[GEO] GEO Weekly Digest!

[Global Education Office]

It’s time for another GEO Weekly Digest!

Remember that all of GEO's weekly digests (since fall '07) are available 
online! Follow the link at the very bottom of this email, and then click 
on "GEO Archives".

Contents

Upcoming GEO Events
- ISEP Info Session
- Info table for Bard College
- Navigating Study Abroad, Thursdays at 4pm

Save the Date: Study Abroad Deadlines
- Freeman-ASIA Scholarship deadline - fall
- Enrollment Notification Deadline
- Bridging Scholarship deadline

Special Information:
- Wander Our World!
- Five College Fundraising for Japan
- Highlighting Living Routes
- Highlighting School For Field Studies (SFS)

GEO Resources
-GEO Ambassadors
-GEO Website

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*ISEP Info Session
Dakin Living Room
Monday, April 4th, 12PM to 1PM

Come learn about all the amazing study abroad opportunities via the 
International Student Exchange Program (ISEP). ISEP offers the ability 
to choose from 146 host universities in 44 different countries. ISEP 
exchange programs count as a Hampshire exchange program, meaning 
applying and paying for these programs is easy!


*Bard College Info Table
Dining Commons
Tuesday, April 5th, 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM

Stop by and talk to a representative from Bard College about their 
unique study abroad programs. Bard’s programs are specifically designed 
to integrate students into foreign cultures and academic environments. 
Programs open to Hampshire students include programs at St. Petersburg 
University in Russia, the Central European University in Hungary, and 
studying human rights in South Africa, as well as domestic programs such 
as Urban Studies in New Orleans, and Globalization and International 
Affair in New York.

*Study Abroad Info Session | Every Thursday 4PM | Merrill Living Room

Weekly GEO Info Sessions provide an overview of study abroad options and 
how to begin planning your study abroad experience.

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SAVE THE DATE: STUDY ABROAD DEADLINES

Freeman-ASIA Scholarship Deadline (fall programs):
April 1st, 2011
For more information visit:
http://www.iie.org/programs/freeman-asia

Enrollment Notification Deadline (CASA):
April 8th, 2011
For more information visit:
http://www.hampshire.edu/casa/6570.htm

Bridging Scholarship Deadline (Study Abroad Japan)
April 8th, 2011
For more information visit:
http://www.aatj.org/atj/studyabroad/scholarships.html

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 >>Wander Our World!<<
Tuesday, April 7th from 1-2 pm
Want to help? Email: ljp08 at hampshire.edu
Faculty Lounge, Franklin Patterson Hall

“Calling all students who have studied abroad, for any length of time to 
take part in Wander Our World Tea. We will be serving (non-alcoholic) 
regional drinks unique to the places you have studied, while students 
interested in studying abroad will talk to you about your experience, 
and filling their FREE MASON JARS with your favorite drinks! It will be 
a place to exchange information about study abroad and paying for study 
abroad.”

If you want to speak, suggest a drink, grab up some seating, or help in 
any other way please message ljp08 at hampshire.edu before March 27th.


 >>Five College Fundraising for Japan<<
In the words of the student organizing the efforts:
“My name is Shota Kobayashi. I am a Japanese student at the University 
of Massachusetts Amherst. I am sure that you all are familiar with what 
is going on in Japan as a result of the 9.0M earthquake and consequent 
tsunami attacks. We, the Japanese students and friends at UMass Amherst, 
created a group called "Pray for Japan in Five Colleges" on Facebook and 
are planning to engage in a fundraising campaign on the UMass campus 
starting from the next week with cooperation of a registered student 
organization, The Japanese Culture Club.

We are wondering if there are any other students or organizations in the 
Five College Community who would be willing to aid in our efforts or 
already engaged in working towards similar efforts.

Please contact me at skobayas at stodent.umass.edu or to contact us through 
the facebook group "Pray for Japan in Five Colleges". We would like to 
reach out to as many as possible with our much needed fund raising 
efforts for the victims of the earthquake and tsunami.”

Thank you very much.

 >>Highlighting: Living Routes<<

Last week a representative from Living Routes came to visit and spread 
the word about the unparalleled opportunities their programs offer to 
live, work, and study in ecovillages across the globe. Ecovillages are 
communities striving to live more sustainably while keeping a high 
quality of life. They are often experiments – they aren’t perfect, but 
they certainly make for an amazing campus. Programs involve cultural 
immersion and service learning, as well as experimental, inquiry-based 
academic coursework. Students interesting in going abroad for a semester 
can study in Findhorn, Scotland; Kibbutz Lotan in Israel; Monteverde in 
Costa Rica, or Auroville in India; Summer programs are offered in 
Australia, Brazil, Peru, and the USA; and students can also go abroad in 
January and study in India or Mexico. Each one of these places is 
totally unique - consider Kibbutz Lotan in the deserts of Israel, where 
Palestinian-Arab, Bedouin, and Jewish Israelis live together, striving 
for peace and living on the cutting edge of ecological building. Or 
study in Auroville, one of the world’s most successful experiments in 
alternative community, where over 2,000 residents from over 40 nations 
live together along India’s southern coast.

For more information, visit www.livingroutes.org, or visit their 
physical office in Amherst!


 >>Highlighting: School for Field Studies<<

The School for Field Studies is the oldest and largest environmental 
study abroad program in the nation, combining hands-on environmental 
studies with scientific research to develop sustainable solutions to 
critical environmental problems. What students gain from these programs 
are things which cannot be achieved by simply sitting in a classroom. 
Instead, students gain experience and learn by collecting data on the 
impact of cyclones on Queensland’s rainforests, or by directing research 
on land-use practices for wildlife preservation among the Maasai ranches 
in Kenya and Tanzania, or by studying the impact of globalization on 
Costa Rica’s communities and environment. Each SFS program is unique and 
tailored to the specific region’s ecosystems and its problems. Both 
semester-long and summer courses are available. For more information, visit
http://www.fieldstudies.org/index.cfm

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GEO Ambassadors:
GEO Ambassadors: Becky Tang, Thais Guisasola, Xiaolei Gu, Jake Kolpas, 
Aymee Malena, Ximena Casado, and Nathan Whitehouse. Come by the office 
from 9 to noon or 1 to 4 and they will be happy to talk to you about 
study abroad.

Stop by GEO or call our office (413 559 5542) from 9 to noon or 1 to 4 
to make an appointment. We do not make appointments by email, but you 
can come to the office to schedule an appointment, talk to a staff 
member, or browse through our resource library.

Look at our website too: http://www.hampshire.edu/geo/

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For questions/suggestions regarding this list email geo at 
hampshire.edu. Have a great break!

DISCLAIMER: Opportunities and programs listed on this listserv (unless 
specified as Hampshire Exchange or Short-Term Programs) are not endorsed 
by our office. It is a list of opportunities that have come our way that 
look particularly interesting or that might be good fit for some 
Hampshire students. Just because a program is listed here does 
necessarily mean that Hampshire "recommends" it any more than programs 
not listed.
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