Posts tagged with ‘Study Abroad

J-term Study Abroad Applications Available Now

April 5th, 2006

Applications for St. Kate’s, HECUA and UMAIE study abroad courses in January 2007 are now available from the Office of Global Studies, Derham Hall, room 326. Information sessions about the process will be held Monday, April 3 from 3-4 p.m. in Coeur de Catherine, room 362 and Tuesday, April 4 from boon-1 p.m. in Coeur [...]

Apply online to study abroad Winter Term 2007

April 5th, 2006

The time to apply for study abroad during Winter Term 2007 is just around the corner. Please note the application timeline below, and be sure to check out all the exciting study abroad opportunities for 2007!
This year, the Isabella Cannon Centre for International Studies will be moving to online applications (no paper applications will be [...]

Some struggle to study abroad

April 4th, 2006

While Yale promotes international experience as a key part of undergraduate education, students continue to identify bureaucratic challenges to term-time study abroad.
Students preparing to go abroad next fall — who had to confirm their plans with University study abroad administrators last Friday — cited difficulties in securing the transfer of academic credit and finding housing [...]

UConn Wants More Students To Study Overseas

April 3rd, 2006

The University of Connecticut wants more of its students to become internationally savvy, and to that end has set a goal to have 30 percent of undergraduates studying abroad in five years.
We’re not talking just about art history majors going to France. UConn plans to encourage a wide spectrum of students, including engineering and science [...]

Tours study abroad program cancelled

April 3rd, 2006

The full-year Rutgers Study Abroad program in Tours, France, has been cancelled due to lack of enrollment.
The program was established in 1967, but this will be the first time in 20 years there has been a cancellation or gap in a French program, said Stephen Ferst, a director of the study abroad program.
Target enrollment is [...]

Study abroad programs expanded for more majors

April 3rd, 2006

The Office of International Studies has recently created more options to study abroad for students whose majors are difficult to fit in with a study abroad program.
Both former year long programs in Newcastle, England and Cork, Ireland now offer students the choice of going in the fall only, since students with majors like engineering are [...]

Study Abroad offers 2 new destinations

April 3rd, 2006

The Office of Education Abroad at Ohio University expanded its curriculum with two new opportunities to study abroad.
One of Study Abroad’s new additions allows sophomores, juniors or seniors interested in learning about Southeast Asia to study in Malaysia. The other allows juniors or seniors who want to receive their Teaching English as a Foreign Language [...]

Study abroad programs expanded for more majors

March 30th, 2006

The Office of International Studies has recently created more options to study abroad for students whose majors are difficult to fit in with a study abroad program.
Both former year long programs in Newcastle, England and Cork, Ireland now offer students the choice of going in the fall only, since students with majors like engineering are [...]

Jenkins establishes MSU study-abroad scholarship

March 29th, 2006

Springfield businessman Joe Jenkins has traveled the world. Now, he wants to give students a chance to do the same.
Jenkins, owner of Jenkins Diesel Power, has committed to a $25,000 gift to Missouri State University, to be used to establish the Grace Gardner Endowed Scholarship for Study Away.
An anonymous donor has pledged another $25,000 to [...]

Studying abroad…for you?

March 19th, 2006

Picture you: studying…in Australia. Or Paris. Does Mexico sound good, too?
Study abroad is growing wildly popular among college students. Every year, thousands of students pack up their things and head to another country to take
classes and learn about other cultures.
Elisabeth Pawula, third-year International Business student, studied abroad in Guadalajara, Mexico last fall. “It was fantastic, [...]