"You will never be completely at home again, because part of your heart always will be elsewhere. That is the price you pay for the richness of loving and knowing people in more than one place." - Miriam Adeney
Education Abroad opportunities at Metropolitan Community College include short-term, faculty-led group experiences and independent experiences that range from weeks to a year-long experience.
Students who have completed the FAFSA, are in good financial aid standing and have related coursework available in their MCC degrees may be eligible for study abroad scholarships and/or student loans. To explore MCC education abroad experiences, contact bvelazquez@mccneb.edu or 531-MCC-2253.
2020 Credit Courses Abroad Experiences:
SPRING QUARTER:
COSTA RICA—APRIL 15-25, 2020
Faculty: DR. JEBA INBARASU, KHALED BANIHANI
Academic focus: ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY and MATHEMATICS
SUMMER QUARTER:
ITALY—June 5-16, 2020
Faculty: DR. AMY FORSS, BOB MAAS
Academic focus: Social Science/HUMANITIES/VIDEO PHOTOGRAPHY/VISUAL ARTS
IRELAND—June 8-18, 2020
Faculty: LAURA CHAMBERS, AL COX
Academic focus: HUMANITIES/SOCIAL SCIENCE/HISTORY
Students in Ireland 2018
GUATEMALA—JUNE 22-JULY 8, 2020
Faculty: dR. jOSE BADILLO
academic Focus: SPANISH LANGUAGE
GHANA—JULY 15-28, 2020
Faculty: ASANTE MOODY, SANA AMOURA
Academic focus: SOCIAL SCIENCE/BUSINESS/ENGLISH
BLACK HILLS IMMERSION—JULY 12-19, 2020
FACULTY: JANET MCCARTHY, RYAN NEWTON
Academic focus: PHILOSOPHY, SOCIAL SCIENCE, NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES
ITALY—JULY 15-26, 2020
FACULTY: LAUREN BALAK, DEKE REICHARDT
ACADEMIC FOCUS-CULINARY ARTS
Funding for Independent International Experiences:
Critical Language Scholarship
A program of U.S. Department of State and the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs—the Critical Language Scholarship Program will offer intensive summer language institutes overseas in 13 critical-need foreign languages for summer 2017. The selection process will be administered by the Council of American Overseas Research Centers with awards approved by the U.S. Department of State and the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The CLS Program will be administered by CAORC and American Councils for International Education. Visit clscholarship.org for more information.
Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship Program
The Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship Program is an undergraduate grant program for U.S. citizens of limited financial means to enable them to study abroad, thereby internationalizing their outlook and better preparing them to assume significant roles in the increasingly global economy. Such international exchange is intended to better prepare U.S. students to assume significant roles in an increasingly global economy and interdependent world.
More than 2,800 scholarships of up to $5,000 will be awarded this academic year for U.S. citizen undergraduates to study or intern abroad. Award amounts will vary depending on the length of study and student need.
Applicants who are studying a critical-need language while abroad in a country in which the language is predominantly spoken will be automatically considered for the Critical Need Language Award, for a total of $8,000. Please note that this award is competitive and offered to a limited number of students each year. During the 2015-16 academic year, 70 Critical Need Language Awards were offered. Visit the Gilman Scholarship Program website for more information.
FEA Rainbow Scholarship
The FEA Rainbow Scholarship, hosted by the Fund for Education Abroad (FEA), awards up to $5,000 to an American LGBT study abroad student. Details about the scholarship application can be found at fundforeducationabroad.org.
Fulbright Grants
The Fulbright Program is recognized as the U.S. government's flagship program in international educational exchange. Fulbright grants are made to U.S. citizens and nationals of other countries for a variety of educational activities, primarily university lecturing, advanced research, graduate study and teaching in elementary and secondary schools. Visit cies.org for more information.
The National Security Education Program
The National Security Education Program administers grants to individuals and institutions for projects that will lead in developing the national capacity to educate United States citizens to understand foreign cultures, strengthen US economic competitiveness and enhance international cooperation and security. Visit nsep.gov.
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in the Study Abroad program.
