational Consultant
http://dcm-iec.com/
http://drdmartinez.blogspot.com/
http://andshetookherjourney.blogspot.com/

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