Interdisciplinary & Global Studies Division
Global Perspective Program

Resources for Families

Students -

Scroll down for site specific information for each site including when orientations are scheduled.

In order to insure that every student has a successful experience, a site specific Going Global Handbook has been compiled from a number of sources to provide as much practical information as possible. This handbook is available the term preceding the students’ off-campus experience. The students will receive their copy at their site-specific orientation where, among other important information, safety protocols will be reviewed.

A successful off-campus experience does not just occur; it requires careful consideration of things that will need to be done before a student leaves the WPI campus, and while at an off-campus site. The Interdisciplinary and Global Studies Division (IGSD) has developed these documents and assembled these resources to outline these considerations.

Parent to Parent letter

In addition to each site specific handbook, we have provided resources developed by the Association of Safe International Road Travel (ASIRT).  ASIRT, a non-profit huimanitarian organization, was founded in 1995 in response to a bus crash in Turkey in which Aron Sobel, a twenty-five year old U.S. citizen, was killed along with 21 other passengers from many countries. This crash, and too many others like it, exemplifies the risks of international road travel that ASIRT seeks to eliminate.  You can access ASIRT's website at this link. WPI does not endorse nor encourage students driving at any foreign site, but if they choose to do so at their own risk, we will provide site specific road safety fact sheets developed by ASIRT. Students only need contact the IGSD to request a copy of a country road report.

Some scholarship assistance for students going to different project centers is available for those who are U.S. citizens and Pell Grant recipients. Students may apply to the Benjamin Gilman International Scholarship Program.

Study Abroad Funding http://www.studyabroadfunding.org - A valuable funding resource for study abroad opportunities.

E-Term

General Orientation 3/17/08 5:00pm in Kinnicutt Hall 

A-Term

B-Term10/72008  before 1:00 p.m. (in the IGSD)

General Orientation

 

C-Term

General Orientation  

D-term 2008

General Orientation

 

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