Fostering International Study in Brazil-and Elsewhere: Using the Private College Denominational Connection
A previous Dean at Emory & Henry College was the grandson and son of Methodist missionaries. He grew up in Brazil, and his life background allowed him to make connections with the Methodist educational system in Brazil which his family helped to create. Over the last ten years at Emory & Henry College, we have engaged in a number of exchange programs at different levels from administrators, professors, and teachers from Brazil coming to our institution to our students and faculty going to Brazil to several different Methodist colleges and other educational institutions. We are now sending two to four students a year right after our graduation until early July to provide English language instruction and to be cultural ambassadors from the United States and Emory & Henry. I will describe how the denominational connection was used to initiate this program and how it has evolved since. I will share the favorable reactions of our recent participants and discuss some of the difficulties of managing a program that places students in Brazil. Attendees will leave with a template explaining how this model can be applied to and replicated at other small, private colleges with a denominational connection.
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