VCU Education Abroad

We were so excited to speak to students about study and intern abroad opportunities, and the upcoming faculty-led programs yesterday during our "Wide Open Spaces: Exploring the World with GEO" event yesterday! Thanks to all of the VCU faculty and staff who spoke to our students about their exciting faculty-led study abroad opportunities!

We are excited to participate in the upcoming Pathways to Life Abroad Fair and Global Education Summit on Saturday, April 13, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., at Huguenot High School. Anyone from high school level through college interested in studying abroad may attend the event to meet with VCU study abroad staff as we will be on hand to provide information and participate in exciting panels.

At this event, attendees will receive information about:
- study abroad programs
- international affairs degree programs
- global career opportunities

Those interested in attending may register for the event at https://lnkd.in/evQfA-YU

For more information, visit https://lnkd.in/eMJYzRTF

Thinking about studying or interning abroad with VCU GEO’s affiliate provider, ? Or maybe you’re still on the fence about which program to do? Representatives from CISabroad will be on campus TODAY, February 28th hosting an Information Session from 2:30pm until 3:15pm in the Global Education Office (912 W. Grace St.,) room 3127 followed by drop-in hours from 3:30pm until 4:15pm.

If you are considering a CISabrod program or just starting to think about studying abroad, please come and ask your questions! We look forward to seeing you there.

🗓️ TODAY 2/28
⌚ 2:30pm - 4:15pm
📍 912 W. Grace St. Room 3127

Tonight is Black & Abroad: Global Citizenship!

This panel discussion, facilitated by the associate dean for enrollment and student success Dr. Krista Scott, comprises Black VCU students, alumni, and staff, and will focus on the challenges and opportunities associated with global citizenship and international travel through the lens of Black Identity.

This event is in celebration of but is open to all students. The panel discussion will be from 5pm - 6pm in the 📍SGA Senate Chambers (907 Floyd Ave.) followed by (free) food and fun in the 📍 office (907 Floyd Ave. Suite 215) from 6pm - 7pm.

Oh, and we’ll be raffling off a $500 Study Abroad voucher 💸 you just need to sign in at the event to be entered.

We can’t wait to see you there!

This next week is a BUSY ONE for and ! Join us for an event nearly every day during the week of 2/26.

Kicking off the week strong celebrating on Monday 2/26 🌍✈️

Join us on the Compass 🧭 for hot chocolate 🍫 , tea 🫖 and coffee ☕️ from 12:15-4:15 to learn more about how YOU can study or intern abroad. The ’s bike will be there from 12:15-2:15 serving coffee and information, too.

Need to renew your passport, or maybe apply for your first one? Come get a FREE U.S. passport-style photo 📸 at the GEO office! We’re hosting drop-in hours from 9am-3pm at 📍 912 W. Grace St. 4th floor.

Can’t make it on Monday? This service is regularly scheduled the first Tuesday and third Wednesday of every month — sign up at https://bit.ly/48vyeCK

OH and did we mention we’re raffling off 2️⃣ $500 study abroad vouchers?! 🤑 stop by the Compass Table to put your name in the raffle!

We’re so exited to celebrate with you! See you Monday 👋

Want to hear from the experts about how to budget for your study abroad experience? Or what about hearing from BIPOC Alumni and staff about their experiences studying abroad as a person of color? Are you planning to study abroad in Seoul or Tokyo and are looking for some tips and tricks?

These topics (and more!) will be covered in ’s three-part virtual info session series starting this week. You can register for all of these events at www.cisabroad.com/virtualfair

2/14 @ 2pm EST - Seould Searching and Tokyo Treasures: A Program Overview for South Korea & Japan
2/21 @ 12pm EST - Being Black Abroad - Alumni & Staff Panel
3/12 @ 12pm EDT - Budgeting Tips for Your Study Abroad Experience

We’ll see you online!

📢 APPLICATION DEADLINE ALERT

Summer 2024 study abroad (and study away) applications are due NEXT WEEK on 2/15! Swipe ⬅️to see all the open Faculty-Led programs and International Summer Institutes (ISIs)!

Eastern Africa: Development and Democracy in📍 🇰🇪 Kenya, 🇹🇿 Tanzania, 🇺🇬 Uganda, 🇪🇹 Ethiopia, and 🇷🇼 Rwanda
ISI with CEPA in 📍🇫🇷 France
Design as Resilience: Eastern Shore + Sewanee Field Studio📍🇺🇸 Tennessee and Maryland
A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Drug Policy in📍🇳🇱 Netherlands
ISI with American College of Greece in📍🇬🇷 Greece

Apply at vcu.studioabroad.com by 🗓️ February 15th. How will YOU Go Beyond the Compass this summer?

