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Jennifer Koch, a VCU Student, Studied Abroad in Sydney, Australia in Fall 2008. Here is the link to her Study Abroad blog
Check out this article about the value of an education abroad: http://www.nafsa.org/_/File/_/educationabroadinted_2007.11.pdf
VCU is currently hosting over 40 visiting students and faculty from both the Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU) and Fudan University in Shanghai. The "American Studies Program" is a month-long program intended to offer these students insight into American culture and education. The students are attending daily lectures offered by VCU professors on a variety of topics such as American political science, history, mass communications, homeland security, literature, jazz, business and more. They are also attending day trips to the surrounding area including Charlottesville, Monticello, Williamsburg and Bush Gardens. They will also travel to Washington, DC and New York. The students are accompanied by 11 VCU students who are interning for the program.
Each student is keeping a blog of their time in Richmond and the US. Below I have included the links for the students' blogs. Take a minute to get a glimpse of how the Chinese perceive VCU!
http://blog.vcu.edu/shouy
http://blog.vcu.edu/guy2
http://blog.vcu.edu/qiuy
http://blog.vcu.edu/yangq
http://blog.vcu.edu/gany
http://blog.vcu.edu/niel
http://blog.vcu.edu/liuw3
http://blog.vcu.edu/panl
http://blog.vcu.edu/yangd3
http://blog.vcu.edu/hongl
http://blog.vcu.edu/sunq2
http://blog.vcu.edu/liz6
http://blog.vcu.edu/fengy2
http://blog.vcu.edu/zhaix
http://blog.vcu.edu/zhangm6
http://blog.vcu.edu/zhouf
http://blog.vcu.edu/yaoq
http://blog.vcu.edu/liq2
http://blog.vcu.edu/chenf
http://blog.vcu.edu/yangy7
http://blog.vcu.edu/zhengj2
http://blog.vcu.edu/yany2
http://blog.vcu.edu/zhangd3
http://blog.vcu.edu/wuh4
http://blog.vcu.edu/dingy3
http://blog.vcu.edu/duj2
http://blog.vcu.edu/zhouz2
http://blog.vcu.edu/lius2
http://blog.vcu.edu/luoy3
http://blog.vcu.edu/yydong
http://blog.vcu.edu/yuq
http://blog.vcu.edu/yey
http://blog.vcu.edu/guox
http://blog.vcu.edu/huj
http://blog.vcu.edu/pengj
http://blog.vcu.edu/jiangx2
http://blog.vcu.edu/yus4
http://blog.vcu.edu/linc3
The annual Study Abroad Fall Fair will take place on Wednesday, September 17 from 10-2 outside the Commons, under a tent in the Plaza. There will be door prizes including gift certificates and an iPod Shuffle will be given away! Music, free giveaways, and information on study abroad…be there!
Share your Study Abroad experience with video! VCU Education Abroad will be accepting video submissions of your favorite aspects or what you enjoyed most out of your study abroad experience to win our first ever Video Contest!
Create a video that is no longer than 8 minutes. You will want to create a unique, creative, and original video that will interest all audiences. You can share your favorite daily activity, your most enjoyed excursion from your time abroad, or anything else!
(Please do not submit entries with obscene, vulgar, or offensive content.)
Categories for Videos Include:
-Humor
-Cultural Interaction/ Scenery
-Learning in Action
To submit entries go to www.youTube.com/VCUabroad, click on the “Groups” link, join one of the three the groups VCU 2008 Study Abroad Video Contest in the correct category that you wish to submit your video (Humor, Cultural Interaction/ Scenery, Learning in Action), and upload your video. Send the link to your video to the Education Abroad office at abroad@vcu.edu with a short description of your video, the name of your video, category, program, and your name.
Top five videos choices for each category will then have their links posted on our website and the winner will be selected by popular vote. Each category winner will receive a $50 iTunes gift card.
Share your best Study Abroad pictures and win prizes!!!
Open to all VCU students who studied abroad during the academic year 2007-2008
Deadline for all submissions is September 5th!!!!
Prizes, Prizes, Prizes
Photo:
Grand Prize (1) = $50 iTunes Gift Card
Winner of each Category (4) = $25 iTunes Gift Card
Writing:
Grand Prize (1) = $50 iTunes Gift Card
Writing Guidelines
In a piece of non-fiction writing, reflect on your experience abroad. Submissions should be between 1000-1500 words.
Photo Guidelines
Categories include:
-Academic: capture students in an academic setting
-People: capture images of students interacting with local populations and should portray the essence of the study abroad experience
-Places: include a landmark or landscape that is clearly identifiable as an international location
-Open Category: miscellaneous photos
Submission
Send all submissions as an e-mail attachment to Abroad@vcu.edu.
-Title the subject of the e-mail for the Writing Contest as “2008 Writing Contest Submission” and save the file as a Microsoft Word document as follows: “FirstName_LastNameWriting.doc” (for example, “Michael_JordanWriting.doc”) .
-For Photo Contest all submissions must be in digital format with the title of the subject as “2008 Photo Contest Submission” and save the files as follows: “FirstName_LastNameCategoryTitle.jpg” (For example, “Tom_CruiseAcademic.jpg”). In the body of the e-mail, please include your name, the name and location of your study abroad program and a short (no more than 500-word) description of your photo.