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WEBINARWEDNESDAYMiraclesafterMay1st:ACalltoActiontoSupport61DisplacedNepaliStudents
May10,2018
Today’sPanelistsRomanShrestha- r44.jf3@gmail.comHighSchoolStudent,SOSHermannGmeinerSchool(Nepal)
JoanLiu - jli@gapps.uwcsea.edu.sgUniversityAdviser,UnitedWorldCollegeofSouthEastAsia(Singapore)
KellyBraun - guidance@issh.ac.jpDirectorofUniversityCounseling,Int’lSchooloftheSacredHeart(Japan)
BrianBava- bbava@collegeofidaho.eduVicePresidentofEnrollment,CollegeofIdaho(USA)
DavidSmith- david.smith5@mail.wvu.eduExecutiveDirectorandInt’lStudentAdvocate,OfficeofGlobalAffairs,WestVirginiaUniversity(USA)
KarenScott- k.scott@tcu.eduDirectorofInternationalAdmission,TexasChristianUniversity(USA)
JoeTavares- ias@internationalacac.orgChairofInclusion,Access,SuccessCommittee,InternationalACACHighSchoolCounselor,JakartaInterculturalSchool(Indonesia)
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Agenda
● Whathappened?
● Whatcanyoudo?
● Howtotranslateconcernintoaction?
● Questions?
JT
Backgroundofsituation● OnApril13,2018,aU.S.universityinformed61studentsinNepalthat
theirfullscholarships(includingtuition,roomandboard,etc)hadbeenrevoked.
● Inastatement,theuniversitynotedthatduetoadministrativeoversight,theywerenolongerabletofulfillthescholarshipthesestudentshadbeengrantedmonthsearlier.
● AffectedNepalistudents,families,andschoolsweredevastated.ManyofthestudentshadpaidaMarch1scholarshipconfirmationfee,I-20fees,andhousingdepositsbytheMay1stdeadlineastheyhadbeenaskedbytheuniversity.
● StudentshadtakenagapyearinordertoapplytotheUS,andhadturneddownotheroffers,orhadsimplystoppedapplyingtomoreschools,astheyalreadyhadafullride.Theynowhadnowheretogo.
● Thistiming,scale,andimpactofthissituationisunprecedented,asMay1stmarkstheendoftheadmissioncycleformostU.S.universities.
JL
Whoarethe61students?
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JL / RS
Whatcanwedotohelp?
Overthepast3weeks,theInternationalACACcommunityhasralliedaroundthestudents:
○ Highschoolandindependentcounselorsaremobilizingtoprovidepro-bono1-on-1supporttothestudents
○ Highschoolandindependentcounselorshaveidentifieduniversitiesaroundtheworldthatwouldadmitthesestudentsandwhichwouldbeaffordabletothestudents(formost,$6,000USDisthemaximumamounttheycanafford)
○ HighereducationinstitutionsaroundtheworldhaveextendedadmissionandscholarshipopportunitiestoimpactedNepalistudents
KB / JL
Here’sthewebsite:https://bit.ly/2G4xVR0
KB / JL
StoriesofSuccessfulAdvocacy
BB / KS / DS
IfyouruniversityisinterestedinconnectingwiththeimpactedNepalistudents,pleasecontact:
SelenaMallaEducationalAdviserEducationUSAAdvisingCenterU.S.EducationalFoundationinNepaladviserusef@fulbrightnepal.org.np
JL
Broadercontext
● Currently, International ACAC members and beyond are actively supporting students who aspire to go to university post May 1st.
● It is important that we speak with students in such situations about:○ gap years○ community college○ looking at universities with rolling admission or later deadlines○ looking at universities globally
● The Nepali students have been great role models for how students must act when the unexpected happens:
○ Students need to be resilient.○ Students need to be active researchers.○ Students need to be good communicators.○ Students need to be self-advocates.○ Students need to collaborate with each other.
JT / JL / RS
Questions?
Today’sPanelistsRomanShrestha- r44.jf3@gmail.comHighSchoolStudent,SOSHermannGmeinerSchool(Nepal)
JoanLiu - jli@gapps.uwcsea.edu.sgUniversityAdviser,UnitedWorldCollegeofSouthEastAsia(Singapore)
KellyBraun - guidance@issh.ac.jpDirectorofUniversityCounseling,Int’lSchooloftheSacredHeart(Japan)
BrianBava- bbava@collegeofidaho.eduVicePresidentofEnrollment,CollegeofIdaho(USA)
DavidSmith- david.smith5@mail.wvu.eduExecutiveDirectorandInt’lStudentAdvocate,OfficeofGlobalAffairs,WestVirginiaUniversity(USA)
KarenScott- k.scott@tcu.eduDirectorofInternationalAdmission,TexasChristianUniversity(USA)
JoeTavares- ias@internationalacac.orgChairofInclusion,Access,SuccessCommittee,InternationalACACHighSchoolCounselor,JakartaInterculturalSchool(Indonesia)