About FN Student Assistantships
The Forum-Nexus Student Assistantship Program is a work-study opportunity that provides students with real-world experience and a tuition-reduction study abroad scholarship. The assistantship hours are completed before, during, and after the summer program. Student Assistants (SAs) receive a tuition-reduction study abroad scholarship toward the Forum-Nexus program that they have enrolled in.
Assistantship scholarships range from $1,000 - $5,000.
The advantages of being accepted as an SA include:
- The opportunity to make participation in the Forum-Nexus program more affordable
- Real-world job experience working with a multicultural team of students, staff, and professors
- Participation in a leadership pre-session before the program begins
- Development of interpersonal skills, communication skills, and teamwork abilities
Depending on their skills and background, SAs may be assigned tasks such as:
- Help professors with taking attendance, printing handouts, setting up laptops and projectors, and other similar tasks
- Help FN staff with logistical tasks, such as directing students to board buses and trains; making sure that the luggage is properly labeled and sorted; helping with the weighing of luggage before flights; communicating with FN cell phones, walkie-talkies and WhatsApp; helping students get to the right classrooms at the local campuses and in the conference centers of the hotels; etc.
- Make morning wake-up calls
- Assist students with local information about cultural activities in each city, recommended restaurants, location of laundromats, public transportation tips, etc.