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Do I need a passport or visa?

sfine — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 18:05:18 +0000

All US citizens must have a passport to travel internationally. The US Department of State is the US government agency that issues passports for US citizens. Visit https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports.html/ and follow the instructions to apply for your passport.

Processing times vary but are usually around 6 – 10 weeks. You will need to prove your US citizenship, submit an application, prove your identity with a government-issued ID and pay a fee for your passport. Your passport will be valid for 10 years.

If you are a student in the College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, have applied for a study abroad program and are getting a passport for the first time, you are eligible for a passport reimbursement scholarship. Students who have had a minor passport (under the age of 18) are not eligible for a passport reimbursement. Bring your new passport to 0018 Curtiss to claim your scholarship.

For short term travel programs, visa requirements vary but if needed, the study abroad office will help you apply. For semester programs, students will receive information on how to apply for visas or any required permits but will be responsible for applying independently.

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Can I use my financial aid towards studying abroad?

sfine — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 18:04:25 +0000

Your ISU financial aid may be used to fund your study abroad experience as long as you are earning academic credits for your study abroad program. Contact the Office of Student Financial Aid to make an appointment with a financial aid advisor to see how your aid package can support your study abroad opportunity by emailing studyabroadaid@iastate.edu.

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Student Blogs

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Current Student Blogs

Amanda Gorzney (American Farm School-Perrotis College, Greece) - Blog Link

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Anna Bruen (University College Dublin, Ireland) - Blog link

Claire Voiss (American Farm School-Perrotis College, Greece) - Blog Link

Gabby Ferguson (EARTH Service Learning, US Virgin Islands) - Blog link

Spencer Arnold (University College Dublin, Ireland) - Blog link

Heidi Fichter (American Farm School/Perrotis College, Greece) - Blog Link

Blake Hoover (University College Dublin, Ireland) - Blog Link

Jill Kessenich (University College Dublin, Ireland) - Blog Link

Anne Dinges (American Farm School/Perrotis College, Greece) - Blog Link

Connor Bollum (American Farm School/Perrotis College, Greece) - Blog Link

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How to Make your �� Affordable

sfine — Fri, 11 Aug 2017 15:38:04 +0000

Apply for scholarships

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences has a number of scholarships available for graduate and undergraduate students in the college. Scholarship applications are due November 1 for spring programs, March 1 for summer programs, and May 1 for fall programs. There are also scholarships and grants available trough Iowa State University as well as other outside sources (research these opportunity on your own).

Find financial aid

Most financial aid can be applied to the cost of a study abroad program. Financial aid received may help cover the costs of the program fee and tuition applied to your University bill. For more information, contact the Student Financial Aid office, 0210 Beardshear Hall. Phone: (515) 294-2223; or email studyabroadaid@iastate.edu

Focus on saving

Just SAVE your money! A common tip for saving in general is to set aside 10% of your paycheck, so try to do this to save money for your study abroad trip.

Organize your priorities

Put off buying that new car or flat screen TV for a year and put that money towards your study abroad trip. Sure having new things is nice, but nothing can replace the experiences you have in another country!

Request funding from local businesses and organizations

Spend an hour or two writing a letter to businesses and organizations in your hometown to ask them to support your study abroad trip. Be sure to include how this trip applies to your area of study and what you expect to learn from it. Follow-up by sending postcards while you are abroad and providing presentations after you return. Consider writing letters to your local bank, civic groups (Rotary, Lions, or Kiwanis), church, extension office, insurance agent, and any other business that your family frequently works with.

Do without birthday and holiday gifts

Instead of asking mom and dad or grandpa and grandma for new clothes or a new smart phone or tablet, consider just asking for money so that you can set this aside for your trip.

Ask neighbors and relatives for support

Let your neighbors and relatives know that you are planning on studying abroad and see if they are interested in helping sponsor your trip. Once again, follow-up by sending postcards from abroad or bringing them back a small gift.

Be creative!

Host a bake sale, wash cars, rake leaves, paint houses- find any odd jobs you can on the weekends to help raise money for your trip!

Look on the Internet

There are numerous scholarship and grant opportunities online for international trips so spend a few hours browsing the web!

Exclude unnecessary purchases

Instead of eating out or making trips to the mall, try to set aside money each week for your trip. Put $15 a week that you spend on pizza in a separate savings account and by the time you take-off you will have money saved to spend on your trip! Or put the $100 a month that you spend on unnecessary purchases at Target, Walmart or the mall in a separate account and you will have even more saved to help cover the cost of you trip!

