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Get Students Thinking
Globally: Passport
Scholarships
First Step to Traveling the World
First Step to Traveling the World
4 Way Campus Collaboration
• LSA Scholarships
• Center for Global and Intercultural Study (CGIS)
• Comprehensive Studies Program (CSP) – Bridge
• LSA Advancement and the Office of Financial Aid
New Scholarship Initiative
4 Way Campus Collaboration
• LSA Scholarships
• Center for Global and Intercultural Study (CGIS)
• Comprehensive Studies Program (CSP) – Bridge
• LSA Advancement and the Office of Financial Aid
New Scholarship Initiative
Background
• Initiated Fall 2015
• Small target group of students – Bridge Scholars Plus
– 28 Students Invited 28 Passports
• Must be a Need Based Student – Pell Eligible
Benefits - Impact
• Students get Passports in a quick efficient manner
• Study Abroad Office sees an increase of First Year
Students seeking study abroad opportunities
• Need-based students exposed to the possibility of
Studying Abroad
Unanticipated Benefits
• Unique Fundraising Opportunity for our Gift Officers
• Low Costs – Major Reward
• Impact on our University Wide
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Initiative
Unanticipated Benefits
• Unique Fundraising Opportunity for our Gift Officers
• Low Costs – Major Reward
• Impact on our University Wide
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Initiative
What’s Needed
• Identify Need-Based Student Population
• Equipment - Polaroid Instant Cameras
• Contact with US Passport Office
• $195 per student – Expedited Passport Service
• Minimal Staff – 3 People
• Communication, Communication, Communication
Unexpected Challenges
• First Year Students NOT reading emails
• Students obtaining their Birth Certificates
• Communication, Communication, Communication
Where Are We Today … Fall 2017
• Estimated 150 Passports for First Year Students
• Offered to ALL First-Year Scholarship Recipients
• Offered to ALL CSP Bridge Scholars
• College of Engineering now has a similar program
Where Are We Going … Fall 2018
• Offered to ALL Need Based Incoming First Year Students
• Low Cost Major Impact
Unique scholarship program to give need-based students exposure to travel abroad
Contact Information
• Katherine Weathers, Scholarship Coordinator
• 734.615.0660
• http://lsa.umich.edu/scholarships