Enrolling and Supporting Resettled Refugee Students

This one-hour webinar will highlight examples of partnerships between refugee serving organizations and higher education institutions that build education pathways for resettled refugees. It will include efforts to inform and prepare refugees for higher education, supporting refugee students on campus, and transitioning refugee students to the workforce. This webinar will be co-hosted with Switchboard.

Speaker List Laura Wagner, Presidents’ Alliance / SHERR (moderator) Rob Callus, Switchboard (co-host) Marina Chakmakchi, University of Southern Maine Andrea Vasquez, University of Southern Maine Elyan Paz, Macalester College Raymon Burton, OneRefugee Thomas Huddleston, BRAVE VT This webinar is part of the SHERR Spotlight Series on campus engagement with refugees. Webinars in the series will feature higher education institutions and resettlement agencies working together to support refugees through innovations such as temporary campus housing, community-engaged learning, refugee health, English language and career programs, and increasing educational opportunities for refugee students.

For more information, please see the series flyer at: https://www.worldlearning.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SHERR-Webinar-Flyer.pdf For additional information, or to be added to our mailing list please email the SHERR Program at SHERR@worldlearning.org.