After extensive review and consideration, the GoAbroad Team is pleased to share the finalists of the 2017 GoAbroad Innovation Awards!
The GoAbroad Innovation Awards Academy will vote to determine the winner for each of these awards (excluding People’s Choice & Student Video which go to a public vote). The winners will then be announced at the GoAbroad Reception during the NAFSA Annual Conference in Los Angeles, California. Learn more about the awards and finalists on the Innovation Awards website.
Public voting for the People’s Choice & Student Video Award categories is now live!
Here are the 2017 GoAbroad Innovation Awards Finalists:
Innovation in Alumni Engagement
- Purdue Study Abroad – When the (Study Abroad) Students Become the Teachers: Global Leadership Mentors
- International TEFL Academy – Alumni Association
- International Studies Abroad (ISA) – Facilitating Alumni Professional Development, Re-entry, and Engagement through Gamification
- University of Massachusetts Amherst – Pre-Departure Conference
- CRCC Asia – Alumni Initiative
Innovation in Diversity
- University of South Carolina – Black & Abroad
- Institute for Study Abroad, Butler University – Work to Study Program
- Global Visions International (GVI) – National Scholarship Program
- CIEE: Council on International Educational Exchange – The Frederick Douglass Global Fellowship
- District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) – DCPS Study Abroad
Innovation in Marketing & Digital Media
- Virginia Commonwealth University Education Abroad – VCU Freshmen Success Module: Maximizing Your Study Abroad
- IES Abroad – Global Citizen of the Year Award
- Study Abroad Office at Arizona State University – Faculty-Led Marketing Toolkit
- CEA Study Abroad – Digital Family Communication
- CRCC Asia – Vlogging Across Borders
Innovative New Program – Internship
- Next Step Connections – Virtual Internship (VI) Projects
- CET Academic Programs & Colgate University – China Study Group Internship Program at Hotwind Shoes
- Global Experiences & Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) – Accelerated Internship Abroad Experience
- CEA Study Abroad – Internship in Spain
- Sage Corps – Global Entrepreneurship Program
Innovative New Program – Study Abroad
- Athena Study Abroad – “Inside the Parisian Studio”
- University of South Carolina – Columbia, Study Abroad Office – Media and Culture of the Mideast in Muscat, Oman
- Queens University of Charlotte – Queens at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Office of Global Engagement & Get Lost, Inc. – Journeys Full of Credits – Greece
- Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs (HECUA) – Italy: Sustainable Agriculture, Food, and Justice
Innovative New Program – Volunteer
- Beyond Sports Tours – Beyond Sports South Africa Softball Tour
- International Volunteer HQ (IVHQ) – Hawaii Volunteer Program
- African Impact – The Build-It Project
- Bright Light Volunteers – Cuba Unlocked
- GoEco – Temple Preservation in Cambodia
- Greenheart Travel – Sustainable Forestry in Puerto Rico
Innovation in Philanthropy
- My Russian Language School – Free Russian Language Courses for Immigrants
- International Studies Abroad (ISA) – Mobile Library
- IES Abroad – #GivingTuesday Campaign
- Maya Universe Academy – Education & Livelihood Projects for Earthquake Victims
- The Intern Group – New York Team Thanksgiving Volunteering with FeedNYC
Innovation in Sustainability
- Dar Si Hmad for Development, Education, and Culture – Ethnographic Field School
- East African Playgrounds – Uganda Volunteer Project
- All Hands Volunteers – Manos a la Costa – Ecuador Earthquake Response
- ISDSI (International Sustainable Development Studies Institute) – A New Home for ISDSI
- Pangea Educational Development – Twesomese
Innovation in Technology
- Global Travel Academy – Certificate in International Volunteering and Certificate in Travel Health and Safety
- KeynectUp – Safety vCards for Study Abroad
- BIT Club, Waukesha County Technical College – Mobile App for Education Abroad
- CAPA The Global Education Network – Globally Networked Learning
- IES Abroad – Virtual Tours With VR Readers
The STA Travel Start the Adventure Award
- LaSharon McLean Perez, University of California Riverside
- Abby Falik, Global Citizen Year
- Margaret McCullers, IFSA Butler
- Ethan Knight, American Gap Association
- Teresita Levy, Lehman College
Student Video
- “Morocco” by Sarah Berry, CIEE
- “Motion in the South” by Oliver Lowe, IES Abroad
- “University of Utah Promo Reel” by Ethan Beseris, CEA Study Abroad
- “IFSA & Me: A Personal Statement on Navigating Identity and Study Abroad” by Reece Sisto, IFSA Butler
- “Around the World” by Molly Shunney, Winterline Global Education