Twelve Radford University students recently won McGlothlin Travel Grants worth $1,500 from the International Education Center to help fund individual foreign study experiences, which will see them travel to locations such as Malawi to Japan.
“When exposing one’s self to environments that are out of our comfort zone, we reveal to ourselves how much we don’t know,” Provost Joseph Scartelli said. “That takes courage. The payoffs are exponentially more beneficial than the risks or the costs. For those who truly love learning, and growing, these exposures are deeply rewarding and gratifying.”
The grant recipients were honored at the International Education Center’s Student Awards Ceremony, which also recognized senior students who took part in international education experiences in their time at Radford. The students who received the most recent round of grants will be traveling to sites including
Costa Rica, Peru, Poland, Russia, Scotland, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
"The most overlooked value of this experience appears upon the students’ return,” International Education Center Director Paul Currant said. “They all seem to remark upon the change in their perspectives and their deepened appreciation of home and their own American culture."
The McGlothlin Student Travel Grants are funded through the McGlothlin Endowment, which was created through a $1.5 million donation from the family of alumna Sally Ann Cook McGlothlin.
More Stories
- Omnibus package needed to support front-line university research on COVID-19
- AACC president recognized with leadership award
- BERRY COLLEGE: Online Add/Drop for Cleared Returning Students Opens at 8am
- ANDREWS UNIVERSITY: Thoughtful Thursday to be Held January 14
- Ross, Showalter: Education and Employment promise can help future generations survive
- AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: 32nd Annual Ann Ferren Conference
- EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY: Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer appoints Nathan K. Ford and Dr. Jessie Kimbrough Marshall to the Eastern Michigan University Board of Regents
- EASTER MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY: Read President Smith's Dec. 18 update to campus, which includes information about advising over break and the announcement of two personal wellness days in March
- BERRY COLLEGE: Prayer & Share for Women
- ADTALEM GLOBAL EDUCATION INC.: Adtalem Global Education Named One of America's Most Responsible Companies by Newsweek