Welcome

Welcome to the website for the UMKC Senegal Study Abroad Program! Make your plans now to join UMKC and Mizzou on an exciting program to Senegal, West Africa! Topics to be studied include women’s economic empowerment, health education initiatives, philanthropy, and social entrepreneurship. No language requirement.

The next trip is tentatively scheduled for January 1-15, 2024 and applications will be due in October 2023. Check this pages for updates.

Why Senegal?

“Senegal is one of the best arguments for travel I can think of. The more we see of the world, the more we actually meet who we are talking about—take a walk, however briefly, in their shoes, the more we see how other people live, find ourselves—as so often and so inevitably happens—as recipients of random acts of hospitality and kindness from total strangers—then the better we shall be. And the happier we will be. Knowledge of, or exposure to, the “other” is not a contaminant—it enriches us. It makes—or should make us—more humble. Senegal. It’s someplace that everyone, given the chance, should go.” – Anthony Bourdain

For more information on the program, contact Dr. Deja Beamon at deja.beamon@umkc.edu or Dr. Kelsey Gardiner at kgardiner@umkc.edu.

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