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Personal Accounts: Work, Internships, and Volunteering Abroad
Compiled by William Nolting (University of Michigan) and Cheryl Matherly (University of Tulsa) with contributions from the NAFSA Education Abroad Subcommittee on Work, Internships, and Volunteering Abroad (WIVA) members
Find stories from program alumni, thoughts from education abroad participants, narratives from program administrators and faculty, links to study abroad blogs, and links to articles and publications about experiences abroad. Read what others are saying or submit your own personal account for consideration for inclusion in these pages.
Overviews
NAFSA recognized the outstanding contribution of Transitions Abroad magazine, now in its 30th year of publication, to education abroad by awarding NAFSA’s Homer Higbee award to founding editor Clay Hubbs. Publisher Clay Hubbs along with Editor Sherry Schwarz and Webmaster Greg Hubbs continue this tradition. Transitions Abroad is the most comprehensive source of first-hand reports and resources for work, internships, and volunteering abroad, as well as other varieties of experiential education abroad.Three special-theme issues of Abroad View magazine provide an overview of first-hand reports by participants in this area of education abroad. Abroad View is edited by Sherry Schwarz, a member of NAFSA's Education Abroad Subcommittee on Work, Internships, and Volunteering Abroad (WIVA).
- Focus on Service-Learning (Fall 2005)
- Focus on the Peace Corps Experience (Spring 2005)
- Focus on Stepping Stones to International Careers (Fall 2004)
Individual Programs
IAESTEReports by interns participating in IAESTE United States, which is a membership organization dedicated to developing global skills in tomorrow's technical leaders through international internship exchanges, leadership training, global skill development, and technical education.
LanguageCorps
Links to journals and articles by participants in the teach-abroad programs of LanguageCorps.
University of Michigan’s International Center
Read the Student Reports and hear from University of Michigan students about their experiences working, interning, teaching, and volunteering abroad. Information on education-abroad programs of this type is also available.
University of Minnesota’s Learning Abroad Center
Read about a student’s volunteer experience at a nonprofit children’s hospital in Venezuela. The site also offers information about education-abroad programs of this type.
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Read reports by University of Wisconsin students on their experiences working, interning, teaching, and volunteering abroad, along with information on education-abroad programs of this type.
