Education Abroad 101 (EA 101) is for anyone interested in studying abroad but isn't sure where to start! Topics covered include:

• Benefits of Education Abroad
• Things to Consider (courses, timing, budget)
• Program Types
• Cost Factors and Program Fees
• Scholarships and Funding
• Navigating the Website
• Searching for Programs
• Health, Safety and Security

At the end there will be a Q&A session where you can ask us any questions you may have.

REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Unpacking your Global Learning Experience

Interview & Resume Tips for International Students and Education Abroad Returnees

Wondering how to prepare for interviews and write resumes that highlight the skills  you gained from your global experiences? At this session, we'll help you to: 

• Describe the knowledge and skills you gained with academic advisers, professors, internship coordinators, and future employers
• Link these skills to the requirements of prospective employers and admissions criteria of graduate schools
• Highlight your global learning experience and competences in internship and job applications

Any Spartan with international experience – whether a student who went abroad or an international student studying here at MSU - may benefit from this workshop!

Register on Handshake to attend

Join OISS and Career Services Network to help you understand your work authorization options, and to find and obtain work in the U.S.

Join us for Coffee Hour held most Fridays throughout the semester.

Be sure to read the OISS Weekly newsletter each week, or follow OISS on social media, to stay informed about theme, location and time for each Coffee Hour. 

Education Abroad 101 (EA 101) is for anyone interested in studying abroad but isn't sure where to start! Topics covered include:

• Benefits of Education Abroad
• Things to Consider (courses, timing, budget)
• Program Types
• Cost Factors and Program Fees
• Scholarships and Funding
• Navigating the Website
• Searching for Programs
• Health, Safety and Security

At the end there will be a Q&A session where you can ask us any questions you may have.

REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Have you ever considered going to South Africa and educating local youth about the Big 5 (Elephants, Lions, Cheetahs, Rhinos, and Cape Buffalo) or learning and applying knowledge about ecotourism from a South African perspective? If the answer is yes, then this Education Abroad experience may be for you. 

Program offered summer 2025.

Information Meeting Scheduled for:

Date:     September 24, 2024

Time:     2:00 pm

Room:   151 Natural Resources Bldg.

More information:

• Conservation, Sustainability, and Ecotourism Education

JCMU will be visiting Universities in the Upper Peninsula! 

Find out more information about our programs, learn about funding opportunities, and discuss how a JCMU program could fit into your academic plan! 

September 25 - Northern Michigan University
September 26 - Michigan Tech University
TBD - Lake Superior State University

 For more information about the above visits contact jcmu(at)msu.edu or schedule an advising appointment to talk with a JCMU program coordinator.  

Please join us at this informal networking event to meet colleagues and faculty who are involved and/or interested in global research and development. Hosted by Global IDEAS, drinks and snacks will be provided. Please register here so we can plan accordingly.

Event Flyer

Dr. Tarryn Li-Min Chun is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Film, Television, and Theatre at the University of Notre Dame. Her research focuses on the intersections of performance, technology, and media in modern and contemporary Sinophone theatre. She is the author of Revolutionary Stagecraft: Theater, Technology, and Politics in Modern China (University of Michigan Press, 2024) and co-editor with Xiaomei Chen and Siyuan Liu of Rethinking Socialist Theaters of Reform: Performance Practice and Debate in the Mao Era (University of Michigan Press, 2022). Her work has appeared in Modern Chinese Literature and Culture, Theatre Journal, Theatre Survey, TDR, and Asian Theatre Journal, and several edited volumes. Chun currently serves as Online Editor for Theatre Journal and received a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for her current project on "Spectacle and Excess in Global Chinese Performance."

This talk is hosted by Dr. Laura MacDonald, Assistant Professor, Residential College in the Arts and Humanities (RCAH) at MSU.

This event is made possible with support from the U.S. Department of Education Title VI Grant managed by the MSU Asian Studies Center. 

Join curator Rachel Winter for a special Muslim Journeys tour of the exhibition Samia Halaby: Eye Witness at the MSU Broad Art Museum. Journey through noted abstract painter Samia Halaby's life as an art student at MSU, through her time in the Midwest and the East Coast, including visits back to Jerusalem and the Arab World. Experience her drawings, paintings, and digital art in her first American museum retrospective. Come at 6pm to see the exhibition on your own; the tour will begin at 6:30pm.

Free and open to the public; space is limited, so please register in advance via the library website.