GE In The Media

Below are some examples of the media attention Global Experience has received in the past. To view each story in full, please click the link at the bottom of each article.

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LATEST PRESS

UniSA wins praise for global cultural Engagement

Appeared in UniSA News, March 2012 Edition. By Melissa Norris

The University of South Australia won two awards at this year’s Governor’s Multicultural Awards highlighting a long-term institutional commitment to multicultural understanding.

Honoured at the 2011 Awards at a ceremony last week in the Youth Awards organisational category UniSA’s Global Experience Program took out the honours.

A peer-driven approach to volunteering, Global Experience is providing opportunities for students to make a difference in the world community. The program has already given hundreds of students the chance to volunteer for aid and development projects overseas or to work locally on community or business development projects.

The judges applauded the program for its promotion of cross-cultural understanding, suggesting it could be an excellent model for other tertiary institutions.

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Students stand out with Global Experience

Appeared in UniSA News, October 2011 Edition. By Melissa Norris

Three UniSA students are about to embark on an international experience that includes creating a fruit and vegetable garden for malnourished students in Nepal, working with children and teenagers in Buenos Aires and mapping marine life in the Philippines.

The three inspirational students are enhancing their degrees with international travel through UniSA's Global Experience program.

The Global Experience program awards travel grants that allow students to volunteer overseas and complete work experience that will complement their degrees and give them a competitive advantage in the workforce.

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Wealth of a Different Kind

Appeared in UniSA News, September 2011 Edition. By Kelly Stone

Geraldine Cox, the woman who found her true purpose in caring for Cambodian orphans, has inspired UniSA Global Experience students to follow their passion and encouraged them to step outside their comfort zone.

Guest speaker at a Global Experience Distinguished Guest Speaker Series forum, Cox - who is the co-founder of Sunrise Children's Villages situated just outside Phnom Penh - told students that before she went to Cambodia, she had a full life, but she never gave to anything. "I never had a Save the Children child and I went out of my way to avoid the Salvation Army man on the street with his collection tin. Everything was about me," she said.

"But there is an immense joy you can get when the penny drops and you finally get it that the path you're on is not going to bring you any happiness."In Cox's speech, titled 'Wealth of a different kind', she described the differences in her life before she went to Cambodia, and after.

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Wanted: Business Graduate

Appeared in UniSA Business, Issue One, September 2011. By Sarah Papencordt

For a new job seeker, working in a Third World country might sound daunting. But for 22 year old Simon Crawford, it was an opportunity to be challenged and inspired. Recently graduated from a double degree in International Business and International Studies, Crawford jumped at the chance to work overseas, securing a consultancy position in the greater South East Asia/Pacific division of soft commodities company, ECOM Agroindustrial.

Just a few months into the role, Crawford is heavily involved with the company's supply chain management of cotton, coffee, cocoa and seed oil. He is now working in the cocoa industry in Papua New Guinea.

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