VCU Study Abroad Blog

VCU's Office of Education Abroad is proud to announce its first-ever Study Abroad Week! Study Abroad Week will give students an opportunity to gather LOTS of information in the course of one week. Check out next week's schedule below:

Monday:
International Student Exchange Program Info Session, Virginia Room C&D, 11:00-12:00

Tuesday:
Summer Program Showcase, Richmond Salon II, 11:00-1:00

Wednesday:
Internship Info Sesion, VA Room D, 11:00-12:00
Int’l Coffee Hour, 12:30-1:30

Thursday:
Returnee Roundup @ Little Mexico on Cary St., 6:00

Friday:
Scholarship/Fin. Aid Session, VA Room A, 11:00-12:00

The following program providers will have tables in the Commons:
Tuesday: Semester at Sea, 2:30-4:30
Wednesday: CAPA 10:00-12:00
Thursday: Global Student Experiences, 3:00-5:00
Friday: Global Student Experiences, 11:00-1:30

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This summer VCU Education Abroad Office is offering a summer internship for students interested in working with international students from Russia and/or China. Interns will participate in various activities that may include hiking, canoeing, museum visits, a trip to Virginia Beach, Bush Gardens, Washington, D.C., and New York. The interns’ travel and accommodation expenses will be paid for by the Education Abroad Office; however, students will be responsible for most meals and miscellaneous expenses. Students will earn three internship credits in International Studies, History, or Political Science. Interested students should download the internship requirements. For more information please contact Nasha Lewis at nlewis7@vcu.edu or 804-827-7882. To apply please download the internship application.

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Participants on VCU's first ever Borneo Studies winter intersession study abroad program in Sarawak, Malaysia (on the island of Borneo), were featured in an article in the local Miri paper. See article below, and for more information on VCU's partnership with Curtin University of Technology's off-shore campus in Malaysia, click HERE.

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Participants on VCU's first ever Borneo Studies Winter-Intersession program through Curtin University of Technology of Miri Malaysia have captured some of their experiences in Sarawak on video. See below, and for more information on VCU's partnership winter program with Curtin, click here.

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