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📢 APPLICATION DEADLINE ALERT

Summer 2024 study abroad (and study away) applications are due NEXT WEEK on 2/15! Swipe ⬅️to see all the open Faculty-Led programs and International Summer Institutes (ISIs)!

Cannes Lion Festival Study Abroad Program: The Power of Creativity in📍🇫🇷 France
Industry and Cultural Immersion Experiences in📍🇦🇷 Argentina
Florence Revealed in📍🇮🇹 Italy
Fashion in Florence in📍🇮🇹 Italy
Slowing Down and Getting Lost in📍🇮🇹 Italy
Exploring Ghana through the Lens of Art, Identity, and Social Justice in📍🇬🇭 Ghana
U.S. Virgin Islands: STEM Education, Culture and Service Learning in📍🇺🇸 U.S. Virgin Islands
ISI with the Sant’Anna Institute in📍🇮🇹 Italy

Apply at vcu.studioabroad.com by 🗓️ February 15th. How will YOU Go Beyond the Compass this summer?

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📢 APPLICATION DEADLINE ALERT

Summer 2024 study abroad (and study away) applications are due NEXT WEEK on 2/15! Swipe ⬅️to see all the open Faculty-Led programs and International Summer Institutes (ISIs)!

ISI with the American Business School in Paris in📍🇫🇷 France
Sicily: Design + Resilience in📍🇮🇹 Italy
German Transatlantic Development Seminar in 📍🇩🇪 Germany
International Consulting Program (ICP) in 📍🇬🇷 Greece
Oaxaca: Slower and Fairer, Fashioning the World We Want in📍🇲🇽 Mexico

Apply at vcu.studioabroad.com by 🗓️ February 15th. How will YOU Go Beyond the Compass this summer?

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Learn how you can study abroad with VCU’s affiliate provider, University Studies Abroad Consortium (USAC), at this information session, where you’ll meet with VCU’s USAC representative.

In addition to hosting drop-in hours (11am - 12:30pm and 2:30pm-3:30pm) in the Education Abroad Office (912 W. Grace St.; 4th floor), there will be an Information Session from 1:30pm until 2:15pm in room 3127.

We hope to see you there! 👋

Looking for something to do this summer? Study AWAY with this summer...without leaving Virginia📍! Travel to the Eastern Shore and Sewanee for the fieldwork course: Design As Resilience.

Hear more about this incredible opportunity from faculty leaders Laura Battaglia and Tim Hamnett:
“The Eastern Shore Study Away (ESSA) program serves as a vehicle to study the interior of a pattern, a building, a town, and a landscape. We believe that we, as designers, bear responsibility to the communities for which we design and the landscapes in which we design...This program teaches our students - through hands-on experiences, reflection, and integrative learning - how to develop site-study methodologies which can be used to understand a range of issues. At the heart of the experience is the goal of assisting students in developing a methodology of understanding place and site through formal and contextual analysis.”

Apply on vcu.studioabroad.com/ before Feb 1️⃣5️⃣

Be sure to join us tomorrow for the lecture by the Ambassador of Mexico to the U.S., Esteban Moctezuma Barragan, in the Cabell Library Lecture Hall, Room 303, from 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. The ambassador will speak on the topic of “Mexico and U.S. Interdependence and Common Future.” All are welcome and registration is not required.

See you there!

Be sure to join us as we welcome to VCU the Ambassador of Mexico to the United States, Esteban Moctezuma Barragán, on Thursday, Jan. 25, from 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. in the James Branch Cabell Lecture Hall, Room 303.

The ambassador will deliver a lecture in the James Branch Cabell Lecture Hall, Room 303 from 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. titled, “Mexico and U.S. Interdependence and Common Future,” which addresses shared values and contributions that bind Mexico and the United States, the actions that both nations can take to foster a more humanistic, prosperous, and competitive North America, and data that illustrate the profound interconnection between them.

The presentation is open to the public and the VCU community, and registration is not required.

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VCU English Language Program VCU College of Humanities & Sciences L. Douglas Wilder School of Government & Public Affairs VCU Honors College Sacnas At Vcu VCU ASPiRE The Commons at VCU VCU School of Education Latinx VCU The Robertson School of Media & Culture VCU School of World Studies VCU Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research VCU Graduate School VCU Graduate School VCU National Scholarship Office Humanities Research Center at VCU

Want to spend this summer on the coast of Italy? 🇮🇹 Join us to learn more about studying abroad at the Sant’Anna Institute in Sorrento, Italy at this virtual information session.

