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International Education at Colorado College is about more than 'just' off-campus study opportunities. Every year, international resident scholars, guest lecturers, and professional performers come to CC to teach, mentor and perform. Our own faculty not only teach on campus, they also take their blocks abroad to teach students on locale. Abroad opportunities also include international service learning in India or venture grant funding for student research projects. A growing number of international students decide to enroll at CC, creating an even more culturally diverse campus. Cultural Program Coordinators --host nationals from Chile, China, France, Italy, Japan, Germany, Russia-- live in the residential language houses, offering language instruction and cultural events for the entire campus.

At CC, we want our students, staff and faculty to experience the world, both on and away from campus.

NEWS: Applications now being accepted for the CC Semesters in Asia (Singapore) and the Mediterranean Semester for Spring 2013! Study with CC professors, fulfill the CC Language Requirement and other all-College Core requirements abroad. Priority application deadline April 6.

Singapore Informational Brochure Part One
Singapore Informational Brochure Part Two
Singapore Semester Application

Mediterranean Semester Brochure
Mediterranean Semester Application

OTHER NEWS: Get to know our new Director of International Programs, Dr. Inger Bull! The CC Around The Block newsletter recently featured Inger and her passion for international education.

NEWS (March 10, 2011): New Financial Aid Model Offers Expanded Access and Equity in Study Abroad

The Colorado College is pleased to announce a new pilot program designed to increase opportunities for students with financial aid to study off-campus. A key part of the college's mission is to provide students with a better understanding of world issues, and studying off-campus internationally or domestically is an excellent way to enhance that goal.  Effective Spring 2012, the college has developed a way to provide the same proportion of aid received at CC to all approved off-campus programs.

In the past, students on financial aid have only been able to keep their college aid if they attended one of the affiliated study abroad programs (primarily ACM and specific CC programs). If students wished to choose from among the eighty other programs approved by the college for credit, they had to give up their CC financial aid for that semester. While some students found the off-campus programs less costly than CC, many on financial aid could not afford them. 

The college adopted a new model for counting students in the budget a year ago, and that model will finally allow us to offer an unusual opportunity for all our students studying abroad. Under the new policy, all students will pay Colorado College the actual program costs for any off-campus study program that is on the college's approved list. For students receiving aid the Colorado College grants and scholarships will follow in the same proportion to the student's current CC grants and scholarships. For example, if Colorado College grants and scholarships provide 50% of a student's cost of attendance at CC, the CC grants and scholarships will continue to provide the same proportion toward the cost of attendance of a lower cost program; but if the program costs more than the college does, then the college will not provide more than it would have to attend CC.

Aid will follow a student on one off-campus study experience. Usually this will be one semester program, however some programs are year-only (like London School of Economics) and aid would follow in this instance for the year-long experience. This is a pilot program which will be evaluated annually for the next four years to determine if the college can afford to sustain the program. Students should consult the details of the policy which will be posted on the study abroad and the financial aid office web pages.

For this model to work, the college must balance the number of students studying off-campus in the Fall semester with the number off-campus in the Spring semester. Thus, the college will set a target each year and accept students into the following semester on a first-come, first-served basis up to that target number total. We anticipate some increase in interest in studying off-campus under the new program, and the target will be set high enough to accommodate such an increase, though all students may not be able to go abroad in their preferred semester.

Students on financial aid who were planning to study abroad in the Fall 2011 semester under the existing policy may wish to reconsider the broader list of available program options if they defer to Spring 2012. Please make an appointment with the Office of Off-Campus Study if you want to discuss your options under the new model.

Our hope is that Colorado College has created an unusual and attractive model by which more of our students will have more opportunities to study off-campus on the approved program that best fits their academic goals, and enhances their education in ways that will be invaluable for living in a more globally interconnected world.

News and Events

• Thinking about studying off-campus next year? Come to one of the standing Group Advising Sessions at 12:15pm on the second Tuesday of each block, usually in Worner 211. You can contact Heather Browne, Coordinator of Off-Campus Study, for more information.

Opportunities & Scholarships:

• The Ministry of Education of Spain is pleased to announce over 1,500 grants for American participants to serve as teaching assistants in Spain, sharing their native knowledge of the English or French language and North American culture in Spanish public K-12 schools. Teaching assistants receive a minimum monthly stipend of 700 euros and full medical insurance. More information.
  
• Middlebury College is pleased to announce The Kathryn Davis Fellowships for Peace: Investing in the Study of Critical Languages. Fellowships are offered to cover the full cost of summer language study from beginner to graduate levels in Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Japanese, Portuguese, and Russian at the Middlebury College Language Schools. Fellowship grants cover the full comprehensive fee (tuition, room, and board) at the Middlebury summer Language Schools. More information.
  
• Transitions Abroad Student Writing Contest could win you the $500 prize! More information.
  
• Enter the ACM's Nick Adams Short Story Contest, and you could win $1000. More information.
  
• Apply to be a correspondent abroad for Glimpse Magazine!

General/Ongoing Events:

• We are always discovering new books and films relating to Study Abroad! Tutt Library has recently added two helpful books about international journeys! The first is a recently-published guide called "Adventures Abroad: The Student's Guide To Studying Overseas" by Stephen E. Loflin, and another fascinating one called "Go Girl! The Black Woman's Book of Travel & Adventure" by Elaine Lee. Check both out at Tutt.
• International Student Identity Cards are now available for purchase in Gill House! The ISIC card is the premier discount and identity card for students traveling abroad. It provides discounts to more than 33,000 locations in 103 countries. For more information on card benefits, please click here. To purchase your card, please bring a passport-sized photo and $22.00 (cash only) to Gill House between 9 am to 2 pm, Monday thru Friday.
• Language Lunch Tables - Want to practice your language skills? You are welcome to participate in language lunch tables in Rastall with the Cultural Program Coordinators. Tuesdays @ 12:30 pm.

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Faculty: News and Events

General

• See the visiting international faculty page.