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Students Receive Study Abroad Scholarships For Short Courses

Stacey — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 15:35:37 +0000

Scholarships are assisting numerous GlobaLinks Learning Abroad participants this summer with their short-term study abroad programs in Australia and New Zealand.

Recipients:

Kristin Larios of the University of Kansas is taking the Tropical Marine Ecology course and received $1,000 from the Foundation for Global Scholars.

Stephen McClanahan of Auburn University is taking the Creating A Green, Sustainable Environment course and received $1,000 from the Foundation for Global Scholars.

Mahdyeh Nowkhandan of Metropolitan State College of Denver is taking the Challenge New Zealand – Leadership Development course and received $1,000 from the Foundation for Global Scholars.

Sabrina Orser of Grand Valley State University is attending Summer School in Australia at the University of Adelaide and received $1,500 from the Foundation for Global Scholars.

Lauren Presutti of Central Michigan University is taking the Wanju Boodjah – Aboriginal Studies in Western Australia course and received $1,500 from the Foundation for Global Scholars, and $500 (AUD) from the Murdoch University Wanju Boodjah Sponsored Scholarship.

Amanda Stewart of the University of North Florida is taking The Australian Experience: Environmental Issues course and received $500 from the Foundation for Global Scholars.

Sara Tullis of Kansas State University is taking The Australian Sporting Industry course and received $500 from the Foundation for Global Scholars.

Ashley Shumar of Indiana University of Pennsylvania is taking the International Business: The Asia-Pacific Connection course and received $1,000 from the Edith Cowan University (ECU) International Business Sponsored Scholarship.

Kireeti Ghanta of the University of Southern Indiana is taking the International Business: The Asia-Pacific Connection course and
received $1,000 from the ECU International Business Sponsored Scholarship.

Sarah Virnig of the University of North Dakota is taking the Coral Bay – Marine Science On Australia’s West Coast course and received $500 from the Murdoch University Coral Bay Sponsored Scholarship.

Dollars Raised By Newlyweds For Study Abroad Scholarship Matched By Their Overseas University

Stacey — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 17:37:48 +0000

Good deeds do get noticed.

Summer Egan and Alex Sachen

When Summer Egan and Alex Sachen, alumni of the AustraLearn study abroad program, got married last year on Oct. 17, they donated $1 per guest, in lieu of wedding favors, and had funds matched by Sachen’s employer. They also invited guests to contribute more if they were interested in supporting their scholarship to help another student study abroad at their overseas university, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), where they met in 2004.

As a result, $400 was raised and a scholarship was created through the Foundation for Global Scholars to help a student who might otherwise not be able to study abroad.

Alex and Summer’s act of generosity on their special day, however, didn’t end there. It recently caught the attention of QUT officials, who decided to match the scholarship with their own $400, making for an $800 scholarship.

Summer Egan and Alex Sachen, alumni of Queensland University of Technology and the AustraLearn program, married last October and created a $400 scholarship to help another student study abroad. Now, QUT has matched their scholarship for a total of $800, which was awarded to Molly Dupuis of Carthage College.

“I was just so happy to hear that our study abroad school not only knew of our idea, but was inspired to support it,” said Summer Egan Sachen, who learned about the match earlier this month.

The recipient of the couple’s scholarship is Molly Dupuis, a graphic design and public relations major from Carthage College.

“Our small donation of $400 is now doubled and I am happy to know that we could really help this student cover a majority of her flight, meals, or books out there,” Sachen said.

Sachen said she is really happy with the recipient of their scholarship.

“She really was the ideal candidate. … She is an extremely sweet girl who is highly motivated. She views the world as a classroom and wants to grow not only as a student at QUT but as an independent woman. She seems like she will soak in all that the experience will offer her. She mentioned that she will be participating in the volunteer program, which I also did. I’m happy to know we are helping someone who in return will be giving back to the city both my husband and I consider a home away from home. I’ve already befriended her on Facebook and I plan on keeping in touch with her on her journey down under.”

New Study Abroad Scholarship For Business Majors With Entrepreneurial Interests

admin — Wed, 11 May 2011 18:07:11 +0000

Banks Family Scholarship Now Available Through Foundation for Global Scholars

Cynthia Banks, founder and executive director of GlobaLinks Learning Abroad, and her family, recently created the Banks Family Scholarship, an annual scholarship awarded in increments of $1,000 through the Foundation for Global Scholars to support education abroad for future leaders, and in particular, students in business and entrepreneurship.

