DukeEngage teams up with Study Abroad to offer three hybid programs abroad
Duke University’s Office of Study Abroad and DukeEngage have collaborated on the development of three new ‘hybrid’ summer programs for the summer of 2008: Engaging Duke in Ghana, Engaging Duke in Turkey, and Engaging Duke in Russia.
The three popular Duke summer study abroad programs will expand to include a DukeEngage component at the conclusion of each program. The combined study abroad and DukeEngage experiences will last a total of ten weeks.
Students must complete the study abroad experience if they wish to participate in the DukeEngage component.
Duke in Turkey, a one-course, four-week summer study abroad program will continue as "Engaging Duke in Turkey" for a selected group of students for another six weeks while the students work for six weeks in an orphanage in Istanbul serving as big brothers/big sisters to a group of Turkish orphan children.
Engaging Duke in Ghana students will participate in service projects for four weeks with partner agencies of the Student Youth Travel Organization (SYTO) following the six-week, two-course credit Duke in Ghana program.
Selected Duke in Russia students will remain in St. Petersburg following their six week, two course study abroad program to participate in Engaging Duke in Russia four-week service learning opportunities at The Society of the Blind, Pokrovskaya Hospital or the Philological Faculty of St. Petersburg University.
More information about these three hybrid study abroad/DukeEngage programs is located on the Duke Office of Study Abroad website.
While the study abroad programs in each location are open to Duke and non-Duke students alike, the DukeEngage component will be available for Duke students only. Students will be responsible for paying full tuition and program fees for the study abroad programs. DukeEngage will cover half of the airfare for students selected to participate in the "Engaging Duke in …" segment as well as all in-country living expenses for the duration of the DukeEngage project that the student will be undertaking.
Duke students interested in applying for the study abroad program should complete the online application available on the Duke Office of Study Abroad website http://studyabroad.duke.edu/ (click on Application link). Students interested in participating in the DukeEngage component must apply online through DukeEngage. DukeEngage will accept student applications for these hybrid programs through March 2008. No academic credit will be awarded for any DukeEngage project.
Students may apply to study abroad in any of these programs, with optional participation in the DukeEngage component. Students who wish to participate in the DukeEngage component are required to participate in the study abroad segment.
Questions may be directed to Paul Paparella, assistant director in the Office of Study Abroad at 919-684-2174 (email: paul.paparella@duke.edu) or Eric Mlyn, Director of the Center for Civic Engagement and DukeEngage at eric.mlyn@duke.edu.