Off-Campus Study and the Center for International Programs are proud to announce a new photo submission contest for students studying abroad on a Colgate study abroad program, extended study, and on an approved study abroad program.

Students on any study abroad program are encouraged to submit a photo in one of three categories: academia, culture, and scenery.  The only rules are that the picture must be PG and that they do not objectify the locals.

Winning pictures will be selected each week by the Off-Campus Study staff, and will be highlighted on the Center for International Programs website (www.colgate.edu/cip) and on the big screens in the Center.

Photo submissions should be sent to off-campusstudy@colgate.edu as an email attachment, along with your name, year, major, location and brief description about the picture.

Although not yet a contest, short video submissions will also be accepted.

In the upcoming future, Off-Campus Study and the Center for International Programs will also highlight sunsets taken from all over the world, and request that interested participants send their sunset pictures, along with descriptions, to off-campusstudy@colgate.edu.

Hannah Fleckenstein ’17 Native American Studies-Psychology Copenhagen, Denmark photo taken in Bergen, Norway

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At 4pm on October 15, 2015, Colgate will be having a grand opening and dedication for the new Center for International Programs.  Brief remarks will begin at 4:30pm.

The new Center for International Programs houses the offices of Off-Campus Study, the Lampert Institute, and NY6, as well as working with the Colgate Office of International Student Services.

The Center is located at 101 McGregory Hall, and includes a twenty person seminar room, lounge, and kitchen.

For further information, please contact Aaron Solle (asolle@colgate.edu).

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On Wednesday, September 16th, students who participated in previous study trips to the University of Wollongong, Australia, met up in New York City for a reunion before coming back to Colgate for Homecoming Weekend.

Below is a picture of Colgate alums Kira Yasuda, Sarah DeFalco, and Emily Adams who attended the reunion.

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During the week of September 21^st, the NY6/Mellon Foundation and the Office of International Student Services will be holding a series of events in regards to Border Issues.

On Monday, September 21^st, there will be a double feature at the Hamilton Theater focusing on Border Issues:
– 7pm “Who is Dayani Cristal”
– 9pm “Frozen River”
Admission is free, with a suggested $5 donation with the proceeds going to the Kino Border Initiative.

On Thursday, September 24^th at 4:15pm in the Center for Women’s Studies, there will be a panel discussion on “Gender and Immigration at the US-Mexico Border” with Diana Barnes, Zoe Coleman, and Meika Loe.

Then, at 7pm on September 24^th in Love Auditorium, author Todd Millerwill be discussing his book, “Border Patrol Nation: Dispatches from the Frontlines of Homeland Security”.  In his book, Todd Miller tells, with graphic detail, an alarming story of the U.S. Border Patrol and Homeland Security’s ever-widening, militarized and dehumanizing reach into the lives of American citizens and immigrants.

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Jazmyn McKoy, class of 2017, is currently studying abroad in Venice, Italy with the Music and Italian departments. Jazmyn has a blog featuring her experiences and awesome photos.

Check it out here: http://bridgetovenice.weebly.com/

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In the September 3rd, 2015, issue of the Colgate Maroon News, Sarah Anderson writes about the all new Center for International Programs:

http://www.thecolgatemaroonnews.com/news/article_579740be-5323-11e5-8176-27b1ea5bf297.html

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The Institute of International Education (IIE) released its Open Doors 2014 data today, and Colgate has again risen on two important lists representing the number of students studying abroad. This news is most welcome as President Jeffrey Herbst and Provost and Dean of the Faculty Douglas Hicks have made study abroad one of several priorities related to globalizing Colgate.

For example, a few weeks ago, the university announced the creation of the Lampert Institute for Civic and Global Affairs at Colgate. Funded through a transformative $2.5 million gift and related challenge by Ed ’62 and Robin Lampert P’10, it features new partnerships in Africa, East Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and South and Central America.

The Lampert gift-and-matching effort will ultimately yield $7.5 million for a growing number of international initiatives.

Colgate’s rise in the IIE ranks is no surprise. Financial aid is now portable to more than 100 approved programs in 50 countries, as well as for Colgate’s own faculty-led study groups.

According to the 2014 report, among all baccalaureate schools in the country, Colgate is:

• #1 in the number of students who participate in “mid-length” (i.e. semester) programs, up from #2 last year;
• #6 in the total number of students who studied abroad in 2012-13, up from #11.

Sixty-one percent of Colgate students study abroad, including those participating in extended study. This semester, students in ECON 239: The Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in Economic Development will travel to Bangladesh.

In spring 2015, students will travel to Greece, South Africa, and Uganda, in courses related to classics, Africana and Latin American studies, and environmental studies, respectively.

Students in ENST 336E: Alternative Energy Research and Implementation carried out extended study in Norway in 2014

“We are globalizing the experience for Colgate students in a variety of ways, including sustained, semester-long study abroad, via Colgate’s study groups and other approved programs,” said Hicks. “We are also very intentional about our on-campus programming, in order to support and extend those experiences for all our students.”

The Institute of International Education is an independent nonprofit resource on international higher education exchange activity into and out of the U.S.

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