Banks was a business student and an entrepreneur when she founded the GlobaLinks Learning Abroad organization in 1990. “Our family wishes to support students in their international endeavors so that they also have similar opportunities to explore their interests and career passions,” Banks said.

Applicants must first meet these “general eligibility” requirements:

At the time of applying for any of the Foundation scholarships, applicant must be enrolled in a North American college or university where transfer credit from an academic program abroad will be applied to your degree being earned.
Must be a U.S. or Canadian citizen

Applicants then must meet all of the following eligibility requirements and answer one additional essay question on the scholarship application:

Minimum 3.0 GPA
Business Major
GlobaLinks Learning Abroad Students
Interest in entrepreneurship
Attending a Semester Abroad program only

In addition, recipients of this award will be required to prepare a brief presentation (10 minutes) and give it to a class describing their study abroad experience, how it helped further their interest in entrepreneurship and encourage others to have study abroad experience. A video (simple camera or flipcam video is fine) of the presentation will need to be presented to the Foundation for Global Scholars.

For more information on the Banks Family Scholarship and other opportunities, visit the Foundation for Global Scholars’ web site.

Saying “I Do” To International Education

Stacey — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 03:24:10 +0000

Two AustraLearn Alumni Create Study Abroad Scholarship in Lieu of Favors for Their Wedding Guests

By Stacey Hartmann

GlobaLinks NewsWire Editor

As guests at the Oct. 17 wedding of Alex Sachen and Summer Egan sit down to enjoy a celebratory dinner, they’ll discover a scholarship created in their honor rather than typical wedding favors.

It is a gesture that will speak volumes about the happy couple at the head table.

As part of their Oct. 17, 2010, Summer Egan and Alex Sachen will create a scholarship to help another individual study abroad in Australia, as they did.

“We thought of this together,” says Egan, who met Sachen in 2004 while they were both studying abroad at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, Australia, through the AustraLearn international education program. “It’s a way for us to give a practical gift for our guests.”

By donating $1 per guest and having funds matched by Sachen’s employer, the couple expects to raise at least $500 to fund a one-time scholarship to study abroad. Guests will be invited to contribute more if they are interested in supporting the endeavor.

“I went to a wedding a few years back and my friend decided to donate a few dollars from each person’s plate to her favorite charity,” says Egan, who plans to say a few words to her guests about why she and her husband created the scholarship. “Favors can be so tacky and impractical. Alex and I thought, ‘Let’s do something more meaningful.’”

So they came up with the “Let Learning Take You Around the World” scholarship, available through the Foundation for Asia Pacific Education to participants of the AustraLearn program planning to attend QUT. The Foundation is a nonprofit organization that provides scholarships on an ongoing basis to university and college students who want to gain international education experiences.

The “Let Learning Take You Around the World” scholarship is the first of its kind created as part of a wedding and designated to benefit an AustraLearn program participant.

“This is a wonderful example of the generosity of our alumni who are so affected by the experience they want others to have the same opportunities to study abroad,” said Kathryn Olinger, director of AustraLearn programs. “It also is an example of the pay-it-forward attitude that is so prevalent in the younger generation of today.”

Egan, originally from Carmel, N.Y., and Sachen, originally from Greenwood Village, Colo., came from two different U.S. universities to study at QUT.

“We both happened to apply to the same program to go to the same college,” Egan says. “I had changed my mind three or four times and two weeks before I was leaving, I decided to go to QUT instead. It’s fate that I ended up at the same college as him.”

At the time, Egan was studying journalism and psychology at the University of Vermont, and Sachen was studying mechanical engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

After Egan and Sachen arrived at QUT, they crossed paths a few times during orientation and the first month of class and began socializing as part of a bigger group of friends. Eventually, Sachen decided to tag along with Egan and some of her friends on a backpacking trip through New Zealand. The trip included kayaking together in the Milford Sound, which resulted in lots of laughter and the foundation for a lifelong relationship.

Alex Sachen and Summer Egan counted kayaking in New Zealand among their adventures together while studying abroad.

