Worldwide educators go to Ohio College as a part of tour led by OHIO graduate

Ben Wirtz Siegel
The members of The International Educator Program, together with OHIO graduate Syed Jamal (standing within the prime row, on the correct nook), pose with Vicki Seefeldt West, affiliate director for worldwide admissions (standing within the backside row, on the left nook), throughout the group’s latest go to to Ohio College.

Ohio College hosted 11 worldwide schooling counselors in June, thanks in a big half to an OHIO graduate who organized the journey.

The educators, together with one principal and 9 profession and steerage counselors from excessive colleges in India, Mauritius and United Arab Emirates, are a part of The International Educator Program (TGEP), which offers secondary faculty counselors with the chance to study concerning the U.S. college system and tour faculty campuses. 

Syed Jamal, who graduated from Ohio College in 2010 and led the latest go to, co-founded Collegey, the edtech firm by which TGEP is obtainable. Jamal studied within the Communication and Growth Research program in OHIO’s Heart for Worldwide research, the place he earned a grasp’s diploma in worldwide affairs and discovered lots from the Athens neighborhood.

“My intention was to showcase the OHIO neighborhood to our cohort members in hopes that they might take a small a part of it again to their house international locations,” he stated.

TGEP works with highschool counselors and college leaders from all over the world and presents them international studying {and professional} improvement alternatives to empower the scholar counseling occupation. The event alternatives embrace visits to high schools and universities within the U.S. and different international locations to study extra concerning the establishments. 

“These experiences permit the advisors to be the eyes and ears for his or her college students, who will probably be unable to go to faculty campuses within the U.S. earlier than selecting a spot to check,” stated Vicki Seefeldt West, affiliate director for worldwide admissions at OHIO.

Throughout this summer season’s tour, the TGEP group visited 34 schools and universities throughout the U.S.

“It’s been very gratifying visiting Ohio College,” stated Dr. Sonia Soni from the Aditya Birla World Academy in Mumbai, India. A number of college students from her establishment have enrolled at Ohio College prior to now, Soni stated. 

As the pinnacle profession steerage counselor and a member of the psychology school, Soni stated visiting OHIO and different U.S. universities will assist her have extra knowledgeable conversations with the scholars and oldsters who come to her to debate faculty alternatives.

Soni was impressed with the experiential studying alternatives accessible at OHIO, and he or she was additionally happy to see the College amenities and discuss to members of the OHIO neighborhood.

Through the go to, the advisors met with a variety of OHIO personnel, together with representatives from Worldwide Pupil and Scholar Providers, Undergraduate Admissions, Housing and Residence Life, and the Heart for Advising, Profession and Experiential Studying. These conferences allowed them to study scholarships, experiential studying alternatives, worldwide pupil programming, pupil employment and actions, profession companies and alumni connections, and even the packages and actions that assist college students regulate to varsity life and really feel at house at Ohio College. 

The advisors additionally toured campus and visited Copeland Corridor, Scripps Corridor (together with the brand new Bobcat Esports Enviornment and the GRID Lab), a residence corridor and the Baker College Heart.

The go to additionally allowed OHIO representatives to get to know the worldwide advisors extra, set up new connections and study extra concerning the questions that worldwide college students and their households are asking about schools and universities within the U.S.

“Having that private relationship makes an enormous distinction for the advisors, the households and for Ohio College,” Seefeldt West stated. “This go to was very useful, and having Syed lead the tour was a very a particular manner for an alum to present again to their alma mater.”