Description
SSOE Global Experiences and Engagement is committed to providing diverse and
unique global opportunities that enable students to develop essential,
career-ready skills as a modern engineer.
Donations are applied to...
Donations to Global Experiences
make our programs financially accessible to students through scholarship or
other direct student support. In 2023, we utilized PDoG funds to break
down the first barrier of participation: passports! We used the
funds generously donated, received additional funding from SSOE programs, and
were able to offer 12 free passports to Swanson students during our Passport
Fair event in September! Now, 6 months later students who never
considered studying abroad are either abroad on programs or preparing to depart.
Personal Message
One student shared their thanks for the passport funding: “ This opportunity for students who have financial hardships is a grand one as the door is much more easily opened for study abroad opportunities. The ability for students to look into these great learning experiences as actual possibilities, rather than simply dream about them is much more possible thanks to you.”
Thank you
for helping us provide more students access to these life changing experiences!
Why are donations necessary?
This program is dedicated to
increasing the participation of all Swanson school students in global
experiential learning options so that they may develop as ethical leaders in a
globally competitive workforce, value diversity in all forms and become
fully aware of their ability to make an impact locally and globally. We
seek to do this through programs that are accessible to all students:
a. Purposefully
create academically challenging study abroad experiences which fulfill degree
requirements, allow for multiple experiential learning opportunities
(internships plus global) rather than either/or experiences, and which
contribute to every student’s professional development.
b.
Increase the percentage of underrepresented
populations through specialized programming, advising, and mentoring.
c. Enable
programs to be financially accessible through scholarships, grants, and
supplemental funding.
Photos and videos are of the
following:
* student shared their
experience in Germany
*student shared their experience
in Japan
*student shared their
experience in Italy
* student alumni at a welcome
reception hosted by local students and administrators with gifts from the
students while studying in Vietnam.
* students studying in India
meeting with local government officials and community members.
*students in Renaissance
program in Italy
Student shared their
experience in Florence
* student group studying in
South Africa
*student group at a local
port while studying in Cyprus
* student shared their
experience in Brazil
* student shared their
experience in Florence