DAAD RISE Internship Program
Internationalize your portfolio by participating in paid internship opportunities in Germany (in English) through the "DAAD RISE Internship Program"! This is a German Government sponsored program available for students in the fields of Science and Engineering during summer 2010.
Meet past participants and find out more about the program at these information meetings.
Information sessions:
Monday, November 16th - 5:00 pm
Monday, December 7th - 5:00 pm
at the Study Abroad Center, 3224 Memorial Union
Last year ISU had more students on this program than any other North American university!
For information: http://www.daad.de/rise/en/
LCP Information Sessions
Did you miss the last information session? No problem. Contact one of the directors for more information. We are happy to sit down with you and talk about how the LCP second major option can put you on track to a winning career!
STUDY ABROAD in Spain!
Take some time to find out about study abroad and international internships! The ISU on the Mediterranean, Summer in Valencia, Spain program offers courses in English for engineering and business majors.
USA-Interns Program for German LCP Students Now Taking Applications for Internships in Germany!
The USA-Interns Program is in internship exchange program that provides U.S. university students with the opportunity to work and live abroad. It is a non-profit, trans-Atlantic exchange program in Germany dedicated to organizing internships for qualified university students in all disciplines. Download a Brochure or a Fact Sheet. If you are interested in this opportunity, please talk with Dr. Mark Rectanus, Professor of German, 3118 C Pearson. (mwr@iastate.edu / 294-4324)
Did you know?
The 25% of the populartion in China with the highest IQs and the 28% in India is more than the entire population of North America? The top 10 jobs that will be in demand in 2010 did not exist in 2004? Students must be prepared for jobs that do not yet exist, using technologies that have not yet been invented in order to solve problems that we do not even know exist yet. Globalization is a topic we cannot afford to ignore. See the short video and read the facts.
A Whole New Mind for a Flat World
Dr. Richard M. Felder, a Hoechst Celanese Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering at North Carolina State University, recently published a column entitled "A Whole New Mind for a Flat World," that argues that "to get and keep jobs in a world of growing globalization ... engineering graduates in developed countries will need knowledge and skills that are not addressed in today's engineering curriculum." [read more]
Employment and Internships @ the US Embassy!
Spend a summer working in a U.S. Embassy in one of 90 locations throughout the world! The USDA Foreign Agricultural Service's International Internship Program is a paid internship program and is in need of applicants! The Program provides college students the opportunity to live and work in a paid internship at an American Embassy overseas. Through work assignments participants learn various aspects of international trade, trade policy, international relations, diplomacy, regional and cultural considerations, etc. [details]
Why learn another language?
The need for English speakers to learn other languages is now greater than at any time in history, and the benefits to learners, to their employers and their countries are similarly great... [read more]
Language Study in the Age of Globalization
Leaders and decision makers must be able to access information, to understand it, and to interpret it critically; linguistic and cultural knowledge is essential to meeting these challenges. Because you can communicate and connect with people of other cultures and nationalities, you will be able to establish and maintain personal and professional contacts. In business, any cross-cultural effort for cooperation, sales, or negotiation will benefit from your experience of other languages and their communities. [more]
A Year Abroad (or 3) as a Career Move (from The New York Times)
Young Americans are taking years abroad in greater numbers. IIE statistics indicate that more students are studying abroad than ever and rough estimates from 2002-2003 have assessed that almost 35,000 young Americans worked internationally in formal or volunteer working positions with major organizations. The advantages of foreign experience lead beyond a greater world view and cultural sensitivity to the cultivation of entrepreneurship, resourcefulness and independence. [more]
President Geoffroy talks about LCP
opening new programs of study, possibly providing new applied research opportunities for faculty, and helping students understand the value of learning more about foreign languages and cultures... Iowans exist... in a global marketplace, and the more we understand the world around us the better we will live, prosper, and compete in that marketplace."