Internship Program Places UMaine Student in Antwerp, Belgian Student in Bangor
UMaine social work student Casey Faulkingham of Houlton spent the spring semester of her junior year working at a group home for adolescents and teens in Antwerp, Belgium. The following semester, Antwerp native Aiko Van Landeghem, a student of “social education care work” at a campus-free college in the city, arrived at UMaine for a field placement at the Shaw House in Bangor, which provides emergency shelter and other services for homeless youngsters.
Both women took advantage of federal loans to participate inthe Global Work with Immigrant Kids program hosted by the UMaine School of Social Work. They made new friends, gained powerful insights into their chosen field, and learned something about themselves in the process. Read their story here.
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