In an effort to promote global awareness and a commitment to service, Elon parents Carole and Douglas Bruns have made a $250,000 gift to endow a program that will support international service learning experiences.
The Carole and Douglas Bruns Endowment for International Service Learning will fund scholarships to enable Elon students to spend a semester or summer abroad while participating in an internship and/or working with a non-governmental or non-religious organization. Once fully endowed, the program will enable six students to serve abroad each year.
Students will work with their professors to identify an appropriate service experience and non-governmental organization to serve. Students will also write a paper, explaining how the experience enhances their Elon education, as well as determine how they plan to use their international experience once they return to Elon and build a foundation for service in the future.
The Bruns family has traveled the world extensively and understands the importance of educating globally aware citizens. Carole and Douglas Bruns made their gift to encourage in students a commitment to international service and making a difference in the world.
Carole Bruns is president and CEO of Atlantic Corporate Interiors (ACI) in Beltsville, Md., while Douglas owns his own travel and fine art photography studio. The Columbia, Md., couple are the parents of Allison Bruns ’06, who participated in Elon’s study abroad program, including a service learning experience in Tibet.