Students given opportunity to study in Ghana
■The program at the
University of Ghana will
provide journalism students
with hands-on experience
By Hank Hager
Oregon Daily Emerald
Through a partnership between
the University of Kansas and the
University of Oregon, interested
journalism students can attend the
University of Ghana and complete
an internship in the African coun
try.
Adrienne Rivers, a University of
Kansas journalism professor, coor
dinated the program, which is de
signed to give students journalistic
experience and a taste of a foreign
country. The program will last from
June 23 to July 30 and is open to no
more than 10 students from both
universities.
Rivers and Leslie Steeves, a Uni
versity journalism professor, both
spent two years on Fulbright Schol
arships in Ghana and became
friends. Because of this, Rivers said,
the three campuses on the two con
tinents are coming together.
“My colleagues at the University
of Ghana wanted to maintain a rela
tionship, and we thought a study
abroad program with a media in
ternship component was one of the
ways we could do it,” she said.
Steeves said students at the Uni
versity should take advantage of
this opportunity because of its
specifics.
“It’s a great experience for stu
dents,” she said. “There’s no course
like this at the University of Ore
gon.”
Rivers said students who attend
should take away a better under
standing of Africa, which she said
is often associated with wild ani
mals, deprivation and war.
Students who take the trip will be
required to attend a four-week
course on media studies at the Uni
versity of Ghana and serve an in
ternship, Rivers said.“We strongly
encourage all of our journalism stu
dents to get hands-on experience
via an internship,” she said. “I think
it’s an added benefit when that ex
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perience includes an international
component.’’Steeves said students
would be placed in radio, TV and
possibly public relations intern
ships.
The price of the trip is estimated
at $5,100, which includes instruc
tional costs, insurance and passport
fees, visa and immunization fees,
meals, books and supplies, and inci
dental fees, Steeves said.
Students will gain six to eight
quarter credits for their experience
overseas through the University of
Kansas. Tim Gleason, dean of the
University’s journalism school, said
because Kansas’ journalism school
is accredited, Oregon students will
have those credits transferred.
“As long as it is from an accredit
ed university, we will take it,” Glea
son said.
Steeves said that while there are
other study abroad programs on cam
pus, this trip is more reasonably
priced.
“Because of the expense of the
study abroad program, this trip
makes it more realistic for stu
dents,” she said.
Courtesy Photo
This photograph was taken by a participant in one of the previous trips to Ghana, Africa.
Financial aid also may be avail
able to students who wish to go on
the trip. Steeves plans on making a
proposal to the Foreign Study Pro
grams Committee in April that will
decide whether the trip can reach
program status. The trip will be el
igible for financial aid if the com
mittee passes the proposal, said
Thomas Mills, director of interna
tional education and exchange.
Gleason believes the trip can be
important for students to attend.
“Most international trips are
valuable to students who take
them,” he said.
Steeves said she has already re
ceived five inquiries about the
trip, a number that has surprised
her.
“There is more interest in Africa
than I thought there was in the
school of journalism,” she said.
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