APPLICATION DEADLINES Upcoming application deadlines:
Fall Semester or Academic Year Programs
· January 15th Aix-en-Provence, Bologna, Cairo, Canterbury (AY), Freiburg,
Madrid-IU, Nagoya
· February 18th Australia (except Melbourne HPER)
· February 25th Athens, Copenhagen, Dar es Salaam, Florence-CAPA, Hong
Kong, Jerusalem, Legon, Lima, London-CIC Internship,
Maastricht, Melbourne HPER, Monterrey, Reutlingen, Reutlingen
Duel Degree, Rouen, Wales HPER, All CIEE and All IES
programs
Summer programs
- January 22nd London-Beatles, London-CIC Internship, London-Theatre
- January 28th Aranjuez, Athens, Barcelona-IES, Copenhagen, Graz,
Guanajuato-CIC, Japan-Documentary, London-IES, Oaxaca, Paros, Sydney Internship, Venice
- February 4th Bangalore, Florence, London-Literature, Paris-IES, Paris-History,
Paris-Photo, Salamanca
- February 11th Amsterdam, Cuernavaca, Dakar, Dominican Republic-CIC,
Dublin-IES, European Union Program, Maastricht, Melbourne-
IES, Quebec-CIC, St. Petersburg-CIEE
All IU programs require an online application and various supporting materials. Complete instructions are on our Web site (http://www.indiana.edu/~overseas). Students who have missed the application deadline but are still interested in studying abroad should be referred to Overseas Study.
NEW PROGRAMS!
Since the last newsletter we have adopted a few programs:
Summer London Literature – The Shock of the City: Modern London and Modernist Literature
This is a 3 credit hour summer program which focuses on interdisciplinary modernism through fiction, poetry, painting, architecture and history. Students will explore the urban geography of London Avant-garde and Salon culture while attending daily lectures. Several field trips to well-known London neighborhoods and settings are planned as well as visits to the Bloomsbury Artist Retreat in Sussex and a weekend trip to Cambridge. This program is available to undergraduate students with preference given to students who have some familiarity with literary history and literary studies. For more details please see: http://www.indiana.edu/~overseas/flyers/lon_lit.html.
Summer Paris History – Boulevards, Cafes, and Music Halls: How Paris Gave Birth to Modern Culture, 1850-1900
A 3 credit hour summer program which focuses on 19th century Parisian culture through course lectures and daily field trips throughout Paris. Field trips will include various museums and historic locations in Paris where students will have the opportunity to work on team projects. Students will be able to enhance their experience by downloading music from the period and 19th century photographs and paintings of particular sites (arranged by district) onto their Mp3 players. This program is available to undergraduate students who are in at least their fourth full-time semester of college and have approximately a 3.0 GPA. For more details please see: http://www.indiana.edu/~overseas/flyers/paris_hist.html.
Summer Oaxaca, Mexico - Heritage and Cultural Diversity
This new program is designed to introduce students to a broad range of topics within anthropology, including cultural patrimony, linguistic change, cultural diversity, economic revitalization, and human-environment interactions. The field program highlights the breadth and diversity of anthropology as a discipline and will give students the chance to see how different kinds of anthropological research are conducted in the field setting. Students will have the opportunity to meet local activists, students, and community members, and in the process, experience Oaxaca's tremendous cultural diversity. Applicants must have completed one year of college-level Spanish language; 3-credit hours. For more details please see: http://www.indiana.edu/~overseas/flyers/oaxaca.html
Japan – Producing International Documentaries
The new 3 credit Producing International Documentaries program will take place in Bloomington and in Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan. Students will participate in introductory lectures and preproduction activities in early May followed by two-weeks in Japan. While in Japan, students will participate in an intensive schedule of lectures, field trips, and video shooting experiences while developing and producing a short, non-fiction story. Students will have the opportunity to work with Japanese students, meet industry professionals who will serve as guest speakers, and visit various sites throughout Tokyo and Kyoto. The program will end with the course reconvening in Bloomington in early June. For more details please see: http://www.indiana.edu/~overseas/flyers/japan_tel.html.
The following programs do not run every year but are scheduled to be offered in summer 2008:
London Theatre – Summer, Britain
This is a 3 credit hour summer program which focuses on theatrical character development through costume design. Student will participate on museum visits, live theatre performances, theatre tours, and fabric shopping and designing. The program also includes excursions to Bath to experience the Costume Museum and ancient Roman Baths and to Stratford. This program is available to both undergraduate and graduate students with preference given to undergraduate students in theatre, art history, or apparel design and graduate students in the Department of Theatre and Drama. For more details please see: http://www.indiana.edu/~overseas/flyers/lon_thtr.html.
London Beatles – Summer, Britain
This is a 3-credit hour summer program which runs from mid-May to early June. Student will receive credit for MUS-Z 310 (AH) while studying the music, lives, and times of the Beatles. The program will include a 2 hour lecture each morning with the afternoons devoted to Beatles-related walking tours, movies, and trips including a 6-day trip to Liverpool. Please check the OVST program list for more details in the weeks to come (http://www.indiana.edu/~overseas/programs/list.shtml).
Paris-Photo
The 6-credit Paris Photography program is taught by Professor of Photography, Jeff Wolin. Students will earn 3-credits of FINA-S 392 or FINA-S 491 and 3-credits of FINA-A 342 while participating in several excursions to historical and cultural sites throughout Paris. In addition to the required coursework for this program, students will also receive supplemental instruction on French language and culture. For more details please see: http://www.indiana.edu/~overseas/flyers/par_photo.html.
