Taking Students Abroad
Professor Rick Mayes with students in Peru over
spring break as part of a Quest course.
Initiating or facilitating student experiences
abroad
The following guidelines apply to
faculty or staff who want to:
-
Fund student travel abroad for conferences,
internships, volunteering, or research.
- Arrange a short-term program abroad for UR students.
University affiliated or not?
Any programs, courses, research, field trips, and independent
internships that take place outside of the United States and for
which Richmond students are funded, recruited, selected, or for
which they get credit should be clearly designated as either (a)
affiliated with the University of Richmond or (b) not
affiliated with the University of Richmond.
Every University-affiliated
experience abroad, whether credit bearing or not, must be cleared
with the Office of International Education (OIE). All of
the University’s international options are required to adhere to
consistent standards of student safety and academic rigor and the
OIE needs to be aware of all of the University’s international
endeavors for reporting and record keeping purposes, and to be sure
that all programs abroad include an appropriate level of liability
protection.
The University of Richmond does not
permit students, staff or faculty to use University funds to travel
to countries under U.S. Department of State Travel Warnings unless
the student, staff member or faculty member has received specific
approval from the Office of International Education. Click
here for information on this policy
U.S. Dept of State Travel Warnings
The University of
Richmond does not permit students, staff or faculty to use
University funds to travel to countries under U.S. Department of
State Travel Warnings unless the student, staff member or faculty
member has received specific approval. Click
here for information on this policy
Types of Experiences
1. Student participation in
conferences, internships, volunteering, or research abroad
If a UR student is being funded to
attend a conference, do an internship, engage in a volunteer
project, or to conduct research abroad, inform
Chris Klein,
associate director of study abroad,
of the student’s
name as well as what he or she will be doing abroad (e.g.,
conference, internship, volunteering or research) as soon as the
student is awarded funding.
2.
Summer study abroad programs
Summer study
abroad programs
are arranged through the
School of
Continuing Studies
with the assistance of
David
Kitchen,
associate dean. He can supply an appropriate proposal template and
advice on how to complete it such that it will meet the requirements
of the OIE and the International
Education Committee.
3.
Short-term programs abroad during the academic year
Short-term programs abroad during the academic year must be approved
by the International
Education Committee.
Chris Klein will provide advice on how to
complete the proposal template. He will assist with pre-departure
orientation when requested.
To
propose any short experience abroad during the academic year,
whether it is linked to a UR class or not, and whether it is
credit-bearing or not (e.g., spring break language class trips,
sports teams going on tour abroad during winter break, factory
visits abroad in early May to illustrate points made in a
spring-semester class on globalization), follow the procedure
here. Back to
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