Capturing the Passion: Engaging Returning Abroad Students in Local Communities

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Re-entry (Part 1): Engagement, Programming, and Integration
Stacey Thebodo, Middlebury College; Patricia Siplon and Heidi St. Peter, Saint Michael's College

This session will address cross-cultural re-entry. What are the issues students face returning back to campus after a cross-cultural experience? How can study abroad offices, service-learning/volunteer offices, and faculty work together to help students channel their new knowledge and skills, interests, and passions resulting from an experience abroad into their lives and surrounding communities in a meaningful way? Programming ideas and challenges will be discussed in the session, and a successful model of a HIV/AIDS program involving communities in East Africa, the United States, and Vermont will also be presented.

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