Big List
All 8 campuses of Indiana University offer study abroad programs. The programs listed at the following link http://www.indiana.edu/~overseas/programs/biglist.shtml have been vetted and approved through Indiana University's Overseas Study Advisory Council. Some of these programs are administered through the Office of Overseas Study (OVST) and are open to students throughout the IU system. Certain prerequisites and conditions apply. Others are administered by the campus or school indicated. Eligible students throughout the IU system can apply to these programs unless the programs are restricted as specified in the right-hand column (please note that some programs do not run on an annual basis).
FINANCIAL AID NEWS
International Experience Grants from the Honors College:
Due to the continuing generosity of Mr. Edward Hutton, the Hutton Honors College is able to award numerous grants each term to eligible students accepted to study abroad on either IU or non-IU programs. These funds support study, research, internships, and service learning abroad. All IUB students with an overall GPA of at least 3.3 are eligible to apply. You do not have to be enrolled in the Hutton Honors College to apply and be considered.
The 2007-08 year has already seen a record number of grant awards. The Hutton Honors College awarded International Experience Program Grants to 80 students for the fall semester totaling $115,000; 8 students for the winter break session totaling $5,650; 195 students for the spring semester totaling $291,200; and 26 students for the 2007-08 academic year totaling $53,000. The grand total of grants awarded for 2007-08 to date has been $464,850 and there is over $200,000 in the budget to be awarded for this coming summer. Please encourage your students to apply. Applications for the coming summer and fall semesters are due in March. For more details, see: http://www.indiana.edu/%7Eiubhonor/hds/overseas.php.
National Scholarships:
During the spring 2008 application cycle, the Gilman scholarship program received 1,369 applications and awarded 400 scholarships. Two IU students were awarded this nationally, competitive scholarship.
Michelle Jochim, a Psychology major with minors in HPER, Sociology, and Speech and Hearing Sciences, was named a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholar and was granted $5,000 to study in Prague, Czech Republic through Indiana University’s co-sponsored CIEE program.
Hana Ros, a double-major in Political Science and International Studies with minors in LTAM and Spanish was named a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholar and was granted $4,000 to participate on a multi-country study abroad program through ISA. Hana will study in Argentina, Mexico, and Peru.
Please encourage your students to consider applying for the following national scholarships for 2008-09:
Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program: http://www.iie.org//programs/gilman/index.html. The Gilman provides awards for U.S. undergraduate students who receive a federal Pell Grant.
Freeman-ASIA Scholarship: http://www.iie.org/programs/freeman-Asia/default.shtm. The Freeman-Asia scholarship provides financial assistance to students who wish to study in East and Southeast Asia.
National Security Education Program (NSEP): http://www.iie.org/programs/nsep/undergraduate/default.htm. NSEP offers financial assistance to students with an interest in international relations and U.S. national security who study abroad in world regions deemed critical to U.S. interest (Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latina America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East). The on-campus application deadline for students studying in 2008-09 is January 15, 2008.
Students should contact Overseas Study for additional scholarship and financial aid information.
ONLINE EQUIVALENCIES FOR IU PROGRAMS
The course equivalency lists for all IU semester and year-long programs are now available as PDF at http://www.indiana.edu/~overseas/basics/faculty/equivalencies.shtml. The lists are updated twice a year and are subject to change. The most up-to-date versions of the lists are emailed to students after they are accepted to an IU program. If you have any questions about the equivalency lists, please contact Kendra Nelson, Assistant Director, at kenmnels@indiana.edu. Please note that Overseas Study does not maintain equivalency lists for non-IU programs.
RE-ENTRY WORKSHOP: INTERGRATING STUDY ABROAD INTO YOUR NOW… AND LATER
This semester’s re-entry workshop for returned study abroad students will be held in the last week of July (exact date and time to be determined). The focus of the event is to discuss their “return” to IU and the U.S., explaining to them the common challenges students face during this transition as well as some strategies for successfully reintegrating into the home culture. Opportunities will be presented to them for continuing their international experience both NOW (campus/community/personal) and LATER (careers, graduate schools, volunteer work abroad). We will help students brainstorm ideas about how to sell their study abroad experiences, on their resumes and in interviews. Students who studied abroad in the last year will be e-mailed an invitation.
REMINDERS
Study Abroad 101:
This past semester 120 students attended the Overseas Study "Study Abroad 101" information meetings. We continue to offer a Study Abroad 101 meeting every Wednesday at 4:00 in our Information Center. This is the best place for students to start the search for a study abroad program. We can provide you with bookmarks promoting this informational meeting if you'd like. Just let us know!
Approval Memos
If you are aware of students who will be going abroad and will be seeking IU course equivalencies, please encourage them to petition for course approvals as soon as possible. Assessing courses prior to the end of a program will make the reporting of grades a much smoother process and will allow students to see how credits form abroad will fulfill requirements at a much earlier date. Course approval memos should be submitted by advisors or faculty using the online course approval memo form which can be found at: https://www.indiana.edu/~overseas/courseapproval/course_memo.pl.
Advising Plans
Just a friendly reminder that students who are participating on non-IU programs are not required to submit a study abroad advising form. If you have questions as to whether or not you should complete an advising form with a student please contact OVST.
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