First-Year Abroad: Promoting Intercultural Agility & Leadership Skills in Students (feat. Jill Blondin, Ph.D., & Jon Stauff, Ph.D.)

Changing Lives Through Education Abroad

In a landscape where we already recognize study abroad as a high impact practice, First Year Abroad Programs are emergent as an example of how intentional initiatives can be pivotal in an institutions’ global learning goals for students. Join host Zac Macinnes for a conversation with Dr. Jon Stauff, Assistant Vice President for International Affairs at South Dakota State University, and Dr. Jill Blondin, Associate Vice Provost for Global Initiatives at Virginia Commonwealth University, centered around the impacts of first year abroad programming on enrollment in relevant coursework, leadership development, and the growth of culturally agile individuals poised to affect change in their future endeavors.