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Yes it is money indeed and it is also the title of this week’s World on Wednesday! We will be discussing awesome ways to find scholarships, how to budget now & while you are abroad, and how to make some of that moolah in your pocket stretch further!

Studying abroad can be one of the best experiences of your life, but let’s face it- it ain’t cheap. However, with all of the scholarships and support out there today encouraging you to go abroad, really all you have to do is learn to take advantages of these opportunities!

How great is it that one of these opportunities is being offered to you right here at DU at 6 pm  on Wednesday in the Nelson private dining room!? It really couldn’t get any better!

Of course if you can’t stop by we still want you to be able to take advantages of scholarships and such. Check out this great blog as a supplement!

http://www.blog.abroad101.com/search/label/financial%20aid

Happy Studying Abroad!

If you have been staying on top your study abroad to-do-list you have probably attended a general pre-departure orientation session by now! (If you have not please come to one ASAP- the last one will be April 29th and they are required!)

In these session we talk a lot about culture shock and how to prepare for it. What we don’t mention however, is what happens after the fact: reverse culture shock. Here is a blog entry from one of our study abroad peer advisors, Kelsey, on how reverse culture shock affected her after returning home from Russia.

And you thought going there was hard?!
Running around like a mad woman trying to pack up my life, heading out to D.C. for my orientation the next morning, I was ecstatic. This was going to be the time of my life and I was so ready to go abroad! I love to travel and experience new cultures, thus I already knew what was coming: culture shock. Plus, everyone had hammered it into me that I was going to suffer from culture shock when living abroad. So, with all of this running through my mind, I jumped in head first!

What I wasn’t ready for was setting foot on US soil again four months later. Not only was I devastated at leaving my home, family and friends in my little Russian town, but I was just blind-sighted with the blow of everyday life in America. Life here is just so different now. Why are we not riding the bus everyday or walking everywhere or sincerely asking how each other are, rather than using it as a superficial greeting? Why aren’t we shopping in big open air markets, daily talking with our neighbors and spending quality time with the ones we love? Why are we not internationally attune or even domestically astute? For all of these questions, I am still seeking answers. Continue reading “Did anyone ever tell you about reverse culture shock?” →