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A Community of Scholars Abroad
Each fall 15 freshmen in Professor Elizabeth Hervey Stephen’s School of Foreign Service proseminar on immigration start a 4-year journey to develop a Community of Scholars among themselves. In order to promote communication of the students while abroad, each junior prepared a blog and/or wrote letters that were shared among the group. Each student was asked to write about his or her experience living and studying abroad, with a final reflection piece about what it was like to be an immigrant in the country of study. The blogs have been read widely, and became an excellent means for parents and friends “back home” to hear about classes, friends, and trips. One student’s fifth grade teacher used his blog to instruct the current fifth graders all about Egypt! Through the blogs and letters students linked their studies abroad to their courses back at Georgetown and helped students to integrate their learning outside the classroom to their formal studies. The report highlights 17 students who studied abroad in 2007 and 2008 in 13 countries. They will be joined by future cohorts, including 11 students studying abroad in 2008-09.
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