🗓️ Wed., Jan. 24
⌚ 12:00pm - 1:00pm
📍https://vcu.zoom.us/j/86354362355

👋 See you there!

Want to study abroad in Italy? 🇮🇹 Join and to learn more about studying abroad during Summer & Fall 2024 at SRISA in Florence, Italy! At this session we will discuss courses, housing, lifestyle, onsite support, internships and costs.

🗓️ Tues., Jan. 23
⌚ 12:00pm - 1:00pm
📍https://vcu.zoom.us/j/85675724292

👋 See you there!

Still looking for summer plans? 😎☀️ Why not study abroad? 🌍✈️ Join for a Virtual Information Session about Study Abroad opportunities this summer!

VCU is offering more than a dozen faculty-led programs this summer in addition to international summer institutes at and . You can also do an international internship or research!

Tune in
🗓️ Thurs. Jan. 25
⌚ 12pm - 1pm
📍https://bit.ly/4aV5GE7

See you there 👋

Join Abroad Global Learning Specialist, Alex Levy, ’s Associate Director, Meredith Sisson, and Student Financial Management Center’s Director, Ka Toya Wagner, to learn about how to fund an experience abroad🤑

At this virtual information session, we’ll review a variety of scholarships and financial aid that are applicable to studying abroad.

🗓️ Fri. Jan. 19
⌚3:00pm
📍https://bit.ly/3TThjoT

👋 See you there!

Are you a Pell Grant Recipient? Ever thought about going abroad? can help with that💲💲💲!

The Benjamin A. Gilman International Program has been sponsored by the U.S. State Department for over 20 years and awards up to $5,000 for an internship or study abroad experience!

Their only eligibility requirements are:
1️⃣ you are a U.S. Citizen
2️⃣ you are currently receiving (or will receive) a pell grant during your time of application or study
3️⃣ an undergraduate in good standing.

is hosting our biannual Gilman Writing Workshop where review essay criteria and offer tips & tricks to help you submit the most competitive application possible. Can't join us in person? Login via Zoom!

🗓️ Tues., Jan 23
⌚ 3p-4p
📍 SGA Senate Chambers (first floor of the University Commons) or at https://bit.ly/3QQw4G7

We'll see you there 👋

is pleased to announce that we are now offering one FREE U.S. passport-style photograph to all VCU students, faculty, and staff! 🌎📸

This service will be available:
1️⃣st Tuesday of every month
from ⏰ 1 - 3 p.m.
3️⃣rd Wednesday of every month
from ⏰ 9 - 11 a.m.
at 📍GEO (912 W. Grace Street, 4th floor).

Sign-ups are first-come, first-serve! Sign-up for your 15 minute slot at: https://bit.ly/48vyeCK

Mark your calendars 🗓️ for an exciting afternoon with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mexico 🇲🇽 to the United States 🇺🇸 Esteban Moctezuma Barragán, as we welcome him to Virginia Commonwealth University on Thursday, January 25, 2024, from 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. in the Cabell Library, room 303.

The ambassador will deliver an informative lecture to students, staff and faculty regarding the interdependence and common futures of Mexico and the United States.

Don't miss this opportunity to hear from the esteemed Ambassador of Mexico to the U.S.!

I hope my story of traveling abroad inspires you to try living in another country when you get the chance :)) it’s been a joy to get to know people from all over the world especially the Greeks 💙

In partnership with VCU faculty and offices, GEO is offering 8️⃣ spring break trips this year! Applications for 5️⃣ of these programs are still open for another few weeks and now is the perfect time to learn more and apply.

📣Spring Break Spotlight - COSTA RICA 🇨🇷 with

During this experience in Costa Rica, a small country with incredible biodiversity, participants will have the chance to explore a variety of healthcare careers from a global lens. Whether learning about medicinal plants, connecting with future healthcare professionals, or learning from experts at the Universidad Latina de Costa Rica, this experience will allow you to consider your future in medicine.

This year is the program's inaugural trip, so we don't have any photos from past participants (😭) but learn more about it at faculty leader, Krista Scott's, info session Mon., December 4th at 4:30 at https://vcu.zoom.us/j/85397521908

Applications open until 12/15

In partnership with VCU faculty and offices, GEO is offering 8️⃣ spring break trips this year! Applications for 5️⃣ of these programs are still open for another few weeks and now is the perfect time to learn more and apply.

