Category Archives: Study Abroad

Career opportunities, Graduate opportunities, Informational Meeting, International study, Study Abroad

Study Abroad Workshop: Translating Your Study Abroad Experiences

Employers value international experience!  Are you wondering how to communicate the value of your study abroad experience to potential employers?  Illinois Abroad and The Career Center are teaming up to provide students with tools for incorporating study abroad experiences into a resume, cover letter, and an interview.  Students will leave the workshop with a better idea of what they gained from studying abroad and how to share that experience in a way that is impressive and marketable to employers.  More likely than not, your experience is worth more than just one line on your resume!  Please see the flyer below for more details:

 

 

RSVP Today! https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/9471400

 

Best,

 

Clair Bryan

Specialist for International Projects

Illinois Abroad & Global Exchange

Illinois International Programs

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

112 International Studies Building

910 S. Fifth St. | Champaign, Illinois 61820

cebryan2@illinois.edu | (217) 333-6322

Informational Meeting, International study, Seminars, Study Abroad

iCU OIIR Intercultural Dialogue Series_ Illinois Abroad: Students’ Experience in Latin America

iCU OIIR Intercultural Dialogue Series – Illinois Abroad: Students’ Experience in Latin America

Wednesday, March 09, 2016, 6:30-7:30pm
AACC Lounge, 1210 W. Nevada St., Urbana

 

Wondering what it is like to study abroad in Latin America?  Want to know more about the college student experience in Latin America?  Come hear from both domestic and international students about classroom culture, extracurricular activities, daily life, and more!  Students will present their experiences in a poster fair style format.  Mingle, learn, and indulge in food commonly eaten in Latin America!

 

Event Sponsored by OIIR, La Casa Cultural Latina, AACC,  and Illinois Abroad and Global Exchange

 

Department of Statistics, Study Abroad, Undergraduate research

2016 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowshp – Abroad

2016 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship – Abroad

The Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) sponsors a competitive Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship for undergraduate students at UIUC who will be conducting research abroad. This initiative provides students with funds designed to subsidize travel and housing costs associated with the research.

Eligibility Requirements:

  • Students must be current UIUC undergraduate students at the time the research will be conducted, and be in good academic standing. GPA will be considered during the selection process.
  • Funding is provided for students who are either pursuing their own research projects or working on a faculty-led project.
  • The research must be conducted at a location outside of the United States and in conjunction with a university or research institute in that location.

 Additional Requirements:

  • A letter of support must be provided by the supervising UIUC faculty member. The letter need not be long, but should contain the following elements:
    • The title of the project and a brief description of the activities the student will engage in, the projected length of the project effort (i.e., 4 weeks, 5-6 weeks, etc), and the hoped-for outcomes.
    • The name of the co-supervising individual(s) at the host institution, title(s), core expertise, and the current state of the collaboration (e.g., new, growing as of the last year, long-standing with several personnel exchanged, etc.)   The idea of this description is simply to ensure that the applicant will enter a hospitable academic environment that is conducive to the proposed research, and wherein both the UIUC supervisor and the host co-supervisor have truly connected.
    • An explicit statement that the host co-supervisor has agreed to supervise the student on this particular.
  • If students use of the fruits of their work result in a presentation at a conference or campus event, there must be an acknowledgement of OUR for its support on the poster or in the paper.
  • Students must indicate any other sources of funds either applied for or received, including department support or support from the UIUC supervisor or host co-supervisor. Failure to disclose additional support from another source will result in a denial of the request or the revocation of the award.
  • Students who receive awards must enroll in an appropriate UIUC course. Many departments, schools and colleges offer courses with the title “Undergraduate Research Abroad.” If such an option is available, students should enroll in that course for the credit hours agreed upon between the student and the supervising UIUC faculty member. If such a course is not available, the student should consult with the advisor about which UIUC course number to use.

 Funding Restrictions:

  • Funding will normally be given directly to the student as a lump sum. Alternatively, arrangements can be made for the Undergraduate Research Office to reimburse expenses for travel.

Application:

Students are encouraged to consult their college or department advisors and individual faculty members for information about research abroad opportunities. OUR does not maintain a list of such opportunities.

