{"id":91077,"date":"2019-08-19T11:20:42","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T16:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=91077"},"modified":"2019-09-03T15:25:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T20:25:00","slug":"freeman-foundation-grants-send-um-students-side-globe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/freeman-foundation-grants-send-um-students-side-globe\/","title":{"rendered":"Freeman Foundation Grants Send UM Students to Other Side of the Globe"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Twenty University of Mississippi students interned in Eastern Asia this summer through a grant from the Freeman Foundation. Submitted photo<\/p><\/div>\n

OXFORD, Miss. \u2013 Stretching from Beijing to Singapore, 20 University of Mississippi<\/a> students received global work experience this summer while interning in Eastern Asia through a grant from the Freeman Foundation.<\/p>\n

Their roles this summer varied, from an accounting internship in Bangkok to a medical internship in Shanghai, working for companies from a global truck and bus manufacturer to a Bangkok blockchain business. The students’ majors were likewise diverse, ranging from accounting to sociology.<\/p>\n

The students interned for at least eight weeks through support from the UM Experiential Learning in Eastern Asia<\/a> program. Each student received a $7,500 participation stipend from UM \u2013 with $5,000 of that coming from the Freeman Foundation grant and the other $2,500 provided by the university’s Office of Global Engagement and the students’ respective school(s) or college.<\/p>\n

This is the second year of the program at UM after the Freeman Foundation grant was renewed in the fall of 2018. Last year, 17 students participated in the program<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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UM student Shammond Shorter, a business management major from Atoka, Tennessee, spent his Freeman Foundation internship in Japan. Submitted photo<\/p><\/div>\n

“Freeman Foundation interns gain self-awareness and global awareness through participation in society, both locally and globally,” said Blair McElroy, UM senior international officer and director of study abroad. “Through this incredible program, they are gaining the skills needed to engage meaningfully with diverse people, places, challenges and opportunities.<\/p>\n

“From providing dental health care in Vietnam, working to promote fair trade practices in Korea, creating curriculum on nutrition in China, devoting their creativity to magazines in Japan and many more amazing opportunities across the region, our students are doing significant work overseas and truly becoming global citizens.”<\/p>\n

The students in this year’s program were:<\/p>\n