For more financial tips and resouces, view our AFFORDABLE document.

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CALS-sponsored Scholarship Donors

sfine — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 17:23:11 +0000

Undergraduate Scholarships:

(Through the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences �� Office)

To apply for a CALS-sponsored scholarship: When applying for any study abroad program through ISUAbroad, as a CALS student, you will need to click on the "CALS �� Scholarship Application Information" link within the application, read the content in the dialogue box and click on the link provided to apply for scholarships.

Scholarship Deadlines:

November 1 - Spring Programs
March 1 - Summer Programs
May 1 - Fall Programs

CALS Sponsored Scholarship Opportunities/ Donors:

Behrens Scholarship for ��

Must be enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Must be enrolled in or have been admitted to a study abroad program offered through the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Jerry Benning �� Fund

Must be enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Must be enrolled in or have been admitted to a study abroad program

John and Sandee Bonner International Travel Fund

This scholarship has been established to support international travel opportunities for students in the Department of Animal Science. This scholarship will focus on giving students with financial need or personal hardships the opportunity for international travel who may not otherwise be able to experience these opportunities.

Eligible candidates will be of undergraduate or graduate students enrolled in department of animal science with preference given to animal science majors. Graduate students must have the Department of Animal Science as their home.
Must have a GPA average of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale.
Must have documented financial need as determined by the students financial aid office.
Must demonstrate academic achievement and professional potential as determined by the administering authority.

College of Agriculture and Life Science Dean's �� Leadership Scholars

Must be enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Must be in junior or above class standing
Must have earned a cumulative college GPA of 3.0
Must demonstrate leadership participation

Preference will be given to students who have successfully participated in the Agriculture and Life Sciences Dean's Leadership Scholars or Fred Foreman Scholarship for Growth in Leadership Participation programs.

Dwight and Marilyn Conover �� Scholarship

Must be enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Must have earned a cumulative college GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale
Must demonstrate leadership participation
Recipients shall be residents of the State of Iowa with preference given to students who reside in the western half of the State defined as west of Interstate 35

Charles and Christine Cornelius Global Endowment for Faculty Support

This fund was established to support the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences faculty leading international programs for students. Donors hope is to impact as many students as possible by giving a professor an opportunity to develop or enhance a program and enable more students the opportunity to study abroad.

Wanda Cornelius College of Agriculture and Life Sciences �� Scholarship Endowment

Must be enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Must participate in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences study abroad program.
Eligible candidates must be a sophomore, junior or senior class standing
Must be residents of Jackson County, IA. If no students from Jackson county apply, students from any county contiguous to Jackson county (Dubuque, Clinton or Jones county) may qualify as determined by the administering authority.

William K. Deal Scholarship

Must be enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Must be enrolled in or have been admitted to a study abroad program
Students who are participating in an international experience in Africa, South America, China, or India through the College of Ag and life Sciences �� office

Dean's Global Food and Agriculture Leadership Program: Rome Scholarship

Must be enrolled in or have a second major in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Recipients shall be enrolled in or have a second major in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and shall be students od junior and above class standing
Recipients shall have been selected to participate in the Dean’s Global Food and Agriculture Leadership program: Rome as determined by the administering authority
Must have earned a minimum cumulative college GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale

Stefan and Kateryna Dwojak ISU-Ukraine Exchange Program

This scholarship intends to facilitate a robust exchange program between Ukraine and Iowa State University. This scholarship will support faculty, staff and student activity that promotes academic and cultural exchange between Iowa State University and Ukraine.

Global Agriculture Programs Travel Scholarship

Must be enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Must be enrolled in or have been admitted to a study abroad program

Awards range from $100 to $300 and are given out each semester.

Jay and Julie Cornelius Jacobi Scholarship for Agricultural ��

Must be enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Preference will be given to students with demonstrated financial need as determined by the office of student financial aid and or to students with a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.

Robert H. Maxwell International Service Learning Scholarship

Eligible students must be enrolled in Global Resource Systems major and are participating in an international internship or service learning experience

Willi and Dali Meyers Fund for College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Students International Engagement

This scholarship has been established to support College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Students who wish to participate in international engagement opportunities such as study abroad, internships and travel courses.

Recipients shall be undergraduate students enrolled in College of Agriculture and Life Sciences with preference given to students majoring in Agricultural Business in the department of Economics.
Recipients shall be participating in an international travel opportunity as determined by the administering authority.

Jim and Connie Mohn Scholarship

This scholarship intends to support students as they prepare and complete a study abroad experience. It is divided into two parts, the first part is awarded to recipients before they travel and the second part is awarded to the same recipients after they successfully complete their study abroad programs.

