Gilman Web Symposium Series: Think Outside the EU! Opportunities in Non-Traditional World Regions

April 17, 2014, at 2:00 PM EST | Symposium and Registration Details

The U.S. Department of State’s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program would like to invite you to the seventh webinar in our Gilman Web Symposium Series for the 2013-2014 academic year, "Think Outside the EU! Opportunities in Non-Traditional World Regions."

This online forum, moderated by Gilman Program staff, will bring together panelists to discuss the importance of international experiences in regions and countries critical to U.S. foreign policy interests, such as the Middle East, India, Indonesia, and Russia and the challenges and best practices for developing and advising for programs in non-traditional locations. Panelists will include a Gilman Alumni Ambassador and:

Pricilla Stone, Vice Provost for SIT Study Abroad, will discuss the importance of study abroad in non-traditional regions and how SIT has developed interdisciplinary programs in these regions.
Erin Polnaszek Boyd, Study Abroad Advisor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will be providing an institutional perspective on the challenges in advising for non-traditional regions and what the University of Wisconsin-Madison has done to overcome these challenges to promote study abroad outside of the EU.

Stay tuned to the Gilman Program's Multimedia page at www.iie.org/gilman and future announcements for the scheduled web symposium topics each month.

The Gilman International Scholarship Program is sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State and administered by the Institute of International Education (IIE). The Gilman Program diversifies the kinds of U.S. undergraduate students who study and intern abroad and the countries and regions where they go. To learn more about the Gilman Scholarship Program, please visit the website at www.iie.org/gilman or contact gilmanadvisors@iie.org.