“We just had a great time,” Egan says. “He steered me into every major waterfall.”

Before she studied abroad, Egan hadn’t traveled much outside of her home state of New York. She also had to study hard to get good grades to earn the financial aid she needed to make her semester abroad a reality. In addition, she used scholarship dollars to help pay for her flight to Australia.

For those reasons, the scholarship is being designated for someone who hasn’t traveled much before, needs some financial assistance and is a hard-working student. In addition, Egan and Sachen will review finalist applications to select the scholarship recipient.

“If it wasn’t for other people in society putting together scholarships,” says Egan, now a high school English teacher, “I probably wouldn’t have been able to go. This scholarship is our way of giving back to the program that sent us there.”

In the six years since Egan and Sachen returned from their time in Australia, both have completed undergraduate and graduate degrees, started their careers, and relocated so they could be together – first to Montana, and then to Ventura, Calif., where Sachen recently accepted a job in the oil industry and Egan is substitute teaching.

“For me, traveling abroad was such an eye opener to just growing up and being responsible,” Egan says. “It’s a source of independence and you just learn so much about yourself. Through learning about myself, I wanted to learn more about all of the things I’m interested in, and travel more.”

“That’s the spark I got,” Egan says, “and I hope I can give that spark to someone else.”

For more information on this and other scholarships for the AustraLearn, AsiaLearn and EuroLearn programs, visit the GlobaLinks Learning Abroad scholarships page.

AustraLearn’s Sote Village Project Featured In Fiji Times

Stacey — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 17:05:25 +0000

The Fiji Times is highlighting the Sote Village garden community service project completed by AustraLearn in Fiji this summer with a feature article this week about the efforts of the North American semester-abroad students and AustraLearn staff, who along with residents of the village, started a garden to benefit local school children.

An excerpt of the article “A Year of Free Lunches” by Samantha Rina at Fiji Times Online:

A YEAR’S abundant and fresh supply of lunch – this was the gift from 10 North American university students to the children of Sote Village School.

The students spent three days labouring beside villagers to plant a large garden which is expected to supply lunch for village children.

Sote Village School

The students were part of the AustraLearn semester-abroad student volunteers accompanied by two AustraLearn staff.

AustraLearn South Pacific Educational Support Center (Queensland) director Shelia Houston said students were able to learn about the lives of Fijian people and promote bonds with the host country.

“The weekend was an outstanding success and students were welcomed into the village,” Ms Houston said.

This was a hands-on project that everyone found personally fulfilling. Our students lived on site with the Sote community.”

She said the initial Sote Village garden planting was the beginning of twice-yearly community service by AustraLearn students.

Seeds planted included watermelon, cucumber, pumpkin, cauliflower, Chinese cabbage, eggplant, okra, peppers, carrots, spring onions, radishes and tomatoes.

The goals of the project are to supply a year’s worth of lunch for the village children, enrich the cultural experience of both visiting and hosting students, breaking down cultural misconceptions and underscoring for the AustraLearn participants on the benefits of contributing time, energy and talent to a charitable cause.

To read the entire article, visit Fiji Times Online.

Students Volunteer Abroad In Fiji, Plant Garden For Sote Village School

Volunteering: AUT Alumna Raising Money for Pakastani Flood Victims

Stacey — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 04:05:16 +0000

Tami Bolk surfs in New Zealand, where she studied abroad in 2009 and became inspired for more international experiences, including her current bicycling effort in South Korea to raise money for Pakistani flood victims.

Tami Bolk, an AustraLearn alumna who studied abroad in the spring of 2009 at AUT in New Zealand, is currently on a six-day bike trip to raise money for flood victims in Pakistan.

“My experience in New Zealand was truly life changing and it gave me the confidence to continue my travel endeavors,” says Bolk,a recent graduate of the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse.

Bolk has been teaching English this year in South Korea, where she says she’s had an incredible time immersing herself in the culture.But after following the news about the devastating floods in Pakistan, she says, “I felt compelled to do something that could possibly help even a little.”

So this week, she is attempting a six-day solo bicycle trip around Jeju Island off the coast of South Korea, hoping her effort will inspire others to donate money to UNICEF to aid the Pakistani flood victims.