Must be enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Must be in sophomore or junior class standing
Shall have been selected for a study abroad program and shall have demonstrated commitment to the program
Shall have completed a study abroad program to be eligible for the second award
Shall have a minimum grade point average of 3.25 on a 4.0 scale.

Preference shall be given to students from Northwest Iowa as defined as being from one of the following counties: Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Ida, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, Sac, Sioux or Woodbury.

Bob and Lynn Rietema �� Scholarship

Must be enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Must participate in a study abroad or internship program with the Growing Hope Globally international service programs

Max and Denise Rothschild Undergraduate Student Foreign Travel Fund

Must be enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, in department of Animal Science.
Must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale.

First preference shall be given to students traveling to developing countries and second preference shall be given to students with the greatest financial need as determined by the office of student financial aid.

Maktoum Al Seiari Scholarship for Excellence in Cultural Understanding and Global Citizenship

This scholarship is being established in memory of Maktoum Al Seiari. Maktoum Hamad Al Seiari graduated from Iowa State University (ISU) with a degree in chemical engineering in Spring 2019. Maktoum was very passionate about the betterment of understanding between cultures. He was one of the first UAE students to actively participate in the ISU �� Program to the United Arab Emirates and continued to do so until his death. Each year, he contributed time and resources to the pre-trip orientation, and to welcoming nearly 30 students and faculty into his home in Abu Dhabi further illustrating the generosity of the UAE culture. While in his home, the food, desserts, tea and gifts never stopped flowing. ISU students were amazed and delighted by the level of generosity he and his family exhibited.

Recipients shall be participating in the United Arab Emirates �� Program or any successor program that includes study of the United Arab Emirates as determined by the administering authority
Student of undergraduate class standing
Students majoring in Chemical Engineering, Economics, Agricultural Economics, or Business Economics.
Students who have verified financial need, as documented by the University Office of Student Financial Aid.
Students who show an interest in advancing global citizenship

Shelley Taylor �� Student Support Fund

Roger and Connie Underwood established this scholarship to create a flexible support fund to assist the director of study abroad programs in the College of Agriculture and Life sciences in identifying roadblocks that keep students from studying abroad.

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Must be enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Must be enrolled in or have been admitted to a study abroad program

Awards range from $100 to $300 and are given out each semester.

Louis M. Thompson �� Scholarship

This award was created to reward academically outstanding students whose career objectives would benefit by an international experience, but whose financial situation might prevent their participation in a study abroad opportunity.

Must be full-time undergraduate students in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Minimum GPA of 3.0
Must have demonstrated financial need by filling out and being accepted for FAFSA aid.

Preference will be given to students whose career objectives would be advanced by participation in a study abroad program.

Jay-Lin Jane-Topel and David G.Topel International Exchange Program

Dr Jay-Lin Jane-Topel and Dr. David Topel have established this fund to encourage and support international exchange programs. Specifically, they wish to support an exchange program between Iowa State University and National Chung Hsing University in Taiwan. This scholarship will support exchange programs that will involve both faculty and students from both institutions.

James N. And Cleone B. Warner International Agriculture Development Fund

Must be enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Shall be participating in an immersed study abroad program (defined as a minimum of 6 weeks)
Have a demonstrated interest in international agriculture development in a developing region or country.

Robert Wendt �� Scholarship

This scholarship has been established for the benefit of the �� Program in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Iowa State University.

Recipients must be enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Recipients must be of sophomore, junior or senior class standing.
Recipients shall be participating in an international travel opportunity as determined by the administering authority.

Compton Family �� Scholarship

The Donors have lived and traveled abroad and believe those experiences to be transformational. They have established this scholarship to help undergraduate students in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences have similar experiences abroad.

Recipients shall be enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Recipients shall be participating in a study abroad experience, as determined by the administering authority.
First preference will be given to students participating in study abroad experiences in developing countries
Second preference will be given to students with verified financial need as documented by the university Office of Student Financial Aid

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Visha Arumugam

arumugam — Fri, 08 Jan 2016 14:01:17 +0000

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Visha Arumugam, �� Advisor in the Office for Global Engagement. Visha holds a master’s degree in Nutritional Sciences from State University of New York, Buffalo. Prior to joining the Office for Global Engagement in 2016, Visha worked as a research coordinator for Iowa State’s Nutrition and Wellness Research Center. Since joining the Office for Global Engagement in 2016, Visha has taken on various responsibilities to support the office.

