Initiatives & Programs

 

The Abroad View Foundation works with college and university study abroad offices and international centers to guide students in their journeys abroad and provide them with the tools and space they need to reflect on, analyze, and communicate their international and intercultural experiences in the company of their peers who have shared similar experiences. Our hope is that by encouraging students to discuss international experiences as a turning-point in their lives and by providing them with opportunities to generate new meanings from them, we are facilitating the integration of their time abroad with their academic, professional, and lifelong pursuits. While we teach and support students, we also learn from them. Each individual brings home a unique and valuable perspective, and so we listen as they tell us about the lessons they've learned and the stories they've gathered through experience in the world.


Closer Look »

Abroad View magazine's "Closer Look" is a thematic section that explores an international issue or topic in global education from a variety of perspectives. The theme for Abroad View spring 2009 will be: “Teaching English Abroad.”


Forum on Education Abroad Undergraduate Student Research Awards »

The Forum on Education Abroad, an Abroad View Sponsor, is an association that serves the international education field. It organizes the annual Under-graduate Research Awards Competition, which showcases the most rigorous and significant undergraduate research that occurs as part of education abroad programs or that focuses on education abroad itself. This research speaks to the many ways in which students come to understand other cultures and societies through a research framework and how they connect their learning overseas to their academic and professional pursuits.


Global Snapshot »

This nationwide, annual intercollegiate event builds a picture of daily life in communities around the world, as experienced by U.S. college students studying abroad. The project was developed by the Hobart and William Smith Colleges and Union College Partnership for Global Education and is hosted by the Abroad View Foundation during International Education Week.
Please note: We are not running Global Snapshot in 2008/2009.


Green Passport »

The Green Passport program is an exciting new nationwide initiative that promotes socially and environmentally conscious studying abroad experiences. Abroad View co-operates this program with Living Routes, Ithaca College, Middlebury College, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.


Student Diplomat Essay Competition »

NAFSA: Association of International Educators and Abroad View host an annual Student Diplomat Essay Competition for current and recently returned study abroad students to submit compelling stories that articulate how their undergraduate international experiences have helped meet the United States’ need to understand global situations and compete in the global arena.


Meta Photo Contest »

Margaret Riley, Duke University Director and Assistant Dean for Study Abroad and Director on The Abroad View Foundation, conceived of this idea for Abroad View to host an annual Meta Photo Contest to recognize and promote the many study abroad photo contests organized by U.S. colleges, universities, and study abroad programs. We ask Study Abroad Professionals to send the top 1 to 3 winning photographs from your college, university, program, or organization’s most recent contest. Photo entries are accepted throughout the year until the annual deadline: May 15


Writing Contest »

The Abroad View Foundation hosts a Writing Contest for all currently enrolled undergraduate and graduate students and students who have graduated within the past year. The winner for each category will receive $150, and his or her submission will be published in the fall 2009 edition of Abroad View.