I’ll never forget the day my newly minted middle schooler announced she and a friend hatched a plan during lunch in the school cafeteria to travel the world together. “When we’re in college, we’re going meet and travel together,” Emily confidently told me as she rattled off a list of countries that were on their bucket list. Even though we still have a few years until Emily heads off to college, I love that she wants to explore the world especially since I know travel scholarships exist to help her extend her learning beyond the classroom and make a difference in the world.
Since attending the White House Summit for Study Abroad and Global Citizenship, I’ve learned about the wealth of funding options that exist for students interested in studying abroad during their college years and beyond. Hosteling International USA (HI USA) is one of the organizations I met whose programs promote global citizenship and make it easy to see the world.
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