Visha provides administrative support to faculty for implementing study abroad programs, handles logistical processes essential for travel courses, liaisons with students enrolled in travel courses, manages study abroad program applications and student’s study abroad enrollment within ISU ABROAD (study abroad database), reviews and administers study abroad scholarship managed by the Office for Global Engagement, delivers study abroad analytical reports and liaisons with other study abroad offices within Iowa State University. Visha has had the opportunity to participate and observe faculty-led travel courses which includes courses to Greece, Italy, China, Australia, United Arab Emirates and Spain. In addition to providing support for study abroad programs in CALS, Visha liaisons with exchange partners and provides support for hosting international students visiting Iowa State for study abroad, research and/or internship. For two years, Visha served in CALS P&S council as a council member in the social and networking committee.

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arumugam@iastate.edu

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515-294-8447

0018 Curtiss Hall

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Jodi Cornell

sfine — Sun, 19 Jul 2015 20:13:10 +0000

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Jodi Cornell (he/him), Director of CALS ��. Jodi has worked in the CALS �� office in various roles since 2004. He advises faculty interested in creating and leading study abroad programs, assisting with the process, protocols and paperwork involved in administering faculty-led travel courses. Jodi is also the exchange coordinator for semester-long and summer exchange programs in CALS. He is also a liaison and advocate for international students in CALS. Jodi serves on several college and university-wide committees, including the CALS Staff Council as the Networking and Social Chair.

Jodi earned his BA in Political Science and Russian at Iowa State, and studied abroad at the National Agriculture University of Ukraine in Kyiv, Ukraine for a semester on an ISU CALS exchange program. Jodi served as a US Peace Corps Volunteer in Ukraine for three years, and worked on a US government-funded high school exchange program also in Ukraine. He earned his MA in Political Science/Global Politics from Iowa State. Jodi enjoys traveling internationally and domestically, and spending time with friends and family.

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jcornell@iastate.edu

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515-294-1851

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Do I need a passport or visa?

Can I use my financial aid towards studying abroad?

Student Blogs

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How to Make your �������� Affordable

Apply for scholarships

Find financial aid

Focus on saving

Organize your priorities

Request funding from local businesses and organizations

Do without birthday and holiday gifts

Ask neighbors and relatives for support

Be creative!

Look on the Internet

Exclude unnecessary purchases

CALS-sponsored Scholarship Donors

Undergraduate Scholarships:

Scholarship Deadlines:

CALS Sponsored Scholarship Opportunities/ Donors:

Behrens Scholarship for ��������

Jerry Benning �������� Fund

John and Sandee Bonner International Travel Fund

College of Agriculture and Life Science Dean's �������� Leadership Scholars

Dwight and Marilyn Conover �������� Scholarship

Charles and Christine Cornelius Global Endowment for Faculty Support

Wanda Cornelius College of Agriculture and Life Sciences �������� Scholarship Endowment

William K. Deal Scholarship

Dean's Global Food and Agriculture Leadership Program: Rome Scholarship

Stefan and Kateryna Dwojak ISU-Ukraine Exchange Program

Global Agriculture Programs Travel Scholarship

Jay and Julie Cornelius Jacobi Scholarship for Agricultural ��������

Robert H. Maxwell International Service Learning Scholarship

Willi and Dali Meyers Fund for College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Students International Engagement

Jim and Connie Mohn Scholarship

Bob and Lynn Rietema �������� Scholarship

Max and Denise Rothschild Undergraduate Student Foreign Travel Fund

Maktoum Al Seiari Scholarship for Excellence in Cultural Understanding and Global Citizenship

Shelley Taylor �������� Student Support Fund

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Louis M. Thompson �������� Scholarship

Jay-Lin Jane-Topel and David G.Topel International Exchange Program

James N. And Cleone B. Warner International Agriculture Development Fund

Robert Wendt �������� Scholarship

Compton Family �������� Scholarship

Visha Arumugam

Jodi Cornell

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How to Make your �� Affordable

Behrens Scholarship for ��

Jerry Benning �� Fund

College of Agriculture and Life Science Dean's �� Leadership Scholars

Dwight and Marilyn Conover �� Scholarship

Wanda Cornelius College of Agriculture and Life Sciences �� Scholarship Endowment

Jay and Julie Cornelius Jacobi Scholarship for Agricultural ��

Bob and Lynn Rietema �� Scholarship

Shelley Taylor �� Student Support Fund

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Louis M. Thompson �� Scholarship

Robert Wendt �� Scholarship

Compton Family �� Scholarship