WEBINARWEDNESDAYMiraclesafterMay1st:ACalltoActiontoSupport61DisplacedNepaliStudents

May10,2018

Today’sPanelistsRomanShrestha- r44.jf3@gmail.comHighSchoolStudent,SOSHermannGmeinerSchool(Nepal)

JoanLiu - jli@gapps.uwcsea.edu.sgUniversityAdviser,UnitedWorldCollegeofSouthEastAsia(Singapore)

KellyBraun - guidance@issh.ac.jpDirectorofUniversityCounseling,Int’lSchooloftheSacredHeart(Japan)

BrianBava- bbava@collegeofidaho.eduVicePresidentofEnrollment,CollegeofIdaho(USA)

DavidSmith- david.smith5@mail.wvu.eduExecutiveDirectorandInt’lStudentAdvocate,OfficeofGlobalAffairs,WestVirginiaUniversity(USA)

KarenScott- k.scott@tcu.eduDirectorofInternationalAdmission,TexasChristianUniversity(USA)

JoeTavares- ias@internationalacac.orgChairofInclusion,Access,SuccessCommittee,InternationalACACHighSchoolCounselor,JakartaInterculturalSchool(Indonesia)

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Agenda

● Whathappened?

● Whatcanyoudo?

● Howtotranslateconcernintoaction?

● Questions?

JT

Backgroundofsituation● OnApril13,2018,aU.S.universityinformed61studentsinNepalthat

theirfullscholarships(includingtuition,roomandboard,etc)hadbeenrevoked.

● Inastatement,theuniversitynotedthatduetoadministrativeoversight,theywerenolongerabletofulfillthescholarshipthesestudentshadbeengrantedmonthsearlier.

● AffectedNepalistudents,families,andschoolsweredevastated.ManyofthestudentshadpaidaMarch1scholarshipconfirmationfee,I-20fees,andhousingdepositsbytheMay1stdeadlineastheyhadbeenaskedbytheuniversity.

● StudentshadtakenagapyearinordertoapplytotheUS,andhadturneddownotheroffers,orhadsimplystoppedapplyingtomoreschools,astheyalreadyhadafullride.Theynowhadnowheretogo.

● Thistiming,scale,andimpactofthissituationisunprecedented,asMay1stmarkstheendoftheadmissioncycleformostU.S.universities.

JL

Whoarethe61students?

Roman(youngmanontheright)marchingtoraiseawarenessaboutpolio.

JL / RS

Whatcanwedotohelp?

Overthepast3weeks,theInternationalACACcommunityhasralliedaroundthestudents:

○ Highschoolandindependentcounselorsaremobilizingtoprovidepro-bono1-on-1supporttothestudents

○ Highschoolandindependentcounselorshaveidentifieduniversitiesaroundtheworldthatwouldadmitthesestudentsandwhichwouldbeaffordabletothestudents(formost,$6,000USDisthemaximumamounttheycanafford)

○ HighereducationinstitutionsaroundtheworldhaveextendedadmissionandscholarshipopportunitiestoimpactedNepalistudents

KB / JL

Here’sthewebsite:https://bit.ly/2G4xVR0

KB / JL

StoriesofSuccessfulAdvocacy

BB / KS / DS

IfyouruniversityisinterestedinconnectingwiththeimpactedNepalistudents,pleasecontact:

SelenaMallaEducationalAdviserEducationUSAAdvisingCenterU.S.EducationalFoundationinNepaladviserusef@fulbrightnepal.org.np

JL

Broadercontext

● Currently, International ACAC members and beyond are actively supporting students who aspire to go to university post May 1st.

● It is important that we speak with students in such situations about:○ gap years○ community college○ looking at universities with rolling admission or later deadlines○ looking at universities globally

● The Nepali students have been great role models for how students must act when the unexpected happens:

○ Students need to be resilient.○ Students need to be active researchers.○ Students need to be good communicators.○ Students need to be self-advocates.○ Students need to collaborate with each other.

JT / JL / RS

Questions?

Today’sPanelistsRomanShrestha- r44.jf3@gmail.comHighSchoolStudent,SOSHermannGmeinerSchool(Nepal)

JoanLiu - jli@gapps.uwcsea.edu.sgUniversityAdviser,UnitedWorldCollegeofSouthEastAsia(Singapore)

KellyBraun - guidance@issh.ac.jpDirectorofUniversityCounseling,Int’lSchooloftheSacredHeart(Japan)

BrianBava- bbava@collegeofidaho.eduVicePresidentofEnrollment,CollegeofIdaho(USA)

DavidSmith- david.smith5@mail.wvu.eduExecutiveDirectorandInt’lStudentAdvocate,OfficeofGlobalAffairs,WestVirginiaUniversity(USA)

KarenScott- k.scott@tcu.eduDirectorofInternationalAdmission,TexasChristianUniversity(USA)

JoeTavares- ias@internationalacac.orgChairofInclusion,Access,SuccessCommittee,InternationalACACHighSchoolCounselor,JakartaInterculturalSchool(Indonesia)