 

OFFICE OF UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH

Fifth Floor Illini Union Bookstore

807 S. Wright Street, M/C 317

Urbana, IL 61801

Office phone: (217) 300-5453

ugresearch@illinois.edu

www.undergradresearch.illinois.edu 

 

Course Announcements, International study, Study Abroad

Summer Arctic Program – Deadline Feb 15

Applications are now open for

SAO-LAS: Stockholm Summer Arctic Program 2016

“Environment and Society in a Changing Arctic”

SCAN 386/GLBL 386/SESE 386 – 6 credits

 

Program Dates: June 7 – July 7, 2016

Application Deadline: February 15, 2016

 

The Stockholm Summer Arctic Program is an intensive, five-week program, which takes place in Stockholm, Sweden and a field site in Northern Scandinavia, above the Arctic Circle. Students in this interdisciplinary program learn about issues related to human settlement and exploration, resource extraction, environmental conservation, historical and industrial heritage management and international governance in the Arctic region. With case studies from Sweden and the Nordic societies as the focal point, students draw from first-hand visits to historical and industrial heritage sites, interviews with political institutions and indigenous groups, in order to understand how these actors have shaped and been shaped by their Arctic environment over a long-term historical perspective. Applicants should have junior status (for Fall 2016) or consent of the instructor. For questions regarding the application process, direct emails to Kristen Stout: kmstrom2@illinois.edu

 

Read more about the program and start an application at the brochure page below:

https://app.studyabroad.illinois.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgram&Program_ID=10859

 

 

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Money for Travel to Sweden – Anna Jensen Award

Application Deadline: February 19, 2016

 

The Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures is pleased to announce an award competition to facilitate study abroad in Sweden during summer 2016 or academic year 2016-17. The Anna Jensen Memorial Scandinavian Award is a prize in the amount of up to $1,500 to facilitate study or research in Sweden. To apply, please submit a 500-word application statement and include your most recent University of Illinois transcript (unofficial is fine). Ideal applicants are students who have been taking Scandinavian courses, or who articulate plans to do so during their time of study abroad.The statement should clearly outline:

 

  • your reasons for applying
  • how a period of study in Sweden is important to your studies and to your future career plans
  • how you expect to use the award (you may include a basic budget)
  • what your plans are to continue Swedish and Scandinavian Studies once you return.

 

You may also address in your application if there are special needs or circumstances that motivate your application. Submit all application materials to the mailbox of Dr. Mark Safstrom, 2090 Foreign Languages Building, by 4:45 PM on February 19, 2016.

Course Announcements, International study, Study Abroad

Kierkegaard, Pippi Longstocking, Erik the Red and more!

 

Kierkegaard, Pippi Longstocking, Erik the Red and more!

There’s still room for YOU in these excellent courses!

Scandinavian Course Offerings – Spring 2016

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SCAN 472/CWL 472/PHIL 472 – Kierkegaard and the Self

T, Th, 2:00-3:20 PM, 3 or 4 credit hours

This course focuses on the Danish author, theologian, philosopher, and original ironic hipster, Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855), whose works explored individual selfhood and championed subjective experience as a pathway to perceiving truth. Students in this seminar-style course will gain extensive familiarity with Kierkegaard’s major works and their continued relevance, as well as how they relate to currents in 19th century society, such as Romanticism, Pietism and Existentialism. These works will be evaluated within their regional Nordic literary context, through critical analysis of related novels, plays and films by H.C. Andersen (“The Little Mermaid”), Henrik Ibsen (“Brand”), Fredrika Bremer (“Hertha”), August Strindberg (“Master Olof”), Selma Lagerlöf (“Jerusalem”), Karen Blixen (“Babette’s Feast”), and Ingmar Bergman (“Scenes from a Marriage”). All readings in English translation. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours.

 

SCAN 376/CWL 376/EURO 376/GWS 376 – Children and Youth Literature

T, Th, 3:30-4:50 PM, 3 or 4 credit hours

Ever wonder why Scandinavians are often ranked among the happiest and most independent in the world? Does Pippi Longstocking have something to do with it? This course explores the understanding of childhood and youth in Scandinavia, with comparative focus on the U.S. and the U.K. through children’s literature and classic accounts of childhood in fiction, film, and related media. The course will investigate how childhood is construed in books self-described as children’s literature as well as in adult-audience fiction and memoirs; and how representations of childhood correlate with evolving ideas about family formation, child-rearing, the welfare state, and education in twentieth- and twenty-first century Scandinavia. Meets concurrently with SCAN 576.

