In accordance with the newest knowledge from the Open Doorways report, the College of Notre Dame ranks #3 amongst Ph.D. granting establishments for the 2022/2023 tutorial 12 months, with an 87.5% participation fee for undergraduates finding out overseas. This outstanding statistic displays the college’s robust dedication to offering college students with transformative alternatives to immerse themselves in numerous cultures across the globe.
With such a excessive share of scholars finding out overseas, guaranteeing their well being, security, and safety throughout journey is difficult however is of utmost significance. On the College of Notre Dame, journey well being, security, and safety is an integral part of each research overseas program preparation.
The college prioritises not solely tutorial success but in addition the security of its college students by providing strong assets to deal with any scenario, irrespective of the place they’re on the earth. In coordination with the college’s International Security & Safety crew, Notre Dame International is devoted to equipping all college students, college, and workers with the instruments and assist they should keep wholesome and protected whereas touring overseas.
Offering assist for the whole Notre Dame International community across the globe requires efficient communication and a complete system to make sure that everybody, wherever they might be, has entry to vital info. Beneath are a number of key ways in which Notre Dame International addresses journey well being, security, and safety for college students finding out overseas.
● Proactive Preparation & Training: Notre Dame International collaborates with varied campus stakeholders to make sure that all college students, college, and workers are correctly registered for his or her journey, obtain important pre-departure info, and are outfitted with the required well being, security, and safety assets globally. Notre Dame International additionally requires all college students, college, and workers to attend a compulsory pre-departure assembly and full an internet “Journey Security 101 Course.” School are required to attend journey chief coaching led by the International Security & Safety (GS&S) crew.
● 24/7 Help and Well being Protection: One of many foundations of Notre Dame Globals’ strategy is guaranteeing that each one college students, college, and workers have entry to complete insurance coverage protection and 24/7 emergency help. The college’s partnering with Crisis24 and GeoBlue permits GS&S to watch and supply assist to all college students when wanted. It’s key when occasion communication with the Notre Dame neighborhood all over the world is required. The cellular purposes and web-based variations of each techniques can be found for all college students, in order that they have the assets at their fingertips.
● Care & Wellness Help: Particular to pupil well-being whereas overseas, a Care & Wellness Guide place was created to assist health-based incidents overseas. This embedded skilled addresses well being issues throughout the pre-departure course of, connects college students with in-country and telehealth assets and helps college students and households when critical well being and psychological well being points come up overseas.
● Help on the Floor: Notre Dame International supplies on-the-ground assist in quite a few international locations and areas the world over, together with Beijing, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Jerusalem, Dublin, Kylemore Abbey, London, Rome, Mexico, Santiago, and São Paulo. This world community is greater than a launching pad for our college and college students. It permits for wealthy collaborations with native universities, analysis centres, governments, church buildings, and grassroots organiSations.
Chris Ray, Director for International Security & Safety, states, “The mission is to reflect on-campus well being, security, and safety assets no matter location and wherever college students, college, and workers are positioned on the earth—particularly with a purpose to make sure college students have the assets accessible to deal with the cultural expertise and their teachers.”
All of the assist on campus is handed to all the worldwide areas wherever college students are finding out.
Whereas we can not predict future occasions, the Notre Dame neighborhood can take consolation in figuring out that Notre Dame International has established a strong infrastructure to make sure preparedness for any scenario. This isn’t a small enterprise and entails many various items on campus, in addition to the whole Notre Dame International crew. Being a part of this crew reaffirms the ability of worldwide schooling and the affect that our work has on college students. No matter sector we’re a part of in worldwide schooling, it’s humbling to know that the work we do can and does make a distinction not just for the current however for the longer term.
In regards to the writer:
Brigitta Richmond, director, summer time & short-term research overseas, Notre Dame International
As director of summer time/short-term research overseas applications inside Notre Dame International, Brigitta Richmond oversees over 30+ summer time and short-term research overseas applications on the College of Notre Dame and is answerable for implementing the technique and operations plan of Notre Dame International’s summer time and short-term research overseas applications.
She collaborates throughout NDG’s world community and different campus departments to assist the establishment’s general objectives and supplies cross-cultural, analytic, and linguistic assist in particular tasks and initiatives. Brigitta additionally advocates for underrepresented college students in research overseas; as a first-generation faculty pupil herself, she prioritised offering alternatives for college students to share their tales by way of the coed lens. Brigitta has traveled extensively in each her tutorial and private life. She has lived in Austria, Hungary, and Romania and is fluent in Hungarian. As an immigrant and thru her travels as a younger youngster, Brigitta grew to become obsessed with worldwide schooling early on.
Brigitta holds two M.A.s in nationalism from Central European College in Budapest, Hungary, and an M.A. in cultural anthropology from Ball State Universit
