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In an increasingly global world, programs that equip students to go into an international economy are more and more valuable. Wesleyan College’s world-renowned global reach, diverse student body, and commitment to educating the next generation of female world leaders, has led to their establishment of one such program: the Wesleyan College Global Scholars Program (WCGSP) for domestic students. The program is aimed at qualified high school graduates from all across America who are eager to participate in a scholarship program that prepares them to meet the challenges of an interconnected world and global economy. Through WCGSP, students develop leadership and problem-solving skills and build intercultural and linguistic competence.
Students who find themselves driven by a desire to expand their knowledge of international communities and businesses should seek programs that afford them not just knowledge, but experience in those fields and places. Awarded full tuition, Wesleyan Global Scholars will learn through an international immersion experience that serves as a microcosm of the world. While on Wesleyan’s campus, they will live and learn with students from places like Nepal, Australia, China, Rwanda, Korea, and Sweden. They will study with visiting international scholars, artists, and experts. They will have a Global Scholars advisor who assists in planning their individualized course of study, plus they will have an opportunity to attend Global Scholar seminars designed to help synthesize their other courses. After successful completion of their sophomore year, Wesleyan Global Scholars will receive up to $3,500 for an international study experience. This might look like an internship with the Women’s Federation in Guangzhou, China, or a semester studying in Salamanca, Spain, Seoul, South Korea, or Belfast, Northern Ireland, the choice is theirs.
In return, Global Scholars will share their research with the Wesleyan community, serve as international ambassadors for the College, and help ease the cultural transition for Wesleyan’s international exchange students. They will also work with AXIS, Wesleyan’s international student organization, to develop programming to promote intercultural learning. In these roles, students develop their roles as leaders within their communities and beyond.
To qualify as a Global Scholar, a student must be a U.S. citizen, academically strong, demonstrate a passion for connecting her education to the world, and have the capacity to be an effective ambassador for Wesleyan College. Students meeting the selection criteria will be invited to compete at Wesleyan’s Scholarship Day in February where faculty will select the scholarship recipients.
Students interested in globalizing their education are encouraged to participate in extracurricular experiences that enhance understanding of the international system. Wesleyan has been extremely successful in producing students that thrive in the competitive arena of international relations. The College has a Model United Nations chapter and teams of Wesleyan students regularly participate in the annual Southern Regional Model UN and the Harvard Model United Nations Conference. In 2008, the Wesleyan College Model United Nations (WCMUN) team represented the nations of Namibia and Sierra Leone at the prestigious Harvard National Model United Nations conference held in Boston, Massachusetts. In November 2013, the Wesleyan delegation representing Yemen was awarded an honorable mention at the competition. Out of more than seventy country delegations from some fifty colleges and universities, only ten other delegations received an award.
A globalized program, like the one Wesleyan is offering, provides an educational experience that produces students ready to be effective in a world that is becoming dependent on international communication and relationships. The ability to use a college education as a platform for becoming a culturally aware businesswoman, agent of change, or leader in many other fields, is invaluable. The experience and exposure that globally focused programs afford their students puts them a step ahead of their peers as they move into their futures.
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