“My goal is to raise $5 for every kilometer I ride, which will turn out to be around 250 kilometers,” she says.

If she is successful, she will have inspired $1,250 in donations for the cause. Anyone interested in donating can do so via Bolk’s web site at CrowdRise.com.

“Over ONE-FIFTH of the country has been submerged under water, and nearly 20 million citizens have been affected,” Bolk writes on her donation web site, “and 8 million of those are children. Imagine waking up one day and hearing the entire state of Florida had been wiped away by flood waters.”

Donating via the web site is as easy as a click of a button.

“Because of the volunteer opportunity that AustraLearn provided me with,” she says, “it opened my eyes to giving back and being incredibly grateful for my experiences while I am abroad.”

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18 “Laps For Global Education” Completed To Raise Money For Foundation For Asia Pacific Education

Stacey — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 00:31:09 +0000

Celtic Racing team’s #48 Spec Racer Ford with Dan O'Brien, GlobaLinks Learning Abroad Regional Director, at the wheel.

With a personal best lap time under his belt, Dan O’Brien completed 18 “Laps for Global Education” on Labor Day weekend to raise money for study abroad scholarships for the Foundation for Asia Pacific Education (FAPE), racing a Spec Racer Ford at Sebring International Raceway in Florida.

“The weekend racing activities went really well,” said O’Brien, regional director for the AustraLearn/AsiaLearn/EuroLearn programs of GlobaLinks Learning Abroad. “I’m pleased to report both car and driver finished the weekend without damage. Saturday’s race was shortened by 2 laps for a total of 6 laps due to an accident in high-speed turn 17. Fortunately the driver of that car was unharmed but repairs took most of the afternoon to get his car race ready for the next event.”

O’Brien, in partnership with the Community Service Team at GlobaLinks Learning Abroad, created the “Laps for Global Education” campaign to encourage others to donate to the nonprofit Foundation for Asia Pacific Education, which provides scholarships on an ongoing basis to university and college students who want to gain international education experiences in the Asia Pacific region.

O’Brien and his father, John O’Brien, together form the Celtic Racing team, which participates in the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) amateur series and races at Sebring or the Virginia International Raceway in Alton, Va. The elder O’Brien served as crew chief during the races.

On Sunday of the race weekend, the younger O’Brien achieved a personal best lap time during the race and shaved off 6 seconds from his best time at the same race last year. “I finished 12th of 25 racers on Sunday but was pleased to complete 12 laps and achieve the personal best lap time.”

Overall, O’Brien completed 18 total laps, a number upon which some donors are basing their support.

“If you have not signed up and you wish to pledge/donate any amount, you still can,” he said.

Anyone interested can donate any dollar amount now at the foundation’s web site or email their donation to Amy Deppe at adeppe@asia-pacificfoundation.org.

Philanthropy: Racing To Raise Money For Study Abroad Scholarships

Stacey — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:36:26 +0000

Pledge now to support Dan O’Brien as he races Labor Day laps at Sebring International Raceway for the Foundation For Asia Pacific Education

By Stacey Hartmann

GlobaLinks NewsWire Editor

Racing a car to raise money for study abroad scholarships?

You can bet – or better yet – donate on it.

That’s because Dan O’Brien, regional director for the AustraLearn/AsiaLearn/EuroLearn programs of GlobaLinks Learning Abroad, is raising money for study abroad scholarships for the Foundation for Asia Pacific Education (FAPE) by racing a Spec Racer Ford over Labor Day weekend at Sebring International Raceway in Florida.

Dan O'Brien

“The type of racing we do is strictly for fun,” O’Brien says. “There’s no money for the winner, and we’re not professional paid drivers – more like weekend warriors when time and budget permit.”

During the races, O’Brien expects to hit top speeds of 110-115 MPH from behind the wheel of the Celtic Racing team’s #48 Spec Racer Ford, which will display the logos of both the Foundation for Asia Pacific Education and the GlobaLinks Learning Abroad Community Service Team as it loops the 3.7 mile circuit during the “Members Memorial” weekend event.

“I’ll participate in two timed events on Sunday,” O’Brien says. “My first race will be about 20 minutes long, and I’ll probably log about 8 laps. The second race is longer at 30 minutes, and I’ll probably log about 12-13 laps in that race.”

