Engaged Learning + Research
Global Citizenship and Sustainability Environmental
Community Based Research and Learning Initiative in Thailand
PARTICIPANT APPLICATION
The Global Citizenship and Sustainability: Environmental Community Based Research Initiative in
Thailand seeks to foster engaged research, global learning, student leadership and social responsibility. The
trip is intended to foster reciprocal learning, benefiting students, community partners and participants in
Thailand, focusing on the Tachin River Basin. Teams of students will experience community based research
with the intention of gaining a broader understanding of the complexities of the social issues such as water
resource management, flooding, and broader issues of sustainability facing our world. The project that
students will work on is focused on understanding community-resilience to flooding. Students will work
with Mahidol University students in Thailand and community partners to conduct research to better
understand expereinces with flooding and how to build long-term resilience and adapation.
Accepted participants are required to enroll in a Fall 2014 pre-departure course (NTRES 4990, Wednesdays
2:30-4:25). The trip will take place in January 2015, for a duration of three weeks during winter break.
Housing, meals and in-country travel costs are covered by the program but students are responsible for
purchase of airfare (there are funding sources that students can apply for to cover costs).
Important Dates:
APPLICATIONS DUE: 3/10 (application form, short essays, resume, Transcript and
2 References)
INTERVIEWS: Tuesday, 3/18 and Friday 3/21(Sign up when you drop off application)
FIRST TEAM MEETING: Friday, May 9 12:00 noon Team meeting (Lunch is
provided)
INSTRUCTIONS: Type your answers to Part II of the application on a separate sheet of paper and attach with
a resume, trasncript and 2 References to this form. Return your application as one PDF file or hard copy to
the Associate Director Service-Learning, Amy Kuo Somchanhmavong in the Public Service Center - 100
Barnes Hall (ayk3@cornell.edu). After you return your application, be sure to sign up for interviews.
Thank you for your interest in the Thailand program! If you have any questions regarding the program
or the application, please e-mail Dr. Shorna Allred, Associate Professor, Natural Resources at
srb237@cornell.edu or Amy Kuo Somchanhmavong, Associate Director, Service-Learning at
ayk3@cornell.edu or 607-254-8072
200 Barnes Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853-1601
t. 607.255.1148
f. 607.255.9550
www.psc.cornell.edu
PART I - APPLICANT INFORMATION
Name: _____________________________________________________________________________
Local Address: ____________________________________ E-mail _________________________
Permanent Address: ________________________________________________________________
Phone number: _______________________ College: ___________________ Class year ________
Major: ____________________________________________________________________________
Are you a first generation college student?
What is your current overall GPA? ________
What is your passport expiration date? ____________________________________
Ethnicity (optional):
American Indian/ Alaskan Native Asian/ Pacific Islander
Black/ African American
Caucasian/ not of Hispanic origin Mexican-American/ Chicano
Other Hispanic, please specify ____________________
Other, Not Hispanic origin ____________________
Puerto Rican
List your significant extracurricular activities and volunteer experiences on your resume
and attach it to this application.
PART II - SHORT ANSWERS
1) (300-400 words) Please tell us about your motivations for applying for this program. What do you hope
to bring to the program? What do you hope to gain from this and how will it enhance your education? What
is your interest in Thailand/Southeast Asia?
2) Select one of your past group experiences and write about what made that group work well, and what
challenges you faced as a group and how you overcame them. (200-300 words)
3) Please describe any reaserch experiences, including courses (e.g. statistics, research methods) (200-300).
Thailand –Community-Based Research Trip Application
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