| Sponsored by: |
ENGAGE Uganda is a program of the Center for Global Engagement (CGE) at the Roberta Buffett Center for International and Comparative Study (BCICS). CGE provides programs that challenge, support, and develop the growing community of young people passionate about contributing to positive global change. |
| Program Contact: |
Jon Marino, Program Logistics Coordinator
620 Library Place, Room 103
847-467-4393
j-marino@northwestern.edu |
| Related web site: |
CGE Blog |
| Location: |
Various sites within Uganda |
| Terms: |
Summer Term (typically mid June to mid August). Students should check with the Center for Global Engagement for exact dates of this program. |
| Specific Program/Language Requirements: |
There is no language requirement for this program; however, all applicants should have approximately a 3.0 GPA. |
| Program Description: |
Partner with real communities, learn by doing, and have the experience of a lifetime—this is what the ENGAGE Uganda summer program offers. ENGAGE Uganda enables three teams of three to five students to partner with host organizations around Uganda to develop and collaboratively implement projects that add value to local communities and provide a context for learning important lessons about community development, team leadership, cross-cultural collaboration, colonial history, and more. Group reflection sessions, workshops and seminars with local community leaders and Northwestern faculty members, and a mandatory pre-departure seminar during the Spring Quarter round out this unparalleled immersive learning experience.
The ENGAGE Uganda program invites a special kind of student that is ready to take his/her global engagement to the next level. Family homestays allow students to build deep and lasting relationships with local Uganda community members. Three program summits allow different project teams to observe what their peers are doing and see Ugandan society from multiple vantage points. Group projects challenge students to take risks, lead a team, collaborate with partners, and ask the core questions about what it means to make an impact in the world. The program also includes group excursions that change from year to year (raft the Nile, treck gorillas, hike Sipi Falls, etc.). |
Academic Specialties of this program: |
Community engagement, non-profit organization, cross-cultural collaboration, African studies |
| Course Type: |
Courses are taught on-site in Uganda by Northwestern faculty.
Please Note: The Uganda program involves a mandatory preparatory seminar in Spring Quarter and optional seminars in the Winter Quarter. This is the reason for the earlier application deadline relative to other summer study abroad programs and why interested students should contact Jon Marino, Program Logistics Coordinator, as soon as possible. |
Courses offered: |
- Development in Practice: Cross-Cultural Collaboration & Project Implementation
- Community Challenges and Triumphs: Contemporary Ugandan Life
- Optional Independent Study Paper
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| Additional Information: |
n/a |
| Housing: |
Students on the ENGAGE Uganda program will live in homestays for the duration of the summer program. |
| Program Costs: |
Students should check with Jon Marino in the Center for Global Engagement for cost information. |
| Flight and Transportation to Course Site: |
Information for flights and transportation on the Uganda program will be posted in late fall of 2007. |
| Financial Aid: |
Northwestern students receiving financial aid during the academic year may be eligible for summer aid for this program. If funding is available, it may count as one of their 12 quarters of aid. For more information, please contact the Assistant Director of Financial Services, Sue Kwan, at s-kwan@northwestern.edu or 847-491-7400. Non-Northwestern students should contact the Financial Aid office at their home institution. |
| Approximate Program Size: |
Approximately 15-18 Northwestern students attend this program each summer. |
| Excursions: |
n/a |
| Application Instructions: |
- Students applying to the ENGAGE Uganda summer program DO NOT need to take the 101 session on Blackboard, as is required of other study abroad students.
- Students applying to the ENGAGE Uganda summer program must complete the Northwestern Summer Study Abroad Application and must submit it together with the required non-refundable deposit of $1000 by February 1, 2008 to Jon Marino in the BCICS/PAS Office at 620 Library Place.
- Students must interview with Jon Marino, the Project Coordinator of ENGAGE Uganda, prior to the application deadline as part of the application process.
- If you are accepted to the ENGAGE Uganda summer program, you must purchase the required HTH health insurance. You will need to submit a photocopy of the HTH receipt showing proof of insurance to Rita Koryan in the BCICS Office at 1902 Sheridan Road by April 24, 2008. For more information on HTH, please visit this site.
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| Contact Returnees |
Click here for a list of list of students who have participated on this program. |
