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Tips from Those Who Have Gone Before

StudyAbroad101.com provides useful student blogs on a variety of subjects to help you prepare for your time abroad.  We’ve posted a selection we think you’ll find useful.

Things to Think About Before You Go Abroad

Ten Packing Tips for the Study Abroad Student
Host Families and Gifts From Home!
The Art of Traveling Abroad
Identity in Study Abroad: Exploring Cultural Competencies and Privilege
Parents: What to Think About Before Your Student Leaves to Study Abroad
Being Scared to Growing Confident – Two Months in Europe

Tips to Make the Most of Your Time Abroad

How To Make the Most of Your Study Abroad
Keeping a Student Budget While Abroad
5 Steps to Language Fluency
Ten New Things to Try Abroad: Part 1
Ten New Things to Try Abroad: Part 2
Five Things To Avoid While Abroad
Don’t be “That Tourist”: Live Like the Locals Do!
The Pros and Cons of Travel During Study Abroad

On Friends and Family

How To Pick Your Travel Companions Abroad
How to Handle Your Parents While Abroad
To Be or Not To Be (Together): Long Distance Relationships
To Skype or Not to Skype

Safety Abroad

Being Safe While Abroad
On Getting Lost
Sickness Abroad: Helping Yourself Heal

Tips to Keep in Mind for Your Return:

Never Forget Your Study Abroad Experience!
Trekking Through Reverse Culture Shock
Friends with Benefits: Sustaining Your Study Abroad Friendships
How to Highlight Your Study Abroad For Professional Development

CIE Events

Oct
3
Tue
5:00 pm Global Cafe ’23 @ Top of the CRUC
Global Cafe ’23 @ Top of the CRUC
Oct 3 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Global Cafe '23 @ Top of the CRUC
The Center for International Education and University Dining invite you to join us at Global Cafe on Tuesday, October 3, 2023, at the top of the CRUC from 5 – 8 PM. Come and taste[...]
Oct
7
Sat
10:00 am Education Abroad Fair 2023 @ Chandler Ballroom, UMW Cedric Rucker University Center
Education Abroad Fair 2023 @ Chandler Ballroom, UMW Cedric Rucker University Center
Oct 7 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Education Abroad Fair 2023 @ Chandler Ballroom, UMW Cedric Rucker University Center
The Center for International Education presents the annual UMW Education Abroad Fair. A launch pad for your adventures abroad, the fair is the perfect venue for students to meet with UMW Faculty-Led Program directors, representatives from UMW Approved[...]
Oct
12
Thu
5:30 pm UMW in Spain: Info Session @ Combs 214
UMW in Spain: Info Session @ Combs 214
Oct 12 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
 
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