5 Ways to Leverage BeGlobali Essential, a New DA Global Member Benefit

What You’ll Learn in This Article:

• Practical ways to integrate BeGlobali Essential into existing student touchpoints so global learning shows up earlier—and feels supported throughout the journey.
• Simple tactics for engaging campus partners (TRIO, first-year programs, honors, student affairs, multicultural centers, and career services) so global learning isn’t owned by one office.
• Clear methods for linking global experiences to career readiness so students can articulate skills in resumes, interviews, and career conversations.
• A milestone-based approach to using Quests and micro-trainings (exploration, pre-departure, and re-entry) to scale structured support without adding chaos.

With BeGlobali Essential now available to all DA Global member institutions, new possibilities have opened for supporting students throughout their global learning journey. The real impact comes from intentionally integrating these tools into the work already happening across our campuses. 

BeGlobali addresses a core challenge: coordinating support so students discover opportunities early, prepare meaningfully, and connect their experiences to future goals. Here are five strategies that can help your institution make the most of this new member benefit.

Create a Shared Campus Entry Point for Global Learning

A primary hurdle with new campus platforms is simply ensuring people know they exist and how to access them. Each member institution gets access to the BeGlobali Member Marketing Toolkit, which provides ready-to-use landing page language, email templates for students and staff, social graphics, brochures, and additional materials explicitly designed for a campus-wide introduction.

A dedicated landing page becomes more than just a link; it serves as your office or institution’s home base for global learning resources. Students learn how to access and navigate the platform. Staff and faculty see what’s available and how it complements their existing advising. Campus partners gain a single, reliable resource they can confidently share in their regular interactions.

This visibility creates consistency. When students hear about BeGlobali from first-year advisors, professors, and career counselors, they understand that global learning is a priority embedded in the institution’s culture, not just an isolated opportunity offered by a single office.

Engage Campus Partners to Normalize Global Learning Early

BeGlobali Essential becomes more impactful when it connects with departments already invested in student success. Consider your colleagues in TRIO and access programs, first-year experience teams, honors programs, student affairs, multicultural centers, or even in undergraduate research. These staff members have the earliest and most sustained contact with students who would benefit from global learning but might not yet see that as an opportunity.

Everyone at your institution can access BeGlobali; this means students, faculty, and staff. Your campus partners can log in, explore the Quests and micro-trainings, review the country & career hubs, and identify which resources align naturally with the goals they’re already pursuing with students. 

When an honors program director sees content that complements their leadership development curriculum, or when a career development professional finds materials to help prepare for internships or marketing global experiences on resumes, they can become advocates who integrate global learning into their ongoing work.  

This approach builds early awareness organically. Students hear consistent information from multiple trusted sources, which reinforces your institution’s shared commitment to making global learning accessible and relevant to everyone.

Connect Global Learning to Career Readiness

Global learning builds career-ready skills, but that connection doesn’t always translate clearly for students or the career development folks who support them. BeGlobali helps bridge this gap by offering resources that frame global experiences within professional development contexts.

When career services staff explore these tools, they can integrate content into workshops, highlight global competencies during advising sessions, and use country and career hubs to support conversations about international work culture.

This collaborative approach helps students understand that global learning is not separate from their career trajectory but a strategic component of it. When students anticipate the competencies they will gain and learn how to articulate them in coverletters, at career fairs, or during formal and informal interviews, they’re better positioned to align their global competencies with employer expectations and demonstrate the practical professional benefits of global learning.

Embed Structured Support into Key Student Milestones

BeGlobali Essential includes Quests and micro-trainings that guide students through different stages of the global learning journey. These tools work best when embedded in moments that already matter on your campus, such as first-year seminars, advising courses, or orientation activities.

Early in a student’s time on campus, Quests like Are Global Programs for Me? help students think critically about the range of global experiences available and what they personally hope to gain. How to Study Abroad demystifies the application process by outlining concrete steps. Your U.S. Passport: Your Ticket to What’s Next removes a practical barrier by walking students through the passport application process step-by-step. Requiring one or more Quests during the first year helps students understand their options before they become overwhelmed by competing priorities.

For students who have already committed to a program, micro-trainings such as Funding Your Experience: Budgets & Money Management, or It’s Okay to be Afraid: Overcoming Your Fears About Going Abroad serve as meaningful pre-departure requirements. Rather than simply checking a box, these trainings take advising components from paper to action and help them develop the practical and emotional readiness that contributes to successful on-site learning.

All resources can be directly linked within existing Canvas shells, advising websites, or program materials, giving students seamless access. This integration makes global learning feel like a natural part of their academic pathway rather than an optional add-on.

Extend Support Through Re-Entry

Learning doesn’t stop when students return to campus; in many ways, re-entry is when the most critical work of meaning-making begins. BeGlobali resources extend to re-entry programming, such as Paying It Forward Upon Your Return, which helps students reflect on what they learned and consider how to apply their experience in their academic and career pursuits at home. 

You can pair this micro-training with live or virtual re-entry sessions, use the country and career hubs for comparative reflection activities, and integrate BeGlobali into your ambassador and peer mentor programs. These activities help students translate their global experiences into academic and professional growth while reconnecting meaningfully with their home institution.

This sustained engagement matters because it signals to students that their global learning was significant enough to warrant ongoing attention and development, not just a semester abroad that ends the moment they return home. 

Scale Global Learning with Intention

BeGlobali Essential gives institutions a streamlined way to scale advising, expand access, and guide students through a consistent global learning journey. With three Quests, five micro-trainings, country hubs (limited view), and a curated community library, you gain flexible tools that easily fit into existing programs on campus. Be sure to complete the BeGlobali Member Access Domain Form so you and your students have immediate access! 

This is just the starting point. The complete BeGlobali ecosystem includes additional micro-trainings, Quests, and expanded country and career hubs designed to support a coordinated, institution-wide approach. If you’re interested in exploring expanded access for your office or campus, book a consultation and we’ll be happy to discuss available options.

Claudio Castaneda is an educator and strategist in global learning, program design and student success, bringing nearly 15 years of higher education experience. At DA Global Access Network, he develops student and professional content and guides program and partnership alignment to enhance the reach and impact of global opportunities. His work supports pathways that help students build the skills and confidence needed to thrive in a globally connected world.