Study Abroad Fair
Monday, September 17, 2012 at 11:00 am - 2:30 pm
SUNY Oneonta Alumni Field House

Join us and several SUNY campuses to learn about the 500+ study abroad venues available - semester, academic year, summer, and faculty-led programs.

Financing Study Abroad: How to Make it Happen
Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at 6:00 - 7:00pm
Room 104, Morris Conference Center

Ask the experts – Financial Aid Officers on hand to provide strategies for affording your overseas experience.

Writing Quality Essays for Study Abroad Programs and Scholarships
Wednesday, October 17, 2012, 4:00 - 5:00pm
Room 104, Morris Conference Center

Learn how to write quality essays for study abroad programs and scholarships.

Study Abroad Discovery Night
Tuesday, November 6, 2012 from 6 – 7:30 PM
Craven Lounge, Morris Conference Center

Join the Study Abroad Coordinator, faculty, past study abroad students, and international students to discover a world of options.

Study Abroad Orientation
Wednesday, December 5, 2012 from 4 – 5 PM and
Thursday, December 6, 2012 from 4 – 5 PM
Craven Lounge, Morris Conference Center

This orientation is for accepted study abroad participants only.

The OIE thanks guest speaker Ann Neelon for her meaningful lecture and interaction with the SUNY Oneonta student body.

Mr. Rye Barcott

Bio:  Rye Barcott co-founded the non-governmental organization Carolina for Kibera (CFK) while he was an undergraduate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. CFK invests in local leaders in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya through its model of participatory development.  After serving in the Marines, he earned master’s degrees in business and public administration from Harvard University, where he was a Reynolds Social Entrepreneurship Fellow. In 2009, he joined the inaugural class of TED Fellows, and he was recently named a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader. Rye lives in North Carolina with his wife and daughter and works in the Sustainability Office at Duke Energy.  His first book, It Happened On the Way to War, was just released internationally by Bloomsbury Publishing.