GE in the Media
Below are some examples of the media attention Global Experience has received in the past. To view each story in full, please click the link at the bottom of each article.
Graduating with a global edge
UniSA News, March 2013. By Rosanna Galvin.
Thousands of new graduates will be preparing to don caps and gowns for their graduation ceremonies during March. Nine of those will be taking to the stage with an extra ‘feather’ in their cap, set to graduate from UniSA’s Global Experience (GE) program with a range of community and international experiences behind them.
One of those graduates is Kelly Sullivan, a GE Student Ambassador who volunteered abroad, founded a not-for-profit organisation (NPO), taught Latin dance in Nepal and was a mentor to new students, all while completing her Bachelor of Visual Communications (Graphic Design).
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Global Experience ignites humanitarian passion
UniSA News, October 2012. By Esther Thorn.
As the asylum seeker debate in Australia rages, UniSA graduate Kyla Raby, is working on the front line. The 24-year-old is employed by the Red Cross as a Humanitarian Observer to monitor conditions in the Northern Territory’s three detention facilities.
“We meet with the detainees and ensure that their dignity, health and well-being is upheld,” she said. She said the hardest part of the job was that she could only observe. “The Red Cross is an independent organisation and we don’t have any control over the detainees’ visa applications,” she said.“We have to be very clear with them that ours is specifically a monitoring role.”
Raby is part of a team of people employed by the Red Cross to monitor conditions in Australia’s detention centres.
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Study Tour enhances Global Experience
UniSA Business, October 2012.
A new international study tour initiative has been developed and run as part of the successful UniSA Global Experience Professional Development course curricula. Attracting $43,000 in funding from the Australian Government to support the participation of domestic students in the program, the inaugural tour saw 20 undergraduate business students travel to Malaysia in February this year.
Following the success of the tour, a second group of 15 students participated in a study tour to Hanoi, Vietnam, in September. These intensive two-week study tours include lectures and workshops, industry visits, presentations and cultural activities, to provide students with valuable insights into local businesses and communities.
The study tours also foster an international buddy network system to maximise students' learning experiences.
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UniSA wins praise for global cultural Engagement
UniSA News, March 2012. By Melissa Norris
The University of South Australia won two awards at this year's Governor's Multicultural Awards highlighting a long-term institutional commitment to multicultural understanding.
Honoured at the 2011 Awards at a ceremony last week in the Youth Awards organisational category UniSA's Global Experience Program took out the honours.
A peer-driven approach to volunteering, Global Experience is providing opportunities for students to make a difference in the world community. The program has already given hundreds of students the chance to volunteer for aid and development projects overseas or to work locally on community or business development projects.
The judges applauded the program for its promotion of cross-cultural understanding, suggesting it could be an excellent model for other tertiary institutions.
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