Thank you for your interest in learning more about the Global Experiences process and methods! We think these additional resources will help you advise your students to the best of your ability when it comes to understanding internships, our global cities, and what career fields are open to your student.
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Join us for a special virtual event to celebrate International Education Week! In a special one-hour event hosted by Bill Gertz, Chairman and CEO of AIFS, we will discuss a shared vision for a return to global education and new collaborative opportunities. The event will celebrate the 40 year career of Paul Watson and his upcoming retirement, and the appointment of Emily Merson to the role of Executive Director for AIFS Abroad, and will feature a Q & A with Emily and Paul.
The headline and subheader tells us what you're offering, and the form header closes the deal. Over here you can explain why your offer is so great it's worth filling out a form for.
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The headline and subheader tells us what you're offering, and the form header closes the deal. Over here you can explain why your offer is so great it's worth filling out a form for.
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Organized by academic major these are great events to share with your students. Get the Registration Information.
Click to view our top most frequently asked questions about virtual internships.
Read more about the awesome benefits of a remote internship on the GE blog!
Virtual programs are available Summer 2020, Fall 2020, and Spring 2021 . Here are the specifics.
View samples of what kind of tasks and projects virtual interns will be working on.
Miss the webinar live? No problem. View the slide deck for an overview.
Learn more on the Global Experience GE Virtuoso page.
Emily Merson, co-founder and current CEO of Global Experiences, a leader in international internship programs that was acquired by AIFS in 2019, has been named the new Executive Director of AIFS Abroad, effective January 1, 2021. Merson succeeds Paul Watson, a 40-year veteran of international and higher education who is retiring after having spent the previous 14 years in the role. Read the press release here.
3 - 6 Credits – Summer (280 - 320 hours of Internship)
6 Credits – Spring / Fall (420 - 480 hours of Internship)
Hours may vary depending on part-time and full-time placements.
View a sample 3-credit syllabus (PDF)
View a sample 6-credit syllabus (PDF)
Course Overview
The internship provides students with the opportunity to gain experience in workplace settings and to translate classroom learning into practice. The internship is a substantive career development experience. Contributing to decision-making and communicating meaningful ideas while applying learned skills to accomplish the goals of the organization should form the bulk of the work while being mentored by individuals specific to the participant’s primary intended career field. This course is a combination of contact hours of internship combined with journaling, graded reflection pieces and assignments.
Offered as transfer credit through Experiential Learning.
$600 for summer and semester.
3 Credits – Offered Spring / Fall
View a sample 8-week syllabus (PDF)
View a sample 12-week syllabus (PDF)
Course Overview
By the end of this course students will be better prepared to enter the global workforce as leaders in their career fields. This course is intended to help students gain an understanding of the Attributes Employers Want to See on New College Graduates’ Resumes as defined by industry assessment conducted by the World Economic Forum. Learning and developing these attributes will increase students’ marketability to future global employers, contribute to their leadership capacity and their ability to attain professional success in a global economy.
Offered as Transfer credit through International Studies (IL299)
Offered as Major credit through Management (MG399)
3 credits – Offered Spring / Fall
View a sample 8-week syllabus (PDF)
View a sample 12-week syllabus (PDF)
Course Overview
Students will learn to identify culture, cultural differences and how to navigate a multicultural workplace. They will build their own intercultural competence in terms of their own awareness, skills, and knowledge as a necessary basis for learning about communication in the global workplace, especially as it may be applied to their host country and their individual internship experience. Students will have the opportunity to identify underlying cultural concepts and how these impact workplace practices and communication so that they may develop their own competencies in the workplace and apply these new understandings to their own internship experience.
Offered as Transfer Credit through International Studies (IL299)
Offered as Major credit through Communications (CO299)
View our growing collection of Snapchat Takeover videos from our interns on-site in their host cities. Start with the samples below, or visit the Intern Experiences page.
Check out some of our blog entries about a variety of experiences. These are great for sharing with students contemplating the internship program.
Simply click on a logo to access the PDF version of the document. From there you're welcome to download and print to share.
This handy grid maps locations and career fields so you (and your student) can see what to expect in each of our locations.
Students can earn credit in a variety of ways on a GE program. If you have a student considering transfer credit with our School of Record, start here!
Review the basics on GE’s Career & Leadership Development programming, including our eight key components to professional development of interns.
After you’ve read the basics on GE’s Career & Leadership Development Programming, hear about how the use of the Gallup Strengths Finder impacts GE interns.
View and print the GE Emergency Contact numbers for your use in the event of a student crisis. The same numbers are available to students, in addition to local contacts.
A visual look at the student journey from start to finish. Use this for a better understanding of how the student moves through our process, with several GE teams.
A visual look at the placement process for a GE intern, from professional documents to final offer. Great for reviewing with your student after enrollment!
Kelly M. Holland, M.Ed.
University Relations
kelly@globalexperiences.com
Global Experiences
14 Annapolis Street
Annapolis, MD 21401
Global Experiences is committed to advancing international education. We have been providing life-changing internship abroad programs and professional experiences for university students and young professionals since 2001.
Global Experiences is a part of the American Institute For Foreign Study’s (AIFS) family of programs.
