{"id":4646,"date":"2014-05-08T16:30:41","date_gmt":"2014-05-08T16:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.studyabroad101.com\/?p=4646"},"modified":"2023-09-19T02:08:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T06:08:38","slug":"press-release-abroad101-and-goennounce-launch-student-of-the-week-sponsorship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.studyabroad101.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/press-release-abroad101-and-goennounce-launch-student-of-the-week-sponsorship\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Release: Abroad101 and GoEnnounce Launch Student of the Week Sponsorship"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two Pioneering Websites Join to Help Students Fund Their Study Abroad Dreams
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New York, NY (PRWEB) May 08, 2014<\/p>\n

GoEnnounce, a platform for students to \u201cennounce\u201d and track their educational achievements and fundraise for goals, and Abroad101, the world\u2019s first and largest study abroad review website have launched the “Abroad101 Student of the Week” initiative, designed to help more students study abroad. The partnering education startups are tackling one of the primary barriers to study abroad– cost.<\/p>\n

Each week, a student who created a “Mission” for a study abroad program on GoEnnounce will be selected. Abroad101 will contribute cash to the selected student\u2019s fundraising efforts and promote that student’s GoEnnounce page through Abroad101’s connections in the study abroad field. The student’s \u201cMission\u201d will link to their desired study abroad program’s reviews on Abroad101 allowing the student’s followers (friends and family) to read and gain insight as to the student’s choice.<\/p>\n

The first student selected as the \u201cAbroad101 Student of the Week\u201d is Natalie Bahr, a sophomore at Concordia University Texas, who was accepted to an intensive study abroad program in the heart of Shanghai, China. She will immerse herself in the culture and society, while picking up eight credits towards her degree. With dreams of becoming an elementary school teacher, she thinks the knowledge and skills she will acquire on this trip will make her an even more effective teacher.<\/p>\n

Melissa Davis, co-founder of GoEnnounce stated, “This project is an example of the power of an academically focused social media platform, in which a student’s followers can not only track the progress of the student, but also help contribute to the student\u2019s goals.” Using a practice commonly referred to as \u201ccrowdfunding\u201d, GoEnnounce gives students the tools to share a fundraising \u201cMission\u201d with their network, and then collect donations online from the \u201ccrowd.\u201d According to Davis, “The Abroad101 Student of the Week project will help many ambitious, hard-working students achieve their lifetime goal of studying abroad. Partnering with a well-connected company like Abroad101 will not only help individual students, but we also expect it to motivate additional students to start their own fundraising \u201cMissions\u201d to study abroad.”<\/p>\n

Abroad101’s CEO Mark Shay points out that many parents and family members who may not have gone to college or studied abroad themselves have a hard time understanding the benefits of an international immersion. According to Shay, “We have more than 20,000 reviews on Abroad101, and each tells a story of a young person’s success, individual achievement and self-improvement. By bringing these experiences to the attention of future students and their supporters, we increase the awareness of the benefits of an experience abroad. Former students become virtual role models for future students and this helps draw friends and family to join the circle. It’s a very positive application of technology and social networking to help the dreams of tomorrow’s generation,” said Shay.<\/p>\n

About Abroad101<\/a>
\nFounded in 2007, Abroad101 is the first and largest study abroad review website. Focusing on American college students looking for a semester or term abroad, this innovative platform connects past and future students, parents and advisors and program providers through its market-leading online evaluation tool. Abroad101 grew from one partnership at Tufts University in 2007 to over 215 college partnerships today. The Abroad101 directory of study abroad programs is the most comprehensive database in the field today. Click to learn more about Abroad101’s Study Abroad Programs, Rankings, Ratings and Reviews<\/p>\n

About GoEnnounce<\/a>
\nGoEnnounce gives students a place to tell their educational stories with their family, friends and mentors. It is a way for students to track and share their achievements, projects, and goals with their network to get the encouragement and financial help they need to succeed. All students\u2019 school and extracurricular \u2018ennoucement’ updates are saved in a social e-portfolio environment. A student’s followers can respond with likes, comments and even rewards into a college savings account. At anytime, a student can launch a fundraiser, to collect donations for goals and expenses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two Pioneering Websites Join to Help Students Fund Their Study Abroad Dreams New York, NY (PRWEB) May 08, 2014 GoEnnounce, a platform for students to \u201cennounce\u201d and track their educational achievements and fundraise for goals, and Abroad101, the world\u2019s first and largest study abroad review website have launched the “Abroad101 Student of the Week” initiative, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_ppma_block_editor_authors":""},"categories":[3,426],"tags":[429,427,423,428],"ppma_author":[681],"class_list":["post-4646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abroad101-news","category-press-release-2","tag-fund-raising","tag-goennounce","tag-press-release","tag-student-of-the-week","author-sarahhanley"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t