Opportunities for Global and Intercultural Study
The University of Michigan Women’s Studies Department
encourages students to study abroad in order to enhance their
education and gain international perspectives on gender issues
and feminism. Students routinely look back on their time spent
abroad as a valuable aspect of their undergraduate career. There
are many excellent study abroad opportunities offering students
a variety of possible experiences: among them cultural immersion,
summer field work, intensive language learning, independent
study, and participation in another educational system.
University of Michigan students attending one of the University’s own
study abroad programs will earn in-residence credits and may use financial
aid money (if eligible) to help defray program costs. In addition, they may
apply for scholarships awarded by the Office of International Programs to program
participants.
Planning early for study abroad is important, as is research into study abroad possibilities. The Center for Global and Intercultural Study is committed to working with students to help them find the right study abroad program. During fall and winter terms there are daily information sessions on how to study abroad. These info sessions are held every M-F from 5-6 pm in 3254 LSA and are led by peer advisors. Learn about a range of U-M sponsored programs, how to research/find a program, how to apply for certain programs, and about scholarships and financial aid.
The Education Abroad Office is
an information resource center within the University of Michigan’s International
Center that provides information about options for study, work, and travel
abroad.
The U-M Global Intercultural Experience for Undergraduates Program (GIEU) sends small groups of undergraduates and faculty members (normally in the summer) to exciting locations in the US and around the world for three to four weeks of engaging intercultural academic studies. Applications for that program are due in mid-fall.
Opportunities through the U-M Women’s Studies Women's Studies Department
Programs with a Specific Focus on Women and/or Gender Administered By Other US Colleges
Opportunities in Women’s Studies at U-M
Transitions in Reproductive Health and Maternity Care Project in Morazan, Honduras
Under the direction of Lisa Kane-Low, Assistant Professor of Nursing and Women’s Studies and Joanne Motino Bailey, Service Director of the Nurse-Midwifery Service at the UM Hospital and lecturer in Women’s Studies, this ongoing service learning experience will occur in winter 2012 over ten days during the spring break. The focus is on women’s health, maternity care, birth center services and elementary student education. Students will have home stays with a Spanish speaking family and participate in a daily placement at one of the health centers, birth center, elementary schools, or other NGOs in the small community of Morazán, Yoro Honduras. Women’s Studies students, students interested in the health professions, nursing and midwifery and those interested in Latin American studies are encouraged to apply. Students should have had one year of college level Spanish or the equivalent. The application deadline for winter 2012 has past.
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Programs with a Specific Focus on Women and/or Gender Administered By Other US Colleges
School for International Training
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