Ti Bedunah, an Education Abroad coordinator who collaborates with students to plan long-term study abroad experiences, has been named a Representation, Inclusion, Support and Empowerment Fellow.
The fellowship provides access to and funding for the NAFSA Academy for International Education and has the following goals:
Provide representation of international education professionals from underrepresented minority backgrounds.
Ensure the inclusion of participants into established professionally recognized NAFSA programming and networks.
Support the continued learning and sustained engagement of participants as they establish themselves in their professional journey.
Lead the empowerment of participants with resources and tools to help them give back to their institutions and communities, and the field at large.
The fellowship is NAFSA’s flagship diversity, equity and inclusion program.