 

SCAN 252/CWL 252/MDVL 252 – Viking Sagas in Translation

T, Th, 10:00-11:20, 3 credit hours

Swashbuckling tales abound in this course, which studies Old Norse-Icelandic society and culture through the lens of its literature: kings’ sagas, family sagas, mythical-heroic sagas, and romances. The special focus this semester will be the Viking discovery and settlement of Greenland, with legendary characters like Erik the Red, Leif Eriksson, Gudrid the Far Traveler, and more. Join us…if you dare!  All readings in English translation. This course satisfies the Gen Ed Criteria for a Literature and the Arts course, and a Western Comparative Culture course.

 

 

For a list of all SCAN courses, visit:

https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/2016/spring/SCAN

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Applications are now open for

SAO-LAS: Stockholm Summer Arctic Program 2016

“Environment and Society in a Changing Arctic”

SCAN 386/GLBL 386/SESE 386 – 6 credits

 

Program Dates: June 7 – July 7, 2016

Application Deadline: February 15, 2016

 

The Stockholm Summer Arctic Program is an intensive, five-week program, which takes place in Stockholm, Sweden and a field site in Northern Scandinavia, above the Arctic Circle. Students in this interdisciplinary program learn about issues related to human settlement and exploration, resource extraction, environmental conservation, historical and industrial heritage management and international governance in the Arctic region. With case studies from Sweden and the Nordic societies as the focal point, students draw from first-hand visits to historical and industrial heritage sites, interviews with political institutions and indigenous groups, in order to understand how these actors have shaped and been shaped by their Arctic environment over a long-term historical perspective. Applicants should have junior status (for Fall 2016) or consent of the instructor. For questions regarding the application process, direct emails to Kristen Stout: kmstrom2@illinois.edu

 

Read more about the program and start an application at the brochure page below:

https://app.studyabroad.illinois.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgram&Program_ID=10859

Study Abroad

Study Abroad: Advising Schedule for Spring Semester

Illinois Abroad and Global Exchange is pleased to share with you our advising schedule for the spring semester.  We will offer a variety of opportunities for students to learn more about study abroad and would ask that you please share this information with your students.  Please find the schedule of events attached.  Students are also encouraged to visit the Illinois Abroad Office Events Calendar for the most up to date information.

SAO Advising Events_SP2016

Sincerely,

 

Illinois Abroad and Global Exchange

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

115 International Studies Building, MC-480

910 South Fifth Street

Champaign, IL 61820, USA

P: (217) 333-6322 | F: (217) 244-0249

 

Informational Meeting, International study, Study Abroad

Informational Session ACES in Botswana: Wildlife Conservation & Communities, Summer Research tonight!

ACES in Botswana: Wildlife Conservation & Communities, Summer Research

 

 
 

Learn about our hands-on research experience through a 2-month summer course on Communities & Wildlife Conservation Research Field Training Studies in Botswana and earn NRES 285/ANSC 398 credit! We have teamed up with the only wildlife monitoring organizations in Africa, Wildlife Africa Conservation Team (Wildlife ACT), to provide students access to sustainable research and monitoring projects. Their mission is to save our planets’ endangered and threatened wildlife and wildlands from extinction and YOU have an to be part of this mission. The program is located in the Okavango Delta and Chobe Enclave Region of Botswana.

Info Session

Date: Monday, October 19

Location: Simms Room ACES Library

Time:  5:15 PM

Simon Morgan, Director of Wildlife Act in Botswana will be present as well as Jordana Meyer from Wildtrax.

Still time to apply for the summer program– November 1 prioritiy application deadline!

 
International study, Study Abroad

Extended Study Abroad Application Deadlines

It’s not too late to study abroad this winter break or spring! 

 

Study abroad application deadlines have been extended for the following Illinois Abroad faculty-led and semester programs:

 

Asia

 

Rehabilitation 199 to Hong Kong & Taiwan (Winter Break 2015-2016)

Deadline: September 25, 2015

 

Australia/Pacific Islands

 

Recreation, Sport & Tourism 199 FW to Fiji (Winter Break 2015-2016)

Deadline: September 30, 2015

 

University of Western Australia Exchange (Spring 2016)

Deadline: October 15, 2015

 

University of Adelaide Exchange, Australia (Spring 2016)

Deadline: October 15, 2015

 

Europe

 

Spanish Studies in Granada, Spain (Spring 2016)

Deadline: October 1, 2015

 

Verona Studies Program, Italy (Spring 2016)

Deadline: October 1, 2015

 

University of Birmingham Exchange, U.K. (Spring 2016)

Deadline: October 15, 2015

 

University of Liverpool Exchange, U.K. (Spring 2016)

Deadline: October 15, 2015

 

