Faculty-Led Study Abroad Programs
The Office of Study Abroad Can Work with You and Your Department to
- Create, plan and execute faculty-led programming
- Find curricular matches for your majors’ semester study abroad pursuits
- Develop new program models for your department (faculty exchange, faculty summer residence programs)
- Do the immigration work associated with inviting international scholars and professors
- Assist faculty traveling independently for international conferences, research etc. to purchase Geo Blue insurance coverage
- Point students and faculty colleagues to Fulbright and other funded opportunities
Contact ldobson@unca.edu with questions or interest in any of these opportunities.
Our Office Can Add Value to Faculty-Led Programs
- Planning and logistical arrangements, finding suitable partner providers, previewing contracts and assisting with MOUs
- Assistance with marketing and student recruitment
- Management of the application process
- Assistance with fee collection, bill payment, and compliance related to state regulations on travel expense reports, use of university P cards and travel advances, etc.
- Provision of a consistent university-wide orientation to safety and risk management for off-campus travel as well as orientation to travel health and accident insurance
- Removal of personal liability from you, by guiding you to standard implementation of policies, procedures and standards of a reasonable person
- Scholarships for your students
- Advising for your students
If your destination is a U.S. State Department Level 3 or 4 country, please read UNC Asheville’s Student International Travel Policy.
To begin your proposal submission, click HERE.