Congrats on finishing the first week of the semester! Time is flying, and key study abroad programs and scholarship deadlines are coming up soon.

Summer 2025 Faculty-Led Study Abroad Programs

• Did you know that you can study The Practice of Management: Global Perspectives in London and Paris this summer? The deadline to apply for this program and all other Summer 2025 Faculty-Led programs is February 14.

Fall 2025 Exchange Program Upcoming Due Dates

• Looking for a longer-term experience? Act quickly! Study on exchange in Japan at Nanzan University or in over 40 countries with UMBC ISEP Exchange

• Deadline: Tomorrow, February 1st

• All other UMBC exchange program applications are due March 10

Scholarship Opportunities

• College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Dean’s Scholarship for Education Abroad
  Awards up to $5,000 for students with at least one major in the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences planning to study abroad
  Deadline: February 10

• Gilman Scholarship
  Up to $8,000 for Pell Grant recipients to study abroad. Help us help you - attend a workshop. Deadline: March 6

Upcoming Events

• South Africa Info Session(In-person)
  TODAY - January 31, 2025 | 12 PM–1 PM | Location: PUP 354
  Meet Ms. Jessica Cook to learn about Community Engagement and Social Change in Cape Town

• Tolkien and Lewis in Oxford Info Session
  February 3, 2025 | 12 PM–1 PM | Virtual Join Dr. Deborah Rudacille and explore the birthplace of The Lord of The Rings this summer. Join the meeting here.

• Global Opportunities Fair - aka the GO Fair
  February 5, 2025  | 11 AM–2 PM | Commons Main Street
  Come chat with us about all these opportunities and more!

• Mexico Info Session(Hybrid) February 5, 2025   |  2:30PM-3:30 PM Meet Program Directors Yolanda Valencia and Maggies Holland to learn about studying Climate Change in Contect: Experience of Resilience and Migration in Oaxaca, Mexico.

  Join the meeting here.

• France Info Session (Virtual)
  February 7, 2025  |  12PM-12:30PM
  Join Program Director Kimberly Anderson to learn about her Summer Faculty-Led Program to study French Visual Culture in Aix-en-Provence.
  Join the meeting here.

Abroad Ambassador Blogs

• Our Abroad Ambassadors have been busy in the last couple weeks! Our winter students have returned home and are reflecting on their time abroad and our spring students are either preparing to go abroad or have just started their term abroad! Check out all of their blog posts on our website!