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International Education/Study Abroad Programs
Through study abroad programs, UNCF students are given the opportunity to explore a world that seems to shrink every day. Study abroad programs increase understanding of different cultures, and foster personal growth as well. Over the years, UNCF students and faculty have studied in Senegal, Kenya, England and Israel, bridging the gap between worlds.
- Friends World Program In Comparative Religion And Culture - Sponsored through Long Island University, this year-long program provides UNCF students with the opportunity to study the religion and culture of three diverse countries including Japan, India, and Israel. Annually, two UNCF spend ten weeks in each country where they explore the world's great religious traditions and the intersection of those religions with issues such as the environment, politics, the arts and gender. The Friends World Program receives funding from the Henry M. Luce Foundation, in addition to an annual $25,000 grant from the Heinz Family Foundation. (1996)
- Joseph A. Towles African Studies Scholarship - This endowed scholarship was named in memory of an African American anthropologist. The program supports two or three outstanding UNCF students each year who study at an African university. (1989)
- UNCF/CIC Study Abroad Program in London - Through a joint effort between UNCF and the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC), this study abroad program provides a full scholarship for one student to spend an academic year in London at Richmond College. (1994)
- UNCF/Israel Exchange Program - This program, funded by UNCF, the World Jewish Congress, the World Zionist Organization, and the Israeli Consulate Office of Academic Affairs in the USA, consists of six components: faculty exchange; summer study abroad and kibbutz work experience through the Institute for African American Israel Exchange at Wilberforce University; a semester study abroad at Hebrew University in Jerusalem; expansion of the National Center for Black-Jewish Relations at Dillard University; a UNCF presidents' mission to Israel; and a college-level "Operation Understanding" program for African American and Jewish students to travel to Senegal and to Israel to learn more about each other's history and culture. (1994)
- UNCF Minority Institution International Development Program - Funded by a two-year grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development and designed to expand the participation of minority institutions in international development, this technical assistance effort is coordinated by UNCF. Program priority areas include democracy training, economic development, environmental protection and human health. (1994)
