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The Toucan Abroad Podcast is an international education podcast where we have conversations with students as well as professionals in the field on their experiences studying abroad and working in this dynamic field. This podcast is brought to you by Toucan Education Programs (TEP), Belize. TEP is a social enterprise located in Belize that provides education abroad programming to higher education institutions worldwide.
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“Leading an Agriculture Focused Study Abroad Program: Part 2” with Dr. Becky Raulerson
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Our final episode of Season 2 also wraps up our series chatting with faculty from universities around North America who led faculty-led programs in a variety of disciplines to Belize. This final episodes continues the focus on faculty led programs in Agriculture, the second largest economic sector in Belize. In this episode, Dr. Becky Raulerson sha…
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“Leading an Agriculture Focused Study Abroad Program: Part 1” with Dr. Ricky Telg
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We continue our series chatting with faculty from universities around North America who led faculty-led programs in a variety of disciplines to Belize. The final two episodes of Season 2 will focus on faculty led programs in Agriculture which is the second largest economic sector in Belize. In this episode, Dr. Ricky Telg speaks about his work at t…
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“Music as Culture” with Dr. Michael Vercelli
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Today, we continue our series chatting with faculty from universities around North America who led faculty-led programs in a variety of disciplines to Belize. In this episode, we chat with Dr. Michael Vercelli who led his students on a program to Belize that focused on Music as Culture. Dr. Vercelli discusses his work in multiple looking at music a…
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“Health Promotion in Belize” with Dr. Heidi Hancher-Rauch
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Today, we continue our series chatting with faculty from universities around North America who led faculty-led programs in a variety of disciplines to Belize. In this episode, we chat with Dr. Heidi Hancher-Rauch who led the international component of her Health Promotion course to Belize. Dr. Hancher-Rauch speaks about the importance of incorporat…
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“Sustainable Community Development – Leading a Faculty-Led Program to Belize” with Dr. Jonathan Warner
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For the next few episodes, we will chat with faculty from universities around North America who led faculty-led programs to Belize in fields of study such as health promotion, economics, music and agriculture. In this episode, we introduce Dr. Jonathan Warner, Professor Emeritus at Quest University in Canada, and is also a non-resident research ass…
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“Going After What You Want”: Perspectives on Studying Abroad from a First-Time Traveler & Student of Color with Arneisha Smallwood
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We culminate our look at students of color studying abroad with our third episode of Season 2. In this episode, Arneisha Smallwood, shares her thoughts on studying abroad from her perspective as a first-time traveler and student of color. She gives her insight into how she navigated her study abroad experience, challenges she faced and overcame, th…
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#StudyAbroadSoBlack: Delving into Study Abroad at an HBCU with MaRaina Montgomery
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Our second episode of Season 2 continues looking at study abroad for students of color through the lens of the study abroad office at a well-known HBCU, Howard University. In this episode, MaRaina Montgomery gives us a look at the work she is doing at Howard University to prepare her students for their study abroad experiences. Our conversation cov…
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“Meet Them Where They Are”: Supporting Students of Color & First-Time Travelers in Study Abroad
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We are back! In Season 2 of the Toucan Abroad Podcast we will delve into issues around supporting under-represented students in study abroad, hear from our alumni, and learn about developing programs in music, agriculture & health promotion. In this first episode, Dr. Jessica Pincham-King and Dr. Desiree' Melonas of Birmingham Southern College disc…
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Navigating Social Impact with Erina McWilliam-Lopez
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In our final episode of Season 1 of the Toucan Abroad Podcast, we focus on social impact. What is social impact learning? How does it differ from service-learning? As a social enterprise, TEP is committed to ensuring that all our programs have a social impact. To help us answer these questions, our guest this episode is Erina McWilliam-Lopez, Assoc…
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If you can BELIZE it, you can ACHIEVE it with Christopher Scott Tindle
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Participating in an international service-learning experience is the opportunity of a lifetime that can have a huge impact on your life and that of the organization that you serve. However, there can be many challenges that hold you back from taking the leap and joining a program. In this episode of the Toucan Abroad Podcast, our amazing alumnus Ch…
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Delving into the Re-Entry Process with Dr. Cate Brubaker
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What happens after your study abroad experience is over and you return home? How do you cope with all those feelings that are difficult for you to articulate? As a study abroad professional, how do you help your students answer these questions and all the others that arise with re-entry? Dr. Cate Brubaker joins us for our second episode of the Touc…
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Embracing Your Study Abroad Experience with Sara Burnosky
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In this first episode of the Toucan Abroad Podcast, our amazing alumna, Sara Burnosky chats with us about her experience as an intern for one month in Belize. Sara is a graduate of Michigan State University and is currently living and working in Honduras as a teacher. In the podcast, she delves into the challenges she faced throughout her time here…
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