{"id":15282,"date":"2024-10-09T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/?p=15282"},"modified":"2024-10-09T18:12:24","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T22:12:24","slug":"hawk-pride-goes-global","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/hawk-pride-goes-global\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawk Pride goes global"},"content":{"rendered":"
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From left, UMES kinesiology students Ryon Banks, Neah Shaw, Kaitlyn Eaton, and Victoria Casteel made history as UMES became the first HBCU students to visit the International Olympic Academy during the Olympism in Action: Champions of Change Conference held in June in Olympia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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UMES junior rehabilitation-psychology major Angelica Vilorio poses for a photo during her study abroad trip to Copenhagen, Denmark in June.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

This past summer, University of Maryland Eastern Shore students participated in various study abroad trips spanning the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The faculty-led excursions, many supported by UMES\u2019s Center for International Education (CIE), covered six countries over three continents including Columbia, England, Denmark, Greece, Spain, and Zambia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of the study abroad experience, the Office of Academic Affairs, which houses the CIE, provides a $1,000 scholarship per student to help students defray travel costs to increase participation in the trips. In all, 44 students participated in study abroad trips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis was an impressive turnout for our study abroad programs,\u201d said CIE Interim Director Phillip Broussard<\/strong>. \u201cLast summer, we offered three different programs, which were all under-enrolled, so we had to cancel all of them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Broussard said there was a 100-percent increase in student participation over the past 10 years, and a 133-percent increase compared with last summer. He attributed the growth in interest to both greater awareness of the study abroad programs and students wanting to travel more post-pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe wanted to increase the capacity for students to understand why travel is important to their future and how cultural understanding really helps to bring the world together,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe best way to do that is when you\u2019re in an immersive environment and experiencing travel first-hand.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Junior rehabilitation psychology major Angelica Vilorio<\/strong> is one of five UMES students who traveled to Denmark for a two-week trip. Vilorio, who is from Puerto Rico, said this trip was her first outside the United States and described the experience as \u201ceye-opening\u201d because of the cultural differences she saw in Denmark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt’s more of a socially conscious place,\u201d she said. \u201cThere\u2019s more of a consideration of others and it feels like they really care about each other.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A history-making visit<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the other faculty-led trips abroad, the group\u2019s travel to Greece had twofold historical significance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Members of UMES\u2019s Department of Kinesiology attended the Olympism in Action: Champions of Change Conference led by UMES Kinesiology professor Dr. Alexis Lyras.<\/strong> UMES became the first HBCU to visit the International Olympic Academy (IOA) \u2013 the main educational and cultural institution of the International Olympic Committee. In all, five UMES faculty members and four students participated in the conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of the conference, students attended lectures and participated in a brainstorming session to \u201cdevelop strategies to tackle pressing community issues,\u201d according to Dr. Yen Dang<\/strong>, Kinesiology Department Chair, who also attended the conference.<\/p>\n\n\n

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From left: UMES associate professor Dr. Alexis Lyras, Dean of the School of Pharmacy and Health Professions, Dr. T. Sean Vasaitis, UMES student Ryon Banks, Kinesiology Department chair Dr. Yen Dang, and students Neah Shaw, and Kaitlyn Eaton pose for a picture in Athens, Greece with the Acropolis in the background.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The UMES contingent developed a proposal called \u201cOlympism from Humanity,\u201d which focuses on addressing health education within the local community through exercise. The concept would lead to the creation of a field day event for children with an Olympic theme to increase engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During their last day at IOA, the UMES group also made stops in Athens, Delphi, and the island of Trizonia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLearning about the foundations of the Olympics allowed me to understand the true scope of Olympic ideals and how they have the potential to reach further than just the games,\u201d said Kaitlyn Eaton<\/strong>, a freshman exercise science major. \u201cGoing to Greece also gave me some much-needed cultural experience, an opportunity I likely would have never had otherwise.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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