What's next?
There are many ways to transition back into your life at Wheaton. You might have new interests and are looking for ways to utilize new skills. Here are a few ways to get involved and to integrate your study abroad experience into your life back home.
Center for Global Education Opportunities
Welcome Back Events
The Center for Global Education will be offering a number of events for you to gather with fellow study abroad returnees. A Welcome Back Dinner will be held in your first few weeks as well as a Returnees Retreat. Information will be sent to you over the summer or January and can be viewed at Center Events
Center for Global Education Peer Advisor
Becoming a Peer Advisor is a great way to utilize your skills from your study abroad experience. Peer Advisors volunteer 1 hour per week in the Center and assist with one-on-one advising, predeparture orientations, and marketing programs to the Wheaton community. Applications are due by September 7th. Questions: Contact the Center for Global Education at x4950 or globaled@wheatonma.edu
Peer Advisor Information & Application
Boston Study Abroad Reentry Conference
Every fall the Boston area colleges coordinate a Study Abroad Reentry Conference for area study abroad returnees. The conference is a chance to meet other students and learn about future study/travel/volunteer/work abroad opportunities. More information is available at Conference Website
Center Coordinator Positions
The Center for Global Education hires student coordinators each fall semester to assist with a variety of projects. The coordinators assist with the Peer Advisor Program, major events like the annual Study Abroad Fair, as well as coordinate relevant resources for the Center library. More information is available at Student Employment
Eye on the World Photo Exhibit & Contest
Each November the Center for Global Education hosts an international photo contest. Students are encouraged to enter photos that have been taken around the globe. Prizes are awarded in five catagories: Architecture, Cultural Perspectives, Landscape, Portrait, and Wildlife. More information is available on the
Photo Contest Website
Fellowships
Davis International Fellows
Summer grants for international internships, service experiences, or overseas structured independent research are available through the Filene Center for Work & Learning. Qualified applicants will develop possible sites for $5,000 summer awards. Students must have a minumum GPA of 3.0 who are current sophomores or juniors. For further information view Davis Fellows.
Wheaton Fellows
The Wheaton Fellow Program grants stipends to students to pursue projects of their own creation on or off campus over the summer. Qualifying projects may include: unpaid internships, community service, research in which the student is the primary designer or a project which has an informal faculty sponsor, or other self-initiated research leading to or as part of an independent study course. For further information view Wheaton Fellows.
Thomas J. Watson Fellowship
Wheaton College is part of the Thomas J. Watson Fellowship Program. The fellowship program is interested in finding intelligent and imaginative students to engage in a year of independent study and travel abroad for the year following graduation. The fellowship is a competitive process and one that begins early in the fall of senior year. The Filene Center and The Center for Global Education have further information for interested students.
Other International Fellowships & Grants
The Academic Advising Office provides support to students interested in the Rhodes, Marshall, Fulbright, and other competitive fellowships and grants that seniors are interested in applying to for after Wheaton. Students should begin working with Alex Trayford, Associate Dean of Studies during the Junior year to begin the application process.