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Study, Work, and Travel Abroad Workshops
U-M International Center Events Calendar (month-by-month view)
Workshops
Registration
No advance registration is required. For additional related events throughout the year, email bnolting@umich.edu with “Add ICA Newsletter” in the subject line.
Europe Travel Workshop
No sessions at this time.
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| Peer advisors who have traveled abroad extensively will pass along tips from their first-hand experience. An expert travel agent from STA Travel (in the Michigan Union, 734.769.2555 or umi@statravel.com) will provide information on student airfares, railpasses and budget accommodations. |
Topics to be covered include:
- Important information to know before you go, such as Passports, Visas, Student ID Cards, Insurance, Travel Advisories and what embassies can and cannot do for you abroad.
- Cheapest and Best Airfares and Railpasses (buy before you go).
- Travel Budget and how to save money overseas
- Transportation, accommodations, food.
- Last-minute options for working and volunteering abroad
- Adjusting to Life Overseas, such as Language barriers, women traveling alone, general safety and avoiding theft and other potential dangers abroad
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| For more student travel information refer to Study, Work, and Travel Abroad |
IAESTE Internships Information Session
No sessions at this time.
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| The International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical
Experience (IAESTE) offers students the opportunity to apply for a PAID
technical internship in more than 80 countries. All sophomores, juniors,
seniors and graduate students enrolled in a technical course of study
(engineering, sciences, architecture, computer science) at U-M are eligible to
apply for internships. Citizens of *all* countries are eligible. |
| For more information visit the IAESTE web site. |
International Cooperative Education Internship (ICEP) Interviews
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| Sign-up in advance required. U-M students should call the International Center, 734.647.2299. |
| This program offers placements for paid internships, paid summer jobs, volunteering and teaching for speakers of German, French, Spanish, Chinese or Japanese in Germany, Belgium, South America, China and Japan (according to language spoken). |
| Two kinds of placements are available: A) internships in engineering, business and a few other fields. B) general placements in which work in a foreign language (German, French, Spanish, Dutch, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese) is the main objective. For general information, see International Cooperative Education. |
Summer Jobs and Internships Abroad
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| This panel presentation features representatives of several internship and work abroad programs, including: AIESEC (paid internships worldwide), BUNAC (Work in Britain, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand), CDS (internships in Germany, Spain and Argentina, affiliated with U-M's Department of Germanic Languages), France Internships through U-M's Department of Romance Languages, and U-M's India Summer Abroad (funding for internships from the Center for South Asian Studies). |
| For additional information see the International Center's article on Short-Term Paid Work Abroad |
U-M Summer Study Abroad Fair
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| Find all about University of Michigan's spring/summer study abroad programs! |
| For more information about U-M summer study abroad programs, come to the Fair or contact the office that sponsors the Fair, LSA's Office of International Programs (OIP), G513 Michigan Union, 734.764.4311, oip@umich.edu |
| Many other U-M units that offer spring-summer options abroad will also be represented at the Fair, including the International Center's Overseas Opportunities Office. See U-M Study Abroad Programs and Resource Offices |
Volunteer Abroad
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| If you're interested in volunteering or an internship in another culture for social causes, don't miss this presentation which will cover how to find and fund opportunities worldwide from 2 weeks to 2 years. |
| We'll hear from students who participated in programs such as Amigos de las Americas, Child Family Health International, Cross-Cultural-Solutions, Foundation for Sustainable Development, ProWorld, Volunteers for Peace, the Peace Corps and more! Our panelists volunteered in Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America, while they were undergraduates, after graduation or while in graduate or medical school. Focus of these programs includes health education, clinical work, environment, and social and economic development. You can still apply for these programs for the summer (or for next year, if you're graduating). |
| For an overview article on volunteering abroad, see the International Center's Volunteer Work Abroad
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Worldwide Travel Workshop
No sessions at this time.
| WORLDWIDE TRAVEL WORKSHOP |
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| Travel to Africa, Asia and Latin America. Includes coverage of health issues such as inoculations. Peer advisors who have traveled abroad extensively will pass along tips from their first-hand experience. An expert travel agent from STA Travel (in the Michigan Union, 734.769.2555 or umi@statravel.com) will provide information on student airfares, railpasses and budget accommodations. |
Topics to be covered include:
- Important information to know before you go, such as Passports, Visas, Student ID Cards, Insurance, Travel Advisories and what embassies can and cannot do for you abroad.
- Cheapest and Best Airfares and Railpasses (buy before you go).
- Travel Budget and how to save money overseas
- Transportation, accommodations, food.
- Last-minute options for working and volunteering abroad
- Adjusting to Life Overseas, such as Language barriers, women traveling alone, general safety and avoiding theft and other potential dangers abroad
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| For more student travel information refer to Study, Work, and Travel Abroad |
Last reviewed: 5/08 |
