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Global at Douglass

Service Learning at home and abroad (fully funded); Local and international experiences; Deeper understanding of challenges affecting women, girls, and LGBTQIA+ people; A safe space to grow as empathetic leaders and to support communities.

Your Journey Awaits You

Are you passionate about advancing gender eq­uity and human rights across the globe? Looking to study international relations, human rights, or trying to figure out how to work with and learn from a community abroad? Interested in learning decolonial, holistic, and community-centered ways of engaging the world? By participating in global initiatives at Douglass you set the course of your global education journey. You make an impact both at home in New Brunswick and globally – all while growing as an empathetic leader and anti-colonial, anti-racist, anti-sexist, anti-classist, and anti-ableist advocate.

Applications for Global Village – 2025-2026 will be available in January 2025.

Please contact Kelly Andrade, kandrade@rutgers.edu, if you are interested in joining the Global Village for 2025-26 school year or learning more.

The Living & Learning Communities

Global Village Student

Global Village Learning Communities

A year-long experience in a themed “house.” You will take two credit-bearing courses in the Fall and Spring and conduct research on a topic related to the theme. Participating in the Global Village community makes you eligible to join the Global Leaders program in a subsequent year. Open for residents and commuters.

Students Abroad

Global Leaders

A year-long experience open to all Douglass students who previously participated in the Global Village. You will take two credit-bearing courses in the Fall and Spring and have an international service-learning project experience fully funded by Douglass. Over the course of a year, you will learn about decolonizing global education and its practices that impact women, girls, and LGBTQA+ people across the world, travel abroad during Winter break, and conduct your own research related to education.

 

Student Speaks to Class

Hear from students!

Watch here!

Questions about Global at Douglass?

Kelly Andrade

Kelly Andrade

Director of Global At Douglass