Students Around the Globe
Skidmore recruits students to come from all over the globe to study at the college. In return, the Office of Off-Campus Studies and Exchanges sends Skidmore students abroad to study in other countries. Skidmore students also travel globally for pleasure, or for other academic purposes. Whatever your reason, we'd love to hear from you!
| Coming in 2009-2010 |
| International Affairs Travel Seminar to Vienna, Austria - Professors Mary-Beth O'Brien and David Wildermuth will lead the IA Travel Seminar in January 2010 to Vienna. "Waltz, Coffeehouses, Dreams: Culture and History in Vienna" will run from Jan. 5-16, 2010. Applications are due March 31, 2009. Click here to read more. |
| 2008-2009 |
| Karrin Varucene '08 reflects on a year of teaching in China: As the next group of recent Skidmore graduates prepares to begin their teaching assignments in China, a veteran who taught at Qufu Teachers University last year shares what she learned. |
| Demystifying the study abroad experience - For some students, junior year is like going off to college all over again. Off-campus study requires students to navigate countless programs and application requirements as preparation for months away from everything familiar. Read the full article here. |
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FYE in London students meet with U.S. Embassy official - Anika Bahra '12, Adam Jaouad '12,and Sam Margolius '12 are among the FYE in London participants who were visited by Vice Consul Wendy Kolls of the U.S. Embassy in London. Ms. Kolls, the Embassy's Voting Assistance Officer, met with the students in their London residence hall with information and materials to help them complete the final step of the absentee voting process. The Vice Consul also brought Federal Write-In Absentee Ballots for those students who had not yet received their absentee ballots. The FYE in London program is offered in coordination with IES Abroad's London Center. Read the full article here. |
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| Ritika Singh '10 works on the Obama campaign - When Ritika Singh campaigns for Barack Obama, few people ask her whether she’s voting for him. But if they did ask, they might be surprised — Singh doesn’t plan to cast a ballot for the Illinois senator she admires. The Skidmore College sophomore, who speaks flawless English, is an Indian citizen. |
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Spring break isn’t what it used to be. Even brief travel seminars can transform learning. |
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 Morgan Weisser '09, an art major, made campus news... in Australia! He was at Griffith University's Queensland College of Art (QCA) in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia during the spring 2008 semester. Morgan's program at QCA is provided by the Institute for Study Abroad at Butler University, based in Indianapolis, IN. Read the full article here. |