📣Spring Break Spotlight - 🇩🇴
Are you a member of ? Join this inaugural program to Las Canas!

Students will participate in a locally-led food initiative to increase food security through access to healthy and nutritious foods, learn about the healthcare system in the Caribbean,and shadow a local health initiative. Students will also have opportunities to visit popular tourist destinations that feature naturally-formed caves and beautiful blue lagoons.

This experience will be open to VCU TRIO students only.

Applications open until 12/14!

In partnership with VCU faculty and offices, GEO is offering 8️⃣ spring break trips this year! Applications for 5️⃣ of these programs are still open for another few weeks and now is the perfect time to learn more and apply.

📣Spring Break Spotlight - GERMANY 🇩🇪AND FRANCE 🇫🇷 with VCU Radiology

The program will emphasize early radiation discoveries 🩻and the historical figures behind the science through a tour of sites significant to Radiation Science in Germany and France. See more at https://vcu.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/Study+Abroad+2024/1_8k64jtur

Applications open until 12/14!

In partnership with VCU faculty and offices, GEO is offering 8️⃣ spring break trips this year! Applications for 5️⃣ of these programs are still open for another few weeks and now is the perfect time to learn more and apply.

📣Spring Break Spotlight - CAPE TOWN 🇿🇦with

Through an intersectional lens that includes gender, sexuality, race, and class, this program will highlight social issues and how local organizations address issues experienced by the local LGBTQIA+ community 🏳️‍🌈

⬅️ to see a photo of last's year's group at the Cape of Good Hope!

Applications open until 12/14!

In partnership with VCU faculty and offices, GEO is offering 8️⃣ spring break trips this year! Applications for 5️⃣of these programs are still open for another few weeks and now is the perfect time to learn more and apply.

📣Spring Break Spotlight - DOHA🇶🇦 with

This program will explore global leadership using a framework of cultural agility. Students will have the opportunity to personalize their learning by researching a topic that ties to their interests and career goals.

Swipe to see photos of 's previous trips to Doha and

Applications open until🗓️ 12/15!

Hi I’m Ramsey :) I’ve been studying abroad at the American College of Greece near Athens since September. This university is about a 20 minute drive outside of the city in a cute little neighborhood called Agia Paraskevi. Greece has been absolutely gorgeous to study and grow in and I’m excited to share some things from a typical week here with you all🥰

A little bit about me:
I’m a junior double majoring in philosophy and law and political science. I love traveling (obviously), writing, reading, and the beach :)

So far, while studying abroad, I have gone to Aegina (a Greek island), Munich, Milos (a Greek island), Budapest, Berlin, Paris, Thessaloniki (the second biggest city in Greece), Rome, Milan, and Florence.

I chose to study abroad because I wanted to be fully immersed into a different culture and have the experience of moving somewhere alone and being able to adapt quickly. I’ve done many of my travels around Europe solo and it’s taught me so much about people and how much goodness the human race can foster🤍🤍

I’m excited to share this week with you all and I hope I can influence some of you to study abroad!

If you have any questions feel free to DM me here this week or message my personal account

📢Calling all Returnees! 🌍✈️

With the holidays and the end of the semester coming up, come relax and hang out with your fellow returnees and decorate holiday cookies🍪☃️🎁🎉

🗓️ Tues., Nov. 28th
⌚ 6:00pm
📍GEO Office; 3rd Floor; Room 3126

RSVP on RamsConnect! We can't wait to see you there 👋

Are you preparing to study or intern abroad during the winter break or spring semester and starting to sweat about your budget💲💲💲?

Join for a Study Abroad Budgeting While Studying Abroad Workshop! Hear from some recent study abroad students and VCU Education Abroad Staff with their tips & tricks for building a budget (and sticking to it!).

This event is a part of 2023 - learn more about IEW at https://iew.state.gov/ or

🗓Wed. Nov. 15th
⌚3-4pm
📍912 W. Grace St. Room 3126.

👋 See you there! 🤑

Don't have plans for spring break? We can fix that 😎

Study abroad during spring break 2024 on a VCU Faculty-Led program! Swipe⬅️ to see the 8️⃣ programs being offered this year from Cape Town, South Africa 🇿🇦 to Nadi, Fiji 🇫🇯 to Doha, Qatar 🇶🇦 and so much more!

🗓️ Don't forget, TOMORROW you can stop by the Faculty-Led Programs Showcase between 2pm and 4pm to learn even more details about these programs and some summer 24 programs, too ☀️ We'll be in the Student Commons, Virginia Room B

Happy Rams! 🐏