Archive for the ‘Study Abroad’ Category

Hundreds of Baylor University Students Study Abroad This Summer

July 19th, 2006

Recognizing the importance of a global education in today’s world, Baylor has made significant progress in strengthening the university’s efforts in international education. Keeping in line with Imperative XI of Baylor 2012, the university’s 10-year vision, Baylor will send 400 students overseas this summer in study abroad programs to 20 countries.
As part of Baylor 2012 [...]

MSU Cuts Short Study Abroad Trip in Israel

July 19th, 2006

Michigan State University officials decided Sunday to bring students studying abroad in Israel back early.
Eight students and one faculty member will return Thursday, one week ahead of schedule, because of the escalating violence in the Middle East. One student has already returned.
This was the first trip to Israel sponsored by MSU since it suspended study [...]

Nigeria: 83 Students Bag Compass Scholarship

July 18th, 2006

The intervention initiative to attract brilliant secondary school students to pursue teaching a career in the nation’s primary education system got a boost when 83 primary education studies (PES) students of the Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education (AOCOED) receiv-ed an GO’s scholarship award for the three-year NCE programme.
The five-year intervention programme is floated by the [...]

Sierra College seeking applicants to study photography abroad

July 17th, 2006

Sierra College is accepting applications for the Intercession 2006-07 study abroad program in Peru with award-winning photography instructor, Rebecca Gregg.
Gregg has led several educational programs abroad to China, Russia, Italy, Austria, and Peru for the Intercession 2005-06.
This trip’s duration is from Dec. 27, 2006, to Jan. 12, 2007. The group will depart from San Francisco [...]

Woodrow Wilson Center Fellowships Social Sciences and Humanities 2007-2008

July 17th, 2006

The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars is announcing the opening of its 2007-2008 Fellowship competition. The Center awards approximately 20-25 academic year residential fellowships to individuals from any country with outstanding project proposals on national and/or international issues. Topics and scholarship should relate to key public policy challenges or provide the historical and/or cultural [...]

Darton College International Student Fellowship Program

July 17th, 2006

Darton College is a two-year college of the University System of Georgia offering Associate of Arts, Associate of Science, and Associate of Applied Science degrees, and one-year certificate programs.
The Darton College International Student Fellowship Program waives the out-of-state cost of tuition for eligible students. This will be a savings of approximately $7,200 per year. The [...]

The University of Adelaide Postgraduate Scholarships

July 17th, 2006

The University of Adelaide offers a scholarships scheme for international students undertaking postgraduate study. The selection for scholarships is extremely competitive. Recent successful applicants for the research awards have usually had a research Masters, or a coursework Masters with a substantial research component, outstanding academic performance at an internationally recognized university, and publications in internationally [...]

Student group pushes University for official study-abroad program to Israel

July 14th, 2006

The University doesn’t have an official study-abroad program to Israel, but a student group wants to change that.
Gopher Israel Public Affairs Committee’s main goal next year is to establish an offical Israel study-abroad program through the University, said the group’s president, Julia Krieger, a journalism sophomore.
“The consensus has been that until the U.S. travel warning [...]

Grayling High School graduate completes study abroad in Russia

July 14th, 2006

Like many forward thinking students from Crawford County, Frederic resident Jamie Pinkelman, who graduated from Grayling High School in 2005, decided to take a couple classes this summer.
She didn’t go to Kirtland. Nor did she go to her regular campus at Michigan State University. She decided to try something different. She spent six weeks studying [...]

Sierra College Announces Study Abroad Program -Photography in Peru

July 14th, 2006

Sierra College is accepting applications for the Intercession 2006-07 study abroad program in Peru with award-winning photography instructor, Rebecca Gregg. Professor Gregg has led several educational programs abroad with Sierra College, including China, Russia, Italy, Austria, and Peru for the Intercession 2005/06.
This 17-day program in Peru will depart form SFO and arrive in Lima [...]