EnCompass

It's widely known that 65 percent of recent Spider graduates have studied abroad. It's also widely known that student athletes, first generation students, men, students of color, and STEM majors study abroad at much lower rates than the general student population -- at UR and across the country. For many students, any number of barriers dissuade them from studying abroad, including finances, academic scheduling, and lack of travel experience.

EnCompass is UR's groundbreaking new program aimed at eliminating many of these barriers to study abroad and providing students “at risk” of graduating without an international experience the opprtunity to begin navigating the world. Leveraging the international expertise of select faculty on campus, EnCompass programs are instructor-led, short-term programs that act as an accessible first study abroad experience for these populations. Each program teams faculty and students who have studied abroad with students making their first, of what we hope will be multiple, international experiences.

2019-20 Programs

Maymester 2020
Future Cities and the Environment: Richmond, Cape Town, and Durban
Now accepting applications!

2018-19 Programs

• Cuba - Theater Performance
  Professors Patricia Herrera and Mariela Mendez
• Chile - Political Leadership and Democracy
  Professor Jenny Pribble
• India - Teaching Science to Tibetan Monks
  Professor Dan Pierce
• South Africa - Museum of Inequality in Johannesburg
  Professor Laura Browder and Elizabeth Schlatter
• Thailand/Cambodia - NGOs and Social Healing
  Professors Monti Datta and Bob Spires