Study Abroad Yale Summer Session Office of Career Strategy Fellowship Programs 55 Whitney Avenue, 3 rd & 4 th floors cipe.yale.edu
What does the Center for International and Professional Experience (CIPE) do? Guides students to clarify goals and academic plans • Provides information about opportunities in the US & abroad • Designs and manages study and work experiences for Yale students • Offers resources to help students as they explore career options • Supports students as they build on experiences in purposeful ways •
Study Abroad Opportunities Gabrielle Scarpa (Jonathan Edwards ‘18) in Córdoba, Spain studyabroad.yale.edu
Why Study Abroad? Earn credit towards graduation • Use financial aid/scholarships • Enhance foreign language and/or • intercultural communication skills Gain new cultural insights • Foster intellectual growth • Strengthen candidacy for • internships, fellowships, & beyond Isabel Benares (Timothy Dwight ‘18) in Copenhagen, Denmark Study Abroad
Student Outcomes Increased: • Adaptability/Flexibility • Persistence • Independence Decreased: • Fear of making mistakes • Fear of failure Katie Trimm (Berkeley‘18)
Year or Term Abroad • Fits into time as a Yale student – Second semester of sophomore year – First semester of junior year – Second semester of junior year – Can COMBINE any two of these semesters • Receive transfer credit toward degree requirements – 4 credits for one semester – 9 credits for two semesters • Use financial aid WITHOUT paying Yale for the time abroad – Outside scholarship opportunities also available Study Abroad
Non-Yale Summer Abroad • Explore a new topic or location in the summer – After first year – After sophomore year – After junior year • Receive transfer credit toward degree requirements – 2 credit maximum • Use funding from Yale: International Summer Award (ISA) – Outside scholarship opportunities also available
Yale Summer Session Programs Abroad • Run by Yale faculty for Yale College Credit • Nearly 30 programs in a range of disciplines • Eligible for ISA or YSS Financial Assistance YSS Brazil 2018 (taken by staff)
Application Deadlines October 15: Credit for Spring Term Abroad February 15: YSS Programs Abroad March 1: Credit for Non-Yale Summer Abroad April 1: Credit for Fall or Full Year Abroad
Meeting with an Adviser • Drop-In Hours on Fridays, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. • Schedule a 30-minute appointment through the website
Learn more: studyabroad.yale.edu – Search programs and connect with former study abroad students – Review eligibility requirements, application process, and deadlines – Check the calendar of events – Find funding information – Schedule a meeting with a study abroad adviser – & More! Study Abroad
Make the Journey “ I think spending a semester abroad is truly one of the most challenging but rewarding things you can do for yourself. When I got back to Yale, I didn't feel like I had missed anything at all and instead felt much more appreciative of my time on campus after being away .” – Romy Vassilev, Timothy Dwight, Class of 2019
Yale credit in 5 weeks summer.yale.edu
YSS in New Haven or Online More than 100 courses in New Haven • – Humanities – Social sciences – STEM – The arts More than 20 online courses • All courses for Yale College credit • Two 5-week sessions on campus • Learn more at summer.yale.edu • Summer Session
Why take a course with YSS? Focus all of your attention on a challenging course • Smaller classes means more contact with faculty (on campus or online) • Try out a new subject that you can’t fit in during the fall or spring • Tuition assistance is available to Yale students who receive financial aid during the • academic year "Campus is so much more peaceful in the summer, which makes it easier to focus on your course material." - Titilayo Summer Session
Yale Summer Online Highly interactive online • seminars, with live discussion sections Taught by Yale Faculty • Small class sizes • Many courses offer QR and SC • designations Variety of disciplines offered • from humanities to social sciences to STEM Evening courses available • Summer Session
Career Planning & Exploration Hedy Gutfreund (Berkeley ‘18), Timur Guler (Calhoun ‘18), and Joseph Battles (Calhoun ‘18) in Louisville, KY ocs.yale.edu