Lancaster University Exchange, U.K. (Spring 2016)

Deadline: October 15, 2015

 

Latin America

 

Anthropology 445 to Costa Rica (Winter Break 2015-2016)

Deadline: September 30, 2015

 

Instituto San Joaquín de Flores (Spring 2016)

Deadline: October 1, 2015

 

Illinois in Costa Rica: Environment & Society (Spring 2016)

Deadline: October 1, 2015

 

Middle East

 

Global Studies 298 to Jordan (Winter Break 2015-2016)

Deadline: September 25, 2015

 

Questions about study abroad? Visit the Illinois Abroad office during walk-in advising hours: M-F, 12:00 pm-4:00 pm in room 112 International Studies Building.  Program Assistants are available to discuss program details, the application process, and much more!

 

Sincerely,

 

Illinois Abroad and Global Exchange

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

112 International Studies Building, MC-480

910 South Fifth Street

Champaign, IL 61820, USA

P: (217) 333-6322 | F: (217) 244-0249

 

Study Abroad

Study Abroad in Tanzania or Botswana

ACES is hosting an information session on Summer Study Abroad opportunities for students interested in wildlife conservation and management sponsored by the department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences (NRES) & Wildtrax

WILDTRAX_Info Session Ad

 

Wildlife Conservation and Management in Tanzania and Botswana

Wednesday, September 16

W 109 Turner Hall

5:00 – 6:00pm

 

Tanzania- Conservation & Management of Human-Wildlife Ecology  (3 weeks)

Program Highlights:

  • Attain a Wildlife Management Course certificate from the prominent College of African Wildlife Management-Mweka.
  • Explore famous wilderness areas: Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tarangire National Park, Ngorongoro Crater and more!
  • Meet leading wildlife and conservation biologists conducting active research…make the connections that will shape your career!

 

Botswana- African Wildlife & Community Conservation Research (9 weeks)

 

Program Objectives:

  • Learn valuable wildlife management and conservation principles
  • Understand the challenges facing wildlife conservation & community based natural resource management
  • Observe the ecological organization and biodiversity of the Okavango Delta and surrounding ecosystems
  • Develop advanced field research techniques and associated skills
  • Understand the social aspects of conservation science
  • Train future conservationists in understanding and applying research in the field through:
  • Research design & methodologies
  • Data collection & analysis
  • Application and implementation of data
  • Long-term sustainable conservation management projects

 

 

Meredith Blumthal

Director of Education Abroad Office

College of ACES

University of Illinois

123 Mumford Hall

1301 W. Gregory Dr.

Urbana, IL 61801

mblumtha@illinois.edu

Ph. +1 217 333-3380

Fax +1 (217) 244-6537

http://academics.aces.illinois.edu/study-abroad

 

Course Announcements, Study Abroad

Australia Study Abroad (IHLT 498)

Good afternoon everyone!

 

We would like to ask your help in spreading the word about the “IHLTH 498: Global Health and Diversity” course that will take place on campus for the 2nd 8 weeks of the semester, and then two weeks abroad in Australia over the 2015-2016 Winter Break term. This course is open to undergraduate students of all majors.

 

We will focus on a variety of concepts comparing health issues in the U.S. and Australia. Students with a passion for health will be particularly interested in the health care, aging, disability, aboriginal and indigenous health, and gendered health aspects of the course.

 

Please share the following information with your students:

 

  1. Applications are due September 15th, but we highly encourage anyone interested to apply early due to limited space. In the event we have more applications than seats in the course, we will begin reviewing based on the date applications were submitted.
  2. In the event you or the people helping you finance the trip want a refresher about the course, Lena Hann (course Instructor) and Moses (our TA) made a short informational video for you! You can access it here.
  3. We have updated the estimated total for the course, and the expense is lower than originally quoted!
  4. The estimated range of total cost is $6,920-$7,290.
  5. This means that amount includes all program, travel (including airfare) and out-of-pocket expenses (like meals on your own time).
  6. You can find more information on the Study Abroad website or email us here.
  7. There will be more Info Sessions held during the first few weeks of class, and our partners from Australia will actually be here to answer questions about what we’ll do while abroad. Keep an eye out for emails later this month.

 

Thank you for your help in getting the word out to students!

Julie

 

 

Julie Bobitt, PhD

Program Coordinator and Instructor

Interdisciplinary Health Sciences

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

1206 S. Fourth Street

226 Huff Hall, MC-586

217-333-6657

Jbobitt@illinois.edu