STUDY ABROAD
Expanding our Global Reach The Westmorelands encourage and lead new international exploration that expands opportunities for students to study abroad. By Sean Flynt
Andrew and Jeanna Westmoreland came to Samford with an understanding of the transformative power of intercultural engagement and the personal experience to help guide it. Upon their arrival, they found thriving programs focused on Europe, the Americas and the United Kingdom, but they were keen to lead Samford into the Asian Century. The Westmorelands were especially interested in developing partnerships in Indonesia, where they already supported Christian K-12 and higher education institutions. In 2013, Jeanna Westmoreland led a group of Samford education students to the Indonesian capital of Jakarta for cross-cultural classroom experiences. Andrew Westmoreland and a small group of Samford academic leaders embarked on a simultaneous tour of China, South Korea, Singapore and Indonesia in hopes of recruiting Asian students to Samford and developing further exchange
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