Mercer Abroad

Today’s the day 🌍✨ Study Abroad Week is in full swing and TONIGHT is all about turning your global dreams into real plans ✈️📚

🕔 Study Abroad 101 | 5 PM
Perfect if you’re just starting out and want the full rundown on programs, planning, and possibilities 🌎

🕕 Semester Study Abroad | 6 PM
Ready to go big? Learn how to spend a whole semester abroad and make it the experience of a lifetime 🌟

Come curious, bring your questions, and leave inspired 🌐💭 This is the place to get all the info you need to take your next step abroad. Don’t miss it! 💼✈️

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Interested in studying or interning abroad, but not sure how you’ll fund it? The
provides awards of up to $5,000 for students receiving Pell Grants to study or intern abroad on credit-bearing programs. Make an appointment through www.mercerabroad.com with your advisor to learn more!

🚨SCHOLARSHIP UPDATE🚨
The Global Leader Scholarship is a Mercer University scholarship offered to students looking to participate in Mercer Abroad programs! The scholarship now awards up to $8,000 for study abroad programs based on program length and financial need -
💰✨ UP TO $8000 for programs longer than 8 weeks
💰✨ UP TO $5000 for programs between 3-8 weeks
💰✨ UP TO $3000 for programs shorter than 3 weeks
Applications are now open for spring awards, and the deadline is mid-October with notification of receipt in November. Scholarship application process requires completion of the application and 2 references - at least one of which must be a faculty member!
To be eligible, students must
✅ be accepted to participate in a Mercer Abroad study abroad program (exchange, faculty-led, and affiliate programs qualify)
✅ submit a completed GLS application through the Mercer Abroad website
✅ have financial aid verified by the Office of Student Financial Planning based on the cost of attendance determined using the study abroad program budget provided by the Mercer Abroad office
Students who receive the GLS agree to either serve as a study abroad ambassador upon completion of the study abroad program or contribute to the promotion of study abroad in another way.
For any questions, please email [email protected] or visit our website at mercerabroad.com

✨FLASHBACK FRIDAY ✨ ———————
Hi y’all My name is Nyny Hoang, and I am a senior majoring in Spanish with a minor in chemistry. I have only 1 semester left at Mercer, and I am so thankful that I was able participate in Summer in Sevilla the summer of my junior year. Throughout college, my goals for post-grad changed several times due to the influence of the fantastic professors on-campus and opportunities off-campus, but my goal for having knowledge of working, professional proficiency in Spanish has remained the same. Shoutout to professors who have taught classes I have taken—Dr. A, Profe Aranza, and Dr. Palacios—for always sharing the love of teaching and of Spanish to your students. I have loved every class that I took at school, but I craved something more to help be fully immersed in not only the language but the culture. Talking with Dr. Palacios, who is my academic advisor, we were able to determine that classes and experience in Summer in Sevilla would best fit my post-grad goals. He helped me apply for the program and told me about different scholarship opportunities that I could apply for. I was so thankful to become a Global Leadership Scholar

We had so many field trip experiences such as Itálica and Toledo with our class in addition to excursions that were part of my history and culture class that I took with the center that helped improve my vocabulary and comprehension. I am thankful that our cohort from Mercer was so close, and we were able to spend one of our longer weekends in Lagos, Portugal together. My roommate, Alora, and I had the best time with our host family. We would always choose to eat at home over eating-out because our host mom was the best cook! Of course, we ended every day trying new ice cream flavors, walking around the city, or shopping, and the city was always safe. My time in Sevilla was life-changing, and I would not hesitate to return whether for enjoyment or academic enrichment.