Travel the Globe with Texas A

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Travel the Globe with Texas AM!
Experience wildlife in Australia
Explore the Rhine River in Germany
Study engineering in France
Hike the trails of Costa Rica
Relive history in Poland
Visit the ruins in Rome, Italy
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Pictures from the Nature Tourism South Africa
program.
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Pictures from the Santa Chiara Italy program.
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Pictures from the Germany Psychology program.
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Pictures from the Costa Rica Education program.
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Pictures from the International Communications
Mexico program.
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Texas AMs Commitment to International Education

• ? A goal of Vision 2020 is to have 100 access
  for all students at
• Texas AM to conduct an international
  education experience.
• ? The University has two major centers abroad
  the Mexico City
• Center and the Santa Chiara Study Abroad Center
  in Italy.
• ? TAMU is currently offering over 40
  faculty-led programs in over 20 countries!

Courtyard, Santa Chiara, Italy
Dining Room, Santa Chiara, Italy
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Types of International Education

• Faculty-Led Study Abroad
• - TAMU professor leads group of Aggies to
  foreign country
• -Over 800 students per year enroll in TAMU
  faculty-led study abroad programs.
• -Special concentrations in Latin America and
  Europe

Texas AM students in Madrid, Spain.
Texas AM faculty member with students in Italy.
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Types of International Education

• Reciprocal Exchanges
• What?
• Students take AM credit while studying at
  a foreign host university.
• Where?
• Agreements with over 30 institutions in
  Latin America, Europe, and Asia.
• Two types
• Departmental Conducted at the departmental level
  and only students from that department or college
  are eligible.
• University-Wide Conducted through the Study
  Abroad office and students from any college are
  eligible.
• Ben Petty (bpetty_at_tamu.edu) is the Reciprocal
  Exchange Advisor.

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Types of International Education

• ? Independent Study Abroad
• What?
• - Student studies directly through host
  institution to anywhere in the world - Not
  sponsored by TAMU.
• How?
• - Student pre-approves credit before leaving
  campus Independent Study for Credit form
• - Academic credit is transferred from host
  institution to TAMU.
• - Funding, including federal aid and
  institutional financial aid, is available for
  most programs!
• Contact Lisa Tauferner (ltauferner_at_tamu.edu),
  Independent Study Abroad Advisor

Texas AM students biking through Paris, France
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Types of International Education

• ? TAMU International Leadership
• Development Opportunities
• - Academy for Future International Leaders
• - L. T. Jordan Institute.
• ? Internship / Work Abroad
• ? Volunteer Abroad
• ? Teach Abroad

"Given the opportunity to experience
international culture and history on a deeper
level, I was able to truly see how indelibly
tied my life is to international public service.
I was placed in a situation where I would have
to stretch to get the job done. I did stretch,
and I did succeed, and I have Texas AM to thank
for that growth." Bobby Robbinss '01Participant
in the Spring Leadership Development Program in
Mexico City
Public Relations Internship Program, Mexico City
Aggies Interning in China
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Importance of International Education
Employer Perspective In todays job market,
employers are increasingly looking for qualified
applicants who possess an ability to work in a
multicultural environment. ? We have employed
nearly 20 Texas AM interns at our overseas
plants in recent years. Several told me that
they secured good jobs after graduation because
of this international experience. (Michael
OBrien 54, Vice President and General Manager
Amkor Electronics, Inc., Irving, TX) You are
now a College Student You must start
considering how to improve your resume
International Education experience is one of the
best ways! ? Corporate hiring preferences show
nearly universal agreement among personnel
directors that their companies need managers and
employees with greater international knowledge
and experience abroad than the ones they are
hiring now. (Source Institute for
International Education, RAND Studies, March 1999)
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Importance of International Education

• Student Perspective
• Students who come back from international
• study abroad consistently express feeling
• more prepared socially, culturally, and
• academically.
• ? My study abroad experience in Italy the summer
  of 1998 was one of the most rewarding experiences
  of my life...Deciding to go was the best decision
  I have ever made in my life. (Celeste Garza 99,
  Participant in the Summer Study Abroad Program in
  Italy)

Cara in Paris, France
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So, How Can You Go?

• Start Planning Now!
• Its never too early to begin the process!
• Right now you should start considering
• ? Where to go
• ? Spring/Fall semester or
• Summer Term
• ? Payment Opportunities
• ? How you can fit it into your
• Degree Plan

Siena, Italy
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How Much Does it Cost?
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What Funds are Available?

• TAMU sponsored programs
• ? Current Financial Aid Package
• -Federal Financial Aid
• -State Aid
• -Institutional Aid
• ? Emergency Loans
• Independent study abroad
• ? Current Financial Aid Package
• -Federal Financial Aid (NOTE Only certain
  programs are eligible!)
• -Institutional Aid
• ? Private Loans
• Scholarships
• -Currently over 300,000 available for study
• abroad scholarships annually at Texas AM
  University! Outside scholarships also
  available.

Gdansk, Poland
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Study Abroad Scholarships

• International Education Fee Scholarship (IEFS) -
  Primarily merit-based scholarship program that
  greatly increases the participation of Aggies
  studying abroad. The student must be enrolled in
  a credit-bearing study abroad experience.
  Furnishes up to 1,000 per student.
• Study Abroad Fellowship - This is a need-based
  scholarship, furnishing up to 1,000 to full time
  undergraduate and graduate Texas AM University
  (TAMU) students for TAMU study abroad programs.
• Gilman International Scholarship - Federal
  scholarship which offers up to 5,000 for
  undergraduate students who demonstrate financial
  need.
• Freeman - ASIA Scholarship - Offers between
  3,000 and 7,000, depending on length of stay,
  to students who wish to study in Asia.
• Junior Fulbright Grants - Available to graduating
  seniors and graduate students who are U.S.
  citizens. Provides qualified applicants the
  opportunity to develop a proposal for a specific
  research project to be undertaken in a specific
  country for one year.
• National Security Education Program (NSEP) - This
  national scholarship offers funding to American
  undergraduate and graduate students to study in
  foreign countries and world regions critical to
  U.S. national security. Maximum of 10,000 per
  semester or 20,000 per academic year.
• MSC L.T. Jordan Fellows - This scholarship
  offers funding to undergraduate and graduate
  students who are U.S. citizens interested
  international leadership. Furnishes up to 2,000
  per student.

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Contact Us!!!

• 1st Floor
• Bizzell Hall West
• College Station, TX 77843-3262
• [phone]
• Studyabroad.tamu.edu
• Studyabroad_at_tamu.edu

The Colosseum, Rome, Italy
Salzburg, Austria