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Since August 2005, Nancy McGehee, PhD., Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator of Hospitality & Tourism Management at Virginia Tech University, has served as our resident expert on VolunTourism Research. Read On>>>

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The VolunTourist™ Newsletter
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In Volume 7 Issue 4 of our quarterly newsletter, we discuss an encounter with Oprah Winfrey and the notion of "moving through the world with grace" as a voluntourist in the "Letter From The Publisher."

Our first feature - - Volunteering The HARD Way - comes from Tony James Slater, author of That Bear Ate My Pants!

The second feature asks: 2012 for Voluntourism: What Can We Expect in the Year Ahead?

In this issue's Columns, Wisdom & Insight comes from Emilie Crossley who speaks to her experience of Voluntourism in the Classroom. This issue's 3Q's are answered by Benjamin Orbach regarding A Commitment to Voluntourism in the Muslim World. In the Supply Chain Nola Lee Kelsey shares Animal-loving Voluntourists Response to Thailand's Floods, while VT-Lines questions whether Voluntourism is Changing the Landscape of Global Volunteerism. Finally, Dr. Nancy McGehee shares A Case Study in Greece Voluntourism with the University of Indianapolis. Read More >>>

 

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2011 TEFI World Congress

VolunTourism In The Classroom

Dr. Jan Louise Jones of Southern Connecticut State University, presented "VOLUNTOURISM in the Classroom" at the 2011 TEFI World Congress in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in May. The presentation showcased original research from data we have been collecting here at VolunTourism.org for the past couple of years. The responses are generated from new subscribers to The VolunTourist Newsletter in answer to what we think is a very significant question:

"What are you most interested in learning about VolunTourism?"

Dr. Jones summarized the nine themes from the research and provided suggestions for how this research may influence the inclusion of VolunTourism in academic curriculae in the future.


VolunTourism Defined:

The conscious, seamlessly integrated combination of voluntary service to a destination and the best, traditional elements of travel — arts, culture, geography, history and recreation — in that destination.