Special Events

 
Writing Quality Essays for Study Abroad Programs and Scholarships
Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 4 – 5 PM
Room 106, Schumacher Hall		 Learn how to write quality essays for study abroad programs and scholarships.
Financing Study Abroad: How to Make it Happen
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 6 – 7 PM
Room 203, Schumacher Hall		 A Financial Aid Counselor will be on hand to provide strategies for affording your overseas experience
East Asian International Cuisine Night
Thursday, April 4, 2013 at 5 – 6:30 PM
My Kitchen, Mills Hall		 Come hear about our exchange programs in South Korea and Japan while a chef prepares delicious Japanese, South Korean and Chinese food for everyone to enjoy!

Study Abroad Discovery Night
Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 6:30 – 8 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 Fair
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 at 3 – 5 PM
Chase Gym, Chase Physical Education Building

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

The OIE thanks guest speaker Ann Neelon for her meaningful lecture and interaction with the SUNY Oneonta student body.
The OIE thanks author Rye Barcott for visiting SUNY Oneonta.  
100 people turned out for Rye's lecture! Mr. Barcott's books may be ordered through the DamasceneBook Cellar at the Red
Dragon Bookstore.

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.