Easy steps to studying abroad.
1 Visit the Office of Study Abroad (OSA)
Browse through the resource library, request brochures, view a video,and make an appointment to attend a group informational meeting. We welcome interested high school students, undergraduates and graduate students.
2 Narrow your options
Meet with your group at the scheduled time. Define your goals for studying abroad and identify suitable programs. Make an appointment to attend an informational meeting about the program you are interested in or make an individual appointment with a study abroad coordinator.
3 Find out about costs
Attend a Study Abroad Financial Aid Meeting or meet with a Study Abroad Financial Advisor regarding program costs and using your financial aid.
4 Inform yourself
Learn about the country where you wish to study abroad. Talk with exchange students and study abroad returnees about their experiences. Join the Study Abroad Club.
5 Apply
Begin applying for your program of choice the semester before you plan to go. Deadlines are between February 1st and March 15th for Fall, Academic Year, and Summer and between September 1st and October 15th for Spring.
6 See your Academic Advisor
Discuss your study abroad plans and courses and have your Academic Advisor's Approval form signed.
7 Submit your application to the OSA on or before the deadline
8 You've been accepted
Send acceptance forms to the OSA, apply for your passport and make travel plans.
9 Orient yourself
Attend the OSA pre-departure orientation for a full day of program information and question-and-answer sessions with past participants. Read carefully all the information in your orientation packet and feel free to ask questions.
10 Pack your bags,
Dear Jayhawk,
Did you ever think about studying abroad? What stopped you? Don't let this great opportunity go by without at least investigating the possibilities! Come and see us in 108 Lippincott or look us up on the web and find out more about how you can study abroad. If you don't do it as a student you won't do it later. Studying abroad is something you can only do when you are a student. Soon enough you will have been here four years or more and it is time to graduate. Then you will get a job, two weeks vacation if you are lucky, and you will have to start paying back your school loans. In time you may get married, have children and then one day you are going to say to yourself "I had the chance, why didn't I take it?"
On FEBRUARY 3, we are having a Study Abroad Fair in the Kansas Union and you are most welcome to come and talk to past participants of our program and get some more information. Remember that a study abroad experience really sets your resume apart from others when you are looking for a job! And, if you have to take a loan to make studying abroad a reality, it will probably be the best investment you would ever make in yourself!
If you are afraid of the costs you should definitely look into some of our exchange programs like the ones to England. The direct exchange with one of our universities in Great Britain will cost you a little more than 9,000 dollars for a whole year. An orientation in London is included in this price but you have to add the cost for the airfare, personal expenses and travel, passport and books. Expensive? Not really. Go figure how much you spend at KU during a whole year! The comparison might be very interesting!
Study Abroad Staff
Margareta O'Connell...Director
Barbara Gearhart...Associate
Melissa Jguemouj...Finance Assistant
Nancy Mitchell...Assistant Director/
Coordinator for English & German-
Speaking Programs
Pina Pereiro...Coordinator for Spanish-
Speaking Programs
Beau Pritchett...Coordinator for French-
Speaking Programs
Susan MacNally...Coordinator for Summer
Programs
Doug Schenkelberg...Outreach Coordinator
Jill Stark...Receptionist
Jeannie Doering...Office Manager
Renee Bergene...Coordinator for Pacific
Bim Programs
Sincerely,
Margareta O'Connell
Jayhawks Abroad Production
Matt Lopez...Special Sections Manager,
University Daily Kansan
Traci Meisenheimer...Online Creative Staff,
University Daily Kansan
Study Abroad Fair
Come talk to representatives from: Semester at Sea Tel-Aviv University Richmond College in London
Wed., February 3. 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
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Jayhawks Abroad www.ukans.edu/~osa
spring 1999