Donations can be pledged in any dollar amount per lap for one or both races, or simply in any amount to support the campaign, with all money raised going directly to the foundation.

After the event, Celtic Racing will send its results to those who agreed to pledge or donate. Anyone interested can donate now at the foundation’s web site or email their donation to Amy Deppe at adeppe@asia-pacificfoundation.org.

Celtic Racing’s Spec Racer Ford is “known for its cornering and handling abilities but lacks some straight-end speed compared to some other cars in its class,” O’Brien says. “It performs well in corners and the driver is able to maintain better control and speed compared to some of the other cars it races.”

At the Sebring track, O’Brien expects to average lap speeds of about 80 MPH.

“This is my dad’s car and it stays in Florida for most of the year,” O’Brien says. “He’s been racing for over seven years, and I earned my license just over two years ago. We usually split seat time over a race weekend – I’ll race one and he’ll race the other – but this particular weekend I’ll race both events.”

While the younger O’Brien is racing this weekend, the elder O’Brien will serve as crew chief.

Last October, Celtic Racing, which at that time also included driver Mick Robinson, won 1st in class at the 13-hour endurance race at Virginia International Raceway.

“We finished 15th overall of 49 cars,” O’Brien says. “In that event each driver ran approximately one hour before coming in the pits for refueling and a driver change. That was our first 13-hour event at VIR.”

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Finish Line: Andrew Ratzlaff Achieves Coast-To-Coast ‘Ride Against Lymphoma,’ Raises $5,000 For Research

Stacey — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:48:38 +0000

‘I guess that does it,’ says the 27-year-old AustraLearn alumnus

Andrew Ratzlaff snaps a finishing photo before the Golden Gate Bridge, which marked the finish line of his cross-country charity fundraising ride.

Andrew Ratzlaff cruised across the Golden Gate Bridge last week and marked the end of the road for his roughly 4,400-mile cross-country bike trip that raised $5,000 for the Lymphoma Research Foundation and honored his late father who died from the disease.

The amateur cyclist and freelance video editor’s summer cycling journey kicked off May 9 on a gray, windy morning in New York and officially ended on July 26 during a fair afternoon in San Francisco.

“Well, I guess that does it,” Ratzlaff wrote on his blog, A Ride Against Lymphoma, posting a photo of himself in front of the Golden Gate Bridge on Monday, July 26. “I guess I’ll go eat a burrito.”

California here he comes.

After crossing his personal finish line, there wasn’t any cheering, fist-pumping or party throwing.

Instead, the understated 27-year-old Colorado native climbed some steep hills into town and waited for some friends to get off work. A few days later, the CU-Boulder graduate traveled to his mother’s house in Parker, Colo., where he enjoyed the comforts of being off the bike for a while, including a dry bed and home-cooked food.

Ratzlaff met many different bicyclists crossing the country or portions of hte country during his three-month trek.

“I think my mom’s just really proud and probably relieved – she’s not going to tell me that, but she probably is – and doesn’t have to worry,” he said during an interview last week.

Ratzlaff, an AustraLearn alumnus who studied abroad in 2004 at the University of Waikato in Hamilton, New Zealand, inspired a growing blog, Facebook and Twitter fan base over the course of his three-month trek, keeping his followers informed through descriptive blog posts, photos and videos.

A roadside diner meal when calories don't count.

In fact, the virtual diary of Ratzlaff’s journey is virtual collage of American backroads and state highways circa 2010.

There were the accommodations – tents, livingroom sofas, and on occasion, a fully furnished cabin. There was the food – from vending-machine caloric desperation to rich gravy-and-fried roadside diner meals that made a reader’s mouth water.

Ratzlaff got to see his family and friends during a break in Colorado, where his home town is Parker.

Most importantly, there were the people from all walks of life in the U.S.A. – those personally touched by cancer, those offering a free meal or place to stay, those with quirks, suspicions and strong opinions, and many fellow cross-country bikers who shared the road, campgrounds, cold beverages and wild stories.

“The definite highs were just all of the really nice and generous people I met along the way,” says Ratzlaff, who got his first taste of traveling different countries as a child living in Korea and other countries.

