It’s that time of year! International Education Week launches on Friday this week, November 11th, and continues for the entire week, ending on November 18th. There are so many events and displays this year, including international foods, music, sports and theater. There’s truly something for everyone!
For an overview of events, check out the website and keep an eye out as the events appear on WesNest in the coming days.
Learn how you can afford to study abroad! Wed 9/21 from 4:30pm – 5:30pm in The Resource Center. Appetizers will be served!
Interested in learning more? Attend this Info Session on Thursday 3/10 at 5pm.
Did you know that 40% of Wesleyan students study abroad? At Study Abroad Stories, you’ll hear from four students who studied abroad in France, Sweden, Spain, and Italy during the Fall 2021 semester. You’ll hear about their unique study abroad stories, why they chose to spend a semester abroad, and what advice they have for you. Whether you know you want to study abroad or you just want to learn more about it, this event is for you!
Wednesday, February 23
4:30pm
201 Fisk Hall
Please RSVP through this link.
Some dates and events approaching that may be of interest to the Class of 2025:
This webinar/workshop is co-sponsored by the College of Letters, Fries Center for Global Studies, the Resource Center, the Office for Equity and Inclusion, and the Office of Faculty Career Development. Presented by our study abroad partner in Ecuador, Pachaysana
Tuesday, February 8 from 4:30pm – 6:00pm
If we want to change our world, we must begin by changing our stories.
Stories are how we make sense of who we are and who we want to become, yet in times of injustice they have also been used as a tool for manipulation. This workshop/webinar explores how stories have shaped our world, and how we can use them to identify and transform conflicts. It helps us see the power of stories in our day to day lives, as well as the dominant narratives and myths that define our societies.
We will practice new storytelling methods to imagine new narratives. This is what we call re-storying our world: the narrative act for collective healing and liberation.
Join Zoom Meeting here. (Meeting ID: 926 1947 7396; Passcode: 970976)
Join the Wes community in celebrating International Education Week from 11/13 – 11/19. Browse the flyer below or visit this link to learn more.
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Monday 11/15 from 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm | Fisk Hall, Room 201
Hosted by the Office of Study Abroad
The Office of Study Abroad is hosting an interactive session for first-years and sophomores (Classes of 2024 and 2025). In this session, you will learn the basics of study abroad at Wes, including affordability and financial aid, sites and kinds of programs, credit transfer, and the benefits of spending a semester or year studying in another country.
Course registration at Wesleyan is a three-step process. The first step of this process, which opened on July 12, is Pre-Registration Planning.
During pre-registration planning, you should be selecting courses of interest and ranking them in your preferred order. Be sure to build full list(s) to maximize your chances of getting a desirable schedule during the scheduling process.
Once planning closes, the scheduling process will be run. Your schedule will be viewable on August 6. Once your schedule is available, you’ll be able to prepare for the Adjustment Period, which is the second part of the registration process and takes place August 9-12. During the adjustment period you will be able to make modifications to the schedule that has been assigned to you, pending approval from your faculty advisor.
The third step of the course registration process is the Drop/Add Period, which will take place from August 30 – September 17. During drop/add courses can be added and dropped from your schedule with the approval of the instructor and your faculty advisor.
As the summer progresses, you will receive email for updates from the Registrar’s Office as we enter into each phase of the course registration process.
The following questions might guide your course planning:
Course planning involves much more than just the subject matter. You should aim for variety in subject as well as the kind, size, format, and time of day of the courses.
There are a few curricular pathways that require special attention, such as pre-health, pre-law and dual degree engineering programs. There is a three-year option. There are three majors that require declaration during the spring semester of the first year: College of Social Studies, College of Letters and the College of East Asian Studies.
Wesleyan considers study abroad to be an essential part of a liberal arts education for students majoring in any subject. And while we are uncertain as to all of the programs that may be available at the time you may wish to go abroad for academic study, you still have an opportunity to plan based on your current interests. It might seem really far off, but many of the non-English speaking programs require 2 or more years of language, so if you want to go abroad during junior year, you should consider taking the language for the country you want to study in your first year.
Note that many languages require that you begin a language during fall semesters. We encourage you to explore existing study abroad programs, and you may contact studyabroad@wesleyan.edu with any questions that come up.
