Alumni Resources

Study Abroad Student Assistant Position Forms

• Study Abroad Alumni Assistant Job Description
• Study Abroad Alumni Assistant Application
  

Reentry Workshop CANCELED

Every Year SFSU holds a Reentry Workshop for recently returned study abroad alumni. This workshop covers coping with reentry shock, the international job market, and tips on how to best present your international expereince on your resume.

• Reentry Workshop CANCELED due to budget cuts. SFSU will be completely shut down from August 14th through the 17th, and Study Abroad is unable to reschedule.

International Education Exchange Council (IEEC)

The IEEC is a student-run organization on campus made up of study abroad alumni, prospective study abroad applicants, and in-coming J-1 internaitonal students. You can find out more about getting involved with the ieec by visiting the links below:

• Getting Involved in the IEEC
• The IEEC Webpage

Summer Abroad in Korea for Study Abroad Alumni

We have a special program for our study abroad alumni: a summer in Korea! This a great, low cost program for students who wish to take Korean language and culture courses. Furthermore, the University of Seoul has been generous enough to give students a $500 airefare reimbursement, free housing, and subsidizes their international field trips by 50%.

• Korea: Univeristy of Seoul

Teach, Volunteer, Intern, and Work Abroad

• BUNAC
• SFSU Career Center: Going Global Database
  The SFSU Career Ceter subscribes to the Going Global database. If you would like to access the database, please sign up on the Career Center website first before accessing the Going Global Database. (You will find a lime green link to the database on the front page of the Career Center website.)
• English Program in Korea (EPIK)
• Fulbright English Teaching Assistantships
• idealist.org
• Institute for International Education (IIE) Interships in SF
• InternAbroad.com
• Japan Exchange & Teaching Program (JET)
• North American Teaching Assistants in Spain
• OverseasJobs.com
• Peace Corps
• TeachAbroad.com
• Transitions Abroad
• VolunteerAbroad.com

Graduate Studies Abroad

• Academic Ranking of World Universities
• Degree Abroad
• Diveristy Abroad: Graduate Schools (Coming Soon)
• GradSchools.com International Programs
• Degrees Abroad - CIS (Mostly English-Speaking Countries)
• Peace Corps: Master's International
• Study in Europe

Cultural Resources

• Cultural Adjustment
• The Cross-Cultural Library
• Cross Cultural Training Bibliography
• Reverse Culture Shock (SUNY Buffalo)
• Reverse Culture Shock (Evergreen State College)

Study Abroad Photo & Essay Contests

• Glimpse: Photo Contests
• Abroad View Meta Photo Contest

Recommended Reading

Check out the Office for Study Abroad Resource Room for more books!
Althen, Gary, ed. Learning Across Cultures. Washington, DC: NAFSA: Association of International Educators, 1994.
Bateson, Mary Catherine. peripheral visions; LEARNING ALONG THE WAY. New York, NY: Harper Collins Publishers.1994.
Bennett, Milton J. ed. Basic Concepts of Intercultural Communications. Yarmouth, ME: Intercultural Press, 1998.
Brake, Terenee and Daniell Medina Walker and Thomas (Tim) Walker. Doing Business Internationally; The Guide to Cross-Cultural Success. Burr Ridge,IL: Irwin Professional Publishing, 1995.
Brislin, Richard W. and Tomoko Yoshida. Improving Intercultural Interactions- Modules for Cross-Cultural Training Programs. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications,1994.
Holm, B. Coming Home Crazy. Minneapolis, MN. Milkweed Editions, 1990.
Kohls, L. Robert. Survival Kit for Overseas Living. Yarmouth, ME: Nicholas Brealey/Intercultural Press, 2001.
Lambert, Richard D. Educational Exchange and Global Competence. New York: Council on International Educational Exchange, 1994.
Paige, R. Michael, ed., Education for the Intercultural Experience , Second Edition. Yarmouth, ME. Intercultural Press, 1993.
Storti, Craig. The Art of Coming Home. Yarmouth, ME: Nicholas, Brealey/Intercultural Press, 2001.
Trompenaars, Fons. Riding the Waves of Culture. Burr Ridge, IL: Irwin Professional Publishing, 1994.
Where in the World Are You Going? Washington, DC: Overseas Briefing Center, Foreign Service Institute. U.S. Department of State.
Zolotow, Charlotte. The Three Funny Friends. New York, NY: Harper and Row, 1961.

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