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<h1 class="entry-title">Six students to participate in UAPB’s new study abroad program in South Africa</h1>
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<p><em>Will Hehemann </em>| <em>School of Agriculture, Fisheries and Human Sciences</em></p>
<div id="gmail-attachment_9530" style="width:310px" class="gmail-wp-caption gmail-alignleft"><img class="gmail-alignleft gmail-size-medium gmail-wp-image-9530" src="https://uapbnews.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/uapb-south-africa-program.jpg?w=300&h=207" alt="UAPB South Africa Program" width="300" height="207"><p class="gmail-wp-caption-text">Members
of UAPB’s first study abroad program to South Africa are: (from left)
Timyah Wellmaker, a sophomore math education major; Rickey Anderson, a
junior business management major; Jasmine Alford, a freshman accounting
major; Kiana Wilson, a junior broadcast journalism major; Arion Rivers, a
junior psychology major; Annette Fields, UAPB instructor/counselor for
the Office of Basic Academic Services and the program’s organizer; and
(not pictured) Leah Ellis, a junior biology major.</p></div>
<p>A group of six University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) students
will participate in the university’s first study abroad program in South
Africa. After the inaugural trip, scheduled for May 26 to June 10,
2018, the UAPB Office of International Programs and Studies (OIPS) plans
to offer the program to students in subsequent years.</p>
<p>Student participants from UAPB will include: Timyah Wellmaker, a
sophomore math education major from Belleville, Illinois; Rickey
Anderson, a junior business management major from Dumas, Arkansas;
Jasmine Alford, a freshman accounting major from Memphis, Tennessee;
Kiana Wilson, a junior broadcast journalism major from Dermott,
Arkansas; Arion Rivers, a junior psychology major from Detroit,
Michigan; and Leah Ellis, a junior biology major from Maywood, Illinois.</p>
<p>The program will focus on South Africa’s history of youth
empowerment. Participants will learn about the role of students and
young people in the anti-apartheid movement that started in the early
1960s. They will also learn about the diversity of the nation, which has
a population of over 49 million people with a variety of cultures,
languages and religious beliefs.</p>
<p>“This is a great opportunity for UAPB students to learn about the
vital role youth played in shaping present-day South Africa,” said
Annette Fields, UAPB instructor/counselor for the Office of Basic
Academic Services and the program’s organizer. “June 2016 marked the
40th anniversary of the Soweto uprisings, when thousands of high school
students marched and protested against the Afrikaans language policy in
the educational system. The youth’s role aided in changing the political
system.”</p>
<p>Cultural tours will include the Apartheid Museum and the Nelson
Mandela House Museum in the Soweto township of Johannesburg. Students
will also take part in service-learning activities in rural and urban
communities.</p>
<p>Fields encourages current UAPB students to consider applying to the
South Africa program in 2019. Applicants need to be in good academic
standing and have a minimum GPA of 2.0.</p>
<p>“The program in South Africa provides a great short-term study abroad
opportunity,” Fields said. “Students often want to travel abroad, but
might not want to be away for a month or more. Regardless of the length
of a study abroad program, the experience is a memorable one that will
last a lifetime.”</p>
<p>Fields and Dr. Pamela D. Moore, associate dean for global engagement,
organized the project as part of an OIPS initiative that encourages
UAPB faculty to develop study abroad opportunities for students and
faculty.</p>
<p>During her own undergraduate studies at Michigan State University,
Fields took advantage of study abroad opportunities. In 1998, she
studied the cultural, political and social systems in South Africa and
visited university, agribusinesses and cultural sites in Lesotho, the
kingdom that is landlocked within South Africa. In 1999, she volunteered
for a homeless shelter and served as an English tutor for Chinese
refugees in Hawaii.</p>
<p>Patrons who would like to support the program in South Africa can <a href="https://www.noveltsevents.com/events/uapb-south-africa-study-abroad/">purchase a commemorative T-shirt</a>. All proceeds will help offset the students’ travel costs.</p>
<p>For more information on the study abroad program to South Africa, contact Fields at<a href="mailto:fieldsa@uapb.edu">fieldsa@uapb.edu</a>or (870) 575-8775. For information about other study abroad opportunities at UAPB, contact Dr. Moore at <a href="mailto:moorep@uapb.edu">moorep@uapb.edu</a>or 870-575-8195.</p></div>
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