{"id":11713,"date":"2023-03-17T09:35:21","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T13:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/?p=11713"},"modified":"2023-03-17T14:35:34","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T18:35:34","slug":"hollins-partners-with-kenyatta-university-to-create-study-abroad-internship-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/hollins-partners-with-kenyatta-university-to-create-study-abroad-internship-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollins Partners with Kenyatta University to Create Study Abroad, Internship Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-11774 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Kenyatta_400x318.jpg\" alt=\"Hollins partners with Kenyatta University\" width=\"400\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Kenyatta_400x318.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Kenyatta_400x318-250x199.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\n<span class=\"edgtf-dropcaps edgtf-normal\" style=\"color: #f6957e\">\n\tW<\/span>ith support from the U.S. Department of State\u2019s Increase and Diversify Education Abroad for U.S. Students (IDEAS) Program, Hollins and Kenyatta University (KU) in Nairobi, Kenya, are launching a faculty-led study abroad program in gender and women\u2019s studies (GWS) and public health during the 2024 January Short Term. The two schools are also creating internship opportunities for availability beginning in the 2024-25 academic year and exploring a possible articulation agreement with KU\u2019s Master of Public Health program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHollins\u2019 collaboration with KU is our sole partnership in Africa, which in turn is critical for providing our students with a diversity of study abroad experiences in terms of location and disciplines,\u201d explained Assistant Professor of Public Health Abubakarr Jalloh. \u201cPartnering with KU means our students can gain practical field experience on cross-cultural issues related to GWS and public health. In addition, this partnership will enhance career readiness for GWS and public health students through the establishment of international internships with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Nairobi.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur long-term plan is to develop an exchange program to benefit both Hollins and KU students as well as to create joint faculty research projects and teaching exchanges,\u201d added Director of International Programs Ramona Kirsch. \u201cThere are many potential directions with this partnership, and Hollins will work with KU to nurture these directions in both depth and breadth.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With support from the U.S. Department of State\u2019s Increase and Diversify Education Abroad for U.S. Students (IDEAS) Program, Hollins and Kenyatta University (KU) in Nairobi, Kenya, are launching a faculty-led study abroad program in gender and women\u2019s studies (GWS) and public health during the 2024 January Short Term. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,130],"tags":[135],"class_list":["post-11713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in_the_loop","category-homepage-side","tag-winter-2023"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11713"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11855,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11713\/revisions\/11855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}