Exploring Your Options We assist you in making informed decisions about your future, and with setting and realizing your goals. Workshops, information sessions, employer presentations, career events • and external career resources Advising appointments and drop-in hours • Resume & cover letter review • Job & internship database • On-Campus Recruiting • Assistance with domestic & international internships • Office of Career Strategy
Opportunities & Programs Post-graduate Opportunities • One-on-one appointments – Summer Internships • Top 2017 internship industries: law, finance, healthcare/pharma, education, government, – think tanks Funding opportunities – Design Your Career @ Yale • “What will you do after you graduate? Which career paths make sense for you? If these – questions are swirling in your mind, and you are unsure how to approach them, Designing Your Career @ Yale is for you.” Students learn how to apply design thinking concepts, originally developed at Stanford's – Design School, to explore career paths and take proactive steps to test career interests. Domestic Internship Programs • Multiple programs include Bulldogs Across America, journalism fellowships, Women in – Government Fellowship, Yale Alumni Community Service Fellowship Employer Events • Networking Nights and career panels – Office of Career Strategy
Sample 2018 Summer Internships International Students using ISA funding: • • Infectious Disease Institute (Kampala, Uganda) – UNAIDS Kenya (Nairobi, Kenya) – European Commission (Brussels, Belgium) – Syria Direct (Amman, Jordan) – Laboratorio de la Ciudad (Mexico City, Mexico) – Laboratorio de la Ciudad (Mexico City, Mexico) Abacus Capital (Singapore) – – OurCrowd (Jerusalem, Israel) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (Greifswald, – – Domestic Germany) • Richmond Park Parliamentary Office (London, New Orleans Public Defenders (New Orleans, LA) – – England) Louisville Metro Government (Louisville, KY) – Wright Water Engineers (Denver, CO) – Students using DSA funding: • Facebook (San Francisco, CA) – New Haven Land Trust (New Haven, CT) St. Louis Cardinals (St. Louis, MI) – – Center for Infectious Disease Research (Seattle, WA) Goldman Sachs (New York City, NY)) – – Journalism Fellowships (Paul Block and The San Diego Air & Space Museum (San Diego, CA) – • Buckley) Climate Leadership Council (Washington, D.C.) – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA) Arts Apprenticeship with Bojana Coklyat (Jersey City, – – Toledo Blade (Toledo, PA) NJ) – Common Good & Creative Careers • Fellowships Randall’s Island Park Alliance (New York City, Yale – Alumni Community Service Fellowship) Environmental Defense Fund (Yawkey Community – Service Fellowship) Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro's Office in DC – (Women in Government Fellowship) Office of Career Strategy
Summer Paths Summer 2018 Experiences Percentage of Activities 42.5% Internship 13.6% Summer Job (e.g. camp counselor) 11.0% Academic Study (other than language) 9.6% Laboratory Research 8.4% Language Study 5.9% Other (military or athletic training, etc.) 2.7% Field Research 3.1% Volunteer Work 1.6% Library Research 1.5% Performance (theater, music, dance, etc.) Office of Career Strategy
Funding Opportunities Lauren LaMonica (Jonathan Edwards ’18) in Salvador, Brazil funding.yale.edu
Do Something Amazing • Funding to support all sorts of activities in the US and abroad – low/unpaid internships – independent projects – research – study • Competitive, merit-based awards • Many competitions for summer activities: – first-years – sophomores – juniors • Many competitions for postgraduate opportunities: – graduating seniors • Yale internal and external awards Fellowship Programs
What do we do? Workshops • Information sessions • One-to-one advising • Drop-in hours: 2pm – 4pm on Fridays • Fund stewardship • Allen Wang (Branford ‘17) in Copenhagen, Denmark Fellowship Programs
Examples Yale College Fellowships • National competitions including Fulbright, Marshall, Mitchell, Rhodes • Richard U. Light Fellowship for study in East Asia • International Summer Award (ISA) • Aviva Abusch (Pierson ‘18) in Venice, Italy Fellowship Programs
International Summer Award Supports one summer abroad for students receiving financial aid • Yale approved internships and study abroad programs • Check your eligibility at the International Summer Award website • Specific information sessions throughout the Fall and Spring semesters • Aurora Fonseca (Ezra Stiles ‘18) in France Fellowship Programs
Panelists 55 Whitney Avenue, 3 rd & 4 th floors cipe.yale.edu
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