The Horner Study Abroad Scholarship Fund will provide scholarships based on academic merit and financial need. The scholarships, which may be awarded to undergraduate or graduate students, will be open to students studying in any academic discipline at KU. Initially, there will be an emphasis on scholarships for the study abroad activities of the KU [...]
The Institute of International Education (IIE) named Valdosta State University’s summer study abroad program in Guadalajara, Mexico, as an honorable mention in the study abroad category for the Andrew Heiskell Awards for Innovation in International Education. In addition, the program also received the recognition of “Best Practices†in campus internationalization.
The nominated program, titled “ESOL and [...]
The deadline for summer 2007 study abroad applications is quickly approaching. Students wishing to spend their summer break in one of several different international cultures through UD’s Center for International Programs must turn in applications by Feb. 16.
Locations still available for this summer include China, Ecuador, Vienna, Paris, Dublin, several cities in Italy and two [...]
Study-abroad programs offer more than a semester or year of vacation in another country for high school and university students.
They’re small acts of diplomacy.
Barbara Decker, director of student services for the Council for Educational Travel office in Grand Rapids, said foreign students learn during their study abroad experiences that American life isn’t like that depicted [...]
It’s not easy studying abroad in another country but, for some students, coming home might be the hardest part.
Chris Klein, publications and marketing coordinator in the Office of Programs for Study Abroad, said reverse culture shock occurs when people return from studying abroad and find some of the things about their home culture to be [...]
Eastern Kentucky University recently became one of only 12 North American institutions to participate in an exchange program that allows students to study abroad.
The Magellan Exchange allows students to pay their usual tuition and fees at their home institution, but have an educational and cultural experience in a foreign country for a semester or full [...]
A unique partnership in higher education and school semester abroad programs was officially launched on Monday, January 15th at a signing ceremony between CEA - Cultural Experiences Abroad, an Arizona-based organization offering study abroad programs for college students, and the University of New Haven (UNH), a private, comprehensive university located in West Haven, Connecticut. This [...]
The opportunity to study abroad can be elusive to students with meager financial means, but the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship helped two university students spend this semester overseas.
Blake Bohanan, a senior in psychology, and Holly Dye, fourth-year in animal science/pre-veterinary medicine, both received the scholarship for this spring semester. Bohanan is currently studying in [...]
On Monday, January 15, the University of New Haven will sign a partnership with CEA - Cultural Experiences Abroad to provide transcripting and academic oversight of CEA’s one-of-a-kind and growing GlobalCampus Network overseas, facilitating study abroad for students from universities across the nation.
“This is an extraordinary opportunity for the University of New Haven, its students [...]
St. John’s University is launching a new study abroad program this month called, “Discover the World.”
The intensive study program, a first for the Queens-based Catholic university, will take place in Paris, France; Rome, Italy; and Salamanca, Spain. The school is also considering opening satellite locations in Latin America, Africa and Asia.
Universities and colleges across New [...]