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Studying abroad promotes cross-cultural understanding, broadens your global perspective, and prepares you for your future. We offer full terms of study abroad opportunities with instructors from Oregon colleges. Our study abroad program is offered in conjunction with the Oregon International Education Consortium of seven community colleges (OIEC) and the American Institute for Foreign Study (AIFS).

The Oregon International Education Consortium consists of Chemeketa , Central Oregon, Clackamas, Mount Hood, Portland, Linn-Benton, and Rogue Community Colleges, offering programs in four countries ranging from 2 to 11 weeks.

For questions and more information, contact your Oregon International Education Consortium Representative: Maureen McGlynn at 503-399-6145.

Gilman International Scholarship Program
Receive up to $5,000 to apply toward study abroad program costs, including program fees, tuition, room and board, airfare, books and local tranportation. Must meet eligibility requirments.

Institute of International Education (IIE) Resources
The Institute of International Education (IIE) is working in partnership with U.S. colleges and universities to increase the number and diversity of american students who go abroad and to encourage study in places of growing strategic importance to the United States. The grants and Scholarships that IIE administers for the U.S. Government and private sector sponsors help make valuable study abroad information available for major scholarship and fellowship programs.

Summer Term 2009

Four Weeks in Costa Rica
Study Spanish at your proficiency level during a two-week homestay and earn 4 transfer credits; then earn another 4 credits in two weeks of field biology, BI200 Principles of Ecology, at mountainous Ecolodge San Luis, at La Selva in the lowland tropical forests, and at Cabo Blanco on the Pacific coast.

Two Weeks in Mexico- CANCELED
Four credits of immersion Spanish study at your proficiency level in the charming highland capital city of Guanajuato.

Fall Term 2009

Florence, Italy
Enjoy a European experience in the heart of a Renaissance city while pursuing your community college education. You enroll for 12-14 credits of transferable and degree-related courses such as psychology, writing, film arts, art history, or Shakespeare using the vast resources of two of Europe's oldest cities. When not in class, you can spend your time taking in the local flavor and enjoying the rich history of these cities and their home countries.

Spring Term 2010

London, England
Beginning in Spring 2009, Chemeketa Community College, as a member of the Oregon International Education Consortium, will begin a 10-week program in London, England. Applications will be available mid-summer.

Updated October 2009 by the Marketing and Student Recruitment.