Service Learning Institute at Lignan University from June 27 to August  8, 2012. Application deadline is January 31, 2012.

CIEE is offering an annual spring break scholarship to 75 full-time undergraduate university students to participate in the Korea-US Youth Network.  The program includes:

• International airfare to and from South Korea departing from U.S. gateway city
• Pre-departure orientation taking place in the designated U.S. gateway city
• Accommodation and meals at Yonsei University
• A variety of academic lectures exposing students to Korean language, history, and culture
• Program excursions designed to promote exploration of culture and history
• International medical insurance coverage and 24-hour worldwide assistance provided through the CIEE iNext travel card
• Chaperones appointed by CIEE and Yonsei University

The program goes from March 10th-18th this spring, and is not for credit.  If you're interested, you'll want to apply soon since the application deadline is January 9th.

For further information, check out their website: http://www.ciee.org/southkorea/index.html

The student-application deadline for Freeman - Asia scholarships is next week Wednesday, October 12th, 2011.  See the description and the link below to see if you qualify.

Freeman-ASIA provides scholarships for U.S. undergraduate students with demonstrated financial need to study abroad in East or Southeast Asia. Applicants should have a minimum 2.8 GPA. The program's goal is to increase the number of Americans with first-hand exposure to and understanding of Asia and its peoples and cultures. Awards of up to $5,000 are available for spring programs. Award recipients are required to share their experiences with their home campuses or communities to encourage study abroad by others.

For more information, eligibility requirements, and the online application, please visit: http://www.iie.org/freeman-asia

Come and join us for the Latin American Studies welcome reception. Share your experiences abroad with other students who were in Latin America last year and learn about other programs, the Brazil ACM exchange, and all things Latin American on campus. The reception will follow the talk by professor Durão.

Talk: Towards a Model of Inclusive Exclusion: Marginal Subjectivation in Rio de Janeiro
      Professor Fabio Durão, UNICAMP (Brazil)

When: Monday, October 10 at 5pm the Athenaeum

Reception to begin at 6:00pm.

Hope to see you there!

The United States Department of State is pleased to announce the scholarship competition for the 2012 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program for overseas intensive summer language institutes in thirteen critical need foreign languages. CLS institutes provide fully-funded group-based intensive language instruction and structured cultural enrichment experiences for seven to ten weeks for U.S. citizen undergraduate and graduate students. Students may apply for one language, and will be placed at institute sites based on language evaluations after selection.

Languages offered: Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bangla/Bengali, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Punjabi, Russian, Turkish, and Urdu.  

Interested applicants should review the full eligibility and application information on the CLS Program website: www.clscholarship.org/applicants. Arabic, Chinese, Persian, Russian, and Japanese institutes have language prerequisites, which can be found here: http://www.clscholarship.org/applicants.htm#prerequisites.

Students from all academic disciplines, including business, engineering, law, medicine, sciences, and humanities are encouraged to apply. While there is no service requirement attached to CLS Program awards, participants are expected to continue their language study beyond the scholarship period, and later apply their critical language skills in their future professional careers.

 For more information about the CLS Program and to access the on-line application, please visit the CLS website: http://www.clscholarship.org.

The Glimpse Correspondents Program is an opportunity for students, volunteers, teachers, and travelers who will be abroad for 10 or more weeks in  2011 to get their stories and photography published at high-profile publications--and get paid for it.

Powered by Matador, and supported in part by the National Geographic Society, the Glimpse Correspondents Program provides selected writers and photographers with a $600 stipend and one on one editorial training and support in building their portfolio of published work.

Anyone over 18 is eligible, and writers and photographers of all skill and experience levels are encouraged to apply. Selections are made not only on candidates' talents in writing or photography, but also their vision for engaging communities and finding unique stories while abroad, as well as their commitment to developing these stories into polished long-form narratives over the course of the program.

To learn more, visit: http://glimpse.org/the-correspondents-program/