Despite the enormous elevation gain, Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park didn't prove the toughest leg of the trip. That came later in California.

It is an adventurous spirit inspired by Ratzlaff’s father, Roger, who died in 2001 after a nine-month battle with Burkitt’s Lymphoma.

“He was always into backpacking, camping and just getting out there,” Ratzlaff said during a pre-departure interview in April. “I think that’s definitely where I get my passion and drive to always be outside.”

Overall, Ratzlaff says the ride brought many interesting moments, caring people, stunning scenery, physical triumphs, and a more lean and muscular physique.

“I think I hit my stride – really hit it – right after Colorado,” he says. “It’s really hard to tell, because I just kept going, going and going.”

It also brought some setbacks, including bad weather, nearly getting hit several times while riding at night, and food poisoning that took him down for about four days.

“One of my days in California was the most physically demanding day,” Ratzlaff says. “The steepness of the hills, narrowness of the road and just the cool, damp weather.”

Ratzlaff plans to head back to New York soon to figure out his next move.

But more immediately, he’s planning to get back on his bike for some rides up Flagstaff Mountain in Boulder.

“I’m starting to feel lazy all of a sudden,” he says.

GlobaLinks Learning Abroad and Foundation for Asia Pacific Education Donate $15,000 To Diversity Abroad For Scholarships

Stacey — Mon, 10 May 2010 21:57:49 +0000

Three-way partnership creates 15 $1,000 individual awards to encourage students from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds to study abroad

GlobaLinks Learning Abroad, a leading provider of education abroad programs for college-level students in destinations across the globe, and the Foundation for Asia Pacific Education have donated $15,000 to Diversity Abroad to support scholarships for underrepresented students who want to study abroad.

“Our organization is always searching for ways to increase study abroad opportunities for non-traditional, racially diverse, economically disadvantaged and first-generation students so they might also benefit from the powerful effects of international education,” said Cynthia Banks, founder and executive director of GlobaLinks Learning Abroad and its AustraLearn, AsiaLearn and EuroLearn programs. “We are thrilled to bring together the Foundation for Asia Pacific Education’s fundraising expertise with Diversity Abroad’s outreach and programming capabilities to set up this new scholarship resource for North American college students.”

Minority students made up just 18% of the 262,416 U.S. students who studied abroad in 2007-2008, according to the latest report from the Institute of International Education. The figure doesn’t take into account other underrepresented populations in study abroad, such as low-income, first-generation, non-traditional and disabled college students.

Founded in 2006, Diversity Abroad is a leading international education portal working to boost participation in international education by students who traditionally have not taken advantage of such opportunities.

“At a time when international competency is more important than ever, underserved students, many times because of financial constraints, have not had equal access to international education opportunities,” said Andrew Gordon, Diversity Abroad president. “Scholarship opportunities like the Diversity Abroad/GlobaLinks Learning Abroad Scholarship open doors for underserved students to take advantage of the benefits afforded through study abroad, which ultimately prepares them to be globally competitive.”

Undergraduate students from any community or four-year college who plan to study abroad in the Asia Pacific region during the summer, fall or spring, and meet eligibility, are invited to apply for the Diversity Abroad/GlobaLinks Learning Abroad Scholarship, which specifically targets students who identify as one of the following: ethnic minority, economically disadvantaged, physically disabled, or first-generation college student.

The Foundation for Asia Pacific Education, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization raising funds to assist students in gaining cultural and academic experiences in the Asia Pacific region, awarded 66 scholarships over the last four awards periods to students from one or more underrepresented categories.

“The Foundation for Asia Pacific Education is pleased to be assisting more students from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds to study abroad, but we have a lot more work to do,” said Executive Director Karen Brockwell. “This partnership with GlobaLinks Learning Abroad and Diversity Abroad deepens our impact and is an example of what organizations can accomplish when they provide financial and outreach support toward the common goal of increasing the participation of these students in international education.”

For more information on the Diversity Abroad/GlobaLinks Learning Abroad Scholarship, visit DiversityAbroad.com’s scholarship page. To support the Foundation for Asia Pacific Education, visit the foundation’s “join the movement” page. For more information on the AustraLearn, AsiaLearn, EuroLearn programs, visit the GlobaLinks Learning Abroad home page.