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Provided by CIEE CIEE, a nonprofit study abroad and intercultural exchange organization, is pleased to announce that local student Elora Main, a 10th-grader who is homeschooled, is one of 250 American high school students to be awarded the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) Scholarship for the 2024-2025 Academic Year. CBYX is a bilateral exchange program co-sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and German Bundestag (Parliament). As a CBYX scholar, Elora will spend the academic year in Germany living with a host family, attending a German high school, and participating in a language and cultural training program to gain a better…
When Hastings College junior Anya Myers studied abroad at Dundee University in Scotland for the spring semester, she stumbled upon and joined a Medieval Reenactment Society, a club whose members reenact historical battles using accurate replica weapons from the time period. Anya Myers studied abroad at Dundee University in Scotland for the spring semester. Myers, a history major, found herself wielding axes while donning armor to protect herself from the blows. She even bought a historically accurate Viking battle helmet. While Myers participated in Hastings College Theatre, this experience was nothing like that, as members actually hit one another with…
Financial BenefitsStudying abroad can be expensive, with tuition, living costs, and travel fees adding up. Staying local allows you to potentially save a significant amount of money, reducing student loan burdens or freeing up funds for future endeavors. Source link
In response to growing concerns over the financial hardships faced by Nigerian students studying abroad, Senate President Godswill Akpabio has directed a probe into the issue. This move comes after reports highlighted the struggles of these students, many of whom have not received their stipends for up to 11 months. The financial hardships have forced students to take on jobs, borrow from fellow African students, and seek assistance from family members back home. However, the declining value of the naira and foreign exchange fluctuations have made these contributions insufficient. In some cases, students have resorted to selling personal belongings to…
This summer is full of exciting and unique adventures I’m grateful to have the opportunity to participate in. Starting with the first summer session, I will be studying abroad in Lima, Peru for about 5 weeks! I found the Spanish Language program I will take part in through an NC State Affiliate study abroad organization called International Study Abroad (ISA). The Study Abroad Office has been super helpful in navigating this process, especially since they offer Walk-In Advising Hours that I have utilized many times. The classes I will be taking, Advanced Spanish Grammar and Intro to Latin American Literature, will…
India and China are the top two sources of students going abroad for education and accounting for close to 40% of the total international higher education expenditure, according to a study by brokerage Anand Rathi. While these two countries have the maximum students outbound for studies abroad every year, they also have the maximum students (more than a million) studying abroad across various undergraduate and post graduate courses. In 2023, India topped the total overseas higher education expenditure at a whopping $60 billion, followed by China at $40 million. Click here to connect with us on WhatsApp The cost of…
Nine students from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, have been offered a collective $32,000 in Gilman Scholarship awards to support their studies abroad. “Gilman offers a tremendous opportunity for more students from UT to enhance their educations through the power of study abroad,” said Meredith Malburne-Wade, director of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships. “We offer a huge congratulations to these students, each of whom dedicated considerable time and effort to their applications, and wish them an extraordinary experience in their chosen countries.” The scholarship program is named for Benjamin Gilman, who served from 1973 to 2003 in the House of Representatives…
Two euros might not seem like a lot for doing your laundry. But after a semester filled with extensive European travel and weekly intramural soccer, the idea of a clean shirt and pair of pants starts to sound like a luxurious spa day. The two euro price, roughly $2.15 in U.S. dollars according to Forbes, begins to feel like a burden. At the very least, it’s reasonable to expect to have access to functioning laundry machines that are mostly available when you need them. It’s also reasonable to expect cash exchange machines where students can reliably trade in their five…
Mercer University recently awarded 16 students with Global Leader Scholarships. Among those students are: (front row, from left) Gerell Glenn, Nyny Hoang, Breijaha Garland, Lexsea Nix, (middle row, from left) Nailah Desamu-Thorpe, Emma Page, Angelina Goodman, Lainey Hunt, (back row, from left) Devin Dalby, Naman Arora, Janae Bonaparte, Taylor Parker, Kaytlin Haynes. Photo by Leah Yetter. MACON — Mercer University’s Office of Global Engagement has awarded its latest round of Global Leader Scholarships (GLS), providing 16 students with a total of $52,800 to participate in study abroad programs during the upcoming spring semester. The GLS program was launched in 2019…
Alicia Ribeiro, a University of Illinois Chicago undergraduate student, will live in Busan, South Korea, this summer thanks to the U.S. State Department Critical Language Scholarship she earned to study the Korean language. Listen to story summary UIC graduate student Kendal McGinnis won the same prestigious award last summer and studied Russian. Now she’s earned a National Security Education Program David L. Boren Graduate Fellowship to continue studying Russian in Latvia for six months. Ribeiro will spend about two months, from mid-June to mid-August, studying Korean at Busan National University. The third-year English major from Columbia, Maryland, is focusing on…