The U.S. Department of State’s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program invited Dr. Michael Stebleton, associate professor in the Department of Postsecondary Teaching and Learning, to share insights during the third webinar of the 2014 – 2015 Gilman Web Symposium Series on Thursday, January 29, 2015.

Moderated by Gilman Program staff member Randi Butler, the webinar “Supporting Non-Traditional Students to Study & Intern Abroad” brought together Stebleton, a researcher on college student development and success, and David Taylor, Director of Global Abroad Programs at Wake Forest University, to discuss this unique and important student demographic. During the webinar, Stebleton and Taylor discussed the benefits studying and interning abroad can bring to non-traditional students and examined ways to include this population in study abroad outreach. Joining the discussion was a Gilman alumnus who is a first-generation college student and studied abroad in Russia while attending a community college.

The Gilman International Scholarship Program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), and administered by the Institute of International Education (IIE).