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Wofford Fellow Amber Buckley-Shaklee: “We’re Part of the Global Community” 
September 16, 2011
After decades of discussion, we have a better understanding of who is underrepresented in study abroad and the barriers keeping them from participating in greater numbers. In the next decades, I hope we look at students who experienced these barriers and found ways to go abroad anyways. These alumni hold the solutions, which may be [...]
August 29, 2011
For the past 15 years, MIUSA has received the generous support of the DeWitt Wallace/Youth Travel Enrichment Fund, established by the founder of The Reader’s Digest Association, to provide an educational travel opportunity to U.S. young adults with disabilities from diverse communities.
August 22, 2011
Chicago isn’t just known for its deep dish pizza, Oprah and Obama, windy weather, or bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games. It is also known for its active disability rights community and the density of universities, community colleges and technical institutes throughout the city and region. And I discovered recently – it is a [...]
April 18, 2011
Ever wonder how the National Clearinghouse on Disability and Exchange provides technical assistance and advising to individuals and professionals? This is one example of a common request and some insight into the work that goes into each and every question.
March 30, 2011
There really isn’t an easy answer to this question that I am so frequently asked by students with disabilities with a burning desire to see the world. The criteria of what makes a place a good fit for someone with a disability is also what makes a place good for someone without a disability. However, [...]
February 2, 2011
Meet Amanda Parkman, a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship recipient who studied abroad in Australia. The Gilman Scholarship Program has provided over 6,400 scholarships of up to $5,000 each towards study abroad programs for U.S. undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds, including students with disabilities, who also present financial need. In preparation for the March 1, [...]
January 26, 2011
What country should I suggest to a person with a disability who wants to study abroad? Should I go to a developing country or Europe for my international volunteer experience? Can I participate on the hiking field excursion or will they say it is too risky for someone who is blind? Over the years I [...]
January 14, 2011
When diversity-focused study abroad events are held, we often leap at the chance to join the discussion— however, “diversity” event sponsors often say that their event is on participation of people of color and not disability. What about the third of college students with disabilities that comes from ethnic minority backgrounds? When forming disability-related study [...]
January 3, 2011
It’s that time of year again—time to make a commitment to do something just for you. Maybe you want to learn a new language, read a certain number of travel books, or travel internationally! If it’s an international exchange you crave, and you are a student with a disability, don’t balk at the initial cost [...]
December 22, 2010
Last week more than 300 foreign language educators gathered with government officials in Maryland for a U.S. Foreign Language Summit. This corresponded with the release of 2009 Modern Language Association statistics that show foreign language instruction in the United States is generally on the decline for graduate students and on the rise for undergraduates, and [...]
