The WGS Program announces the Constance “Connie” Fournier Student Travel Award
The Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program has established a new travel award, thanks to a generous bequest by a donor.
The Constance “Connie” Fournier Student Travel Award will be available to all UMaine undergraduate or graduate students whose research, scholarship, or creative/professional work incorporates feminist methods or perspectives or addresses issues of equity and justice. This award program is funded by a donation from the late Constance “Connie” Fournier, a world traveler and educator with a passion for Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.
The award provides up to 600 dollars in travel expenses for conferences or other professional events to be attended this spring or summer.
You can find more information here.
Past Recipients of the Constance “Connie” Fournier Student Travel Award
TRAVEL DATES: MAY 11-29, 2025
FOR AN APPLICATION
CONTACT
Sandra L. Caron, Ph.D
Professor of Family Relations/Human Sexuality, scaron@maine.edu – 207-581-3138
ABOUT THIS TRAVEL COURSE
This three week travel study program provides students with a broad international perspective on how other cultures deal with sexual and reproductive health issues.
We will visit sites in London, England, Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Stolkholm, Sweden and compare how these countries deal with issues such as teen pregnancy, contraception, abortion, sexuality education, and public policy issues related to HIV/AIDS, sexual oreintation, and prostitution.
Special lectures, field trips and on-site briefings will provide the opportunity for students to question assumptions about culture and sexuality, and to learn from societies that have different solutions to similar problems.
- This is a Spring course with a few planning meetings
- Travel will take please May 11-29, 2025
- Cost: 3 credits of tutition PLUS $5,500 program fee
- A valid passport and proof of health insurance
- Prerequisite: CHF 351 Human Sexuality or equivalent