MIISP Info Session THIS Friday! 9/18 2PM, Michigan League Michigan Room!

Are you interested in doing an internship or service program abroad, but don't know how to get started? MIISP will help you find a program, try to find funding, and prepare you for your experience!

Join us  for an information session this Friday, September 18 at 2:00 PM in the Michigan League, Michigan Room!

The application deadline for MIISP is September 27! 

Find  the application here!

Save the date! MIISP Info Session - September 18 2:00, Michigan League, Michigan Room

MIISPer in South Africa is having ALL the fun!

Pauline Harrington (MIISP participant) is on an adventure of a lifetime in Cape Town, South Africa! She's gaining valuable experience on her internship, while also finding time to explore! 

Follow her adventure here: paulineharringtoncapetown.wordpress.com/

Brandon in Delhi: An MIISP Adventure

Follow Brandon's adventure in India! bit.ly/1CUaMii

Rome and Cinque Terre and Manarola, Oh My!

MIISP participant, Melissa Deneau is having the time of her life at her internship in Rome and exploring the gorgeous scenery! Read more about her adventures and check out her pictures here:

https://melissatakesonrome.wordpress.com/

One Week to Go! LSA International Internship Deadline NEXT MONDAY

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Summer International Internship Program application now open!

Go to the LSA International Internship Website for program info or the M-Compass application to apply. All kinds of internships are available! Last summer Pareesa worked in Istanbul at Koç University, Enxhi went to Albania, and Jack worked in London. If you want to see more stories from last summer go here.

              Applications are due December 15th

 LSA Global Scholarships now open

If you receive need-based financial aid apply for an LSA Global Scholarship to help with the costs of interning abroad. Go here for more information.

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UBELONG Alternative Spring Break

If you are interested in Mexico don't forget about UBELONG Alternative Spring Break in in the Yucatan. Apply through the UBELONG site here.

MPortfolio Presentations! December 12 2:00 PM NQ 2435

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2014

Join us for MPortfolio presentations and hear 13 of your peers talk about their experiences abroad! Light refreshments will be served!

MIISP: Applications due THIS SUNDAY

​Deadline reminder: APPLY by Sunday, September 28​

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Michigan International Internship & Service Program (MIISP)

Are you thinking of doing an internship or volunteering abroad next summer?

Would you like to go through this process of finding and preparing for the opportunity with a small group of fellow U-M students?

If so, consider applying for the Michigan International Internship and Service Program (MIISP)
  

Through group workshops and individual advising, this International Center program will help you:

 

--Identify your goals in going abroad

--Find the program that best suits you

--Finding funding to support your international experience

--Prepare to live and work in a new culture

--Share experiences while abroad over the summer

--Advise other students when you return next year

--Learn to talk about your global experience in a professional context through creating an MPortfolio

 

To be eligible, you should be an undergraduate who will be returning to campus after the overseas experience.

 

For further information about MIISP, please see our website.

Questions? Email MIISP-Admins@umich.edu. 

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C

​ouldn't​

 make the info session? View video of 

​a previous​

 info session here.

 Apply NOW on M-Compass.  

Application deadline: Sunday, September 

​28​

th (apply before midnight).​

THIS WEEK in ICP: Translating Education Abroad Experiences to Resumes, Interviews and More || Graduate Student Strategies for Finding International Internships​

Going Beyond Awesome: Translating Education Abroad Experiences to Resumes, Interviews and More

​Wednesday, September 24

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 | 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM 

Career Center, Student Activities Building (3rd Floor)​

You're just back from study abroad and it was awesome!  Now you want to tell recruiters and graduate schools about it, but how can you possibly begin to describe it?  Bring your resumes and personal statements and join as we translate "awesome" into bullet points, personal statements and more.  Sponsored by the U-M Career Center.

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Graduate Student Strategies for Finding International Internships

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Thursday, S​

eptember 

​25​

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 | 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM 

​Rackham Building, Assembly Room, 4th Floor​

​Hear reports from U-M graduate/professional school students about their successful strategies for finding and applying to internships, either through formal programs--or 

​by​

 creating one's own internship​

. 

​Co-sponsored by the Rackham Graduate School.​

Learn about

​ strategies for applying to 

these 

​formal​

 programs

​​:

​MHIRT

​ (undergraduates also eligible)​

US State Department Internship (apply by Oct. 17

​, undergraduates also eligible​

)

William Davidson Institute​

​Presenters are graduate

​/professional​

 students in public policy, business, public health and medicine.

​Register for this event (optional).​

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Can't make the info session? View video of 

​last year's session (and more)

 here.​

 

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Info Session: Michigan International Internship & Service Program

Are you thinking of doing an internship or volunteering abroad next summer?

 

Would you like to go through this process of finding and preparing for the opportunity with a small group of fellow U-M students?

 

If so, consider applying for the Michigan International Internship and Service Program (MIISP)

 

Michigan International Internship and Service Program (MIISP) Information session

Friday September 21st @ 2 PM

Michigan Union, Wolverine Room (1st Floor)

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This program of the International Center will help you in several ways:

 

--Consider your goals in going abroad

--Provide assistance in finding a program

--Provide assistance in finding funding

--Give preparatory workshops in Fall and Winter terms

--Share experiences while abroad over the summer

--Advise other students when you return next year

--Create an M-Portfolio highlighting your time abroad

 

As a new program, we hope to learn along with you and will value your input in shaping the future of this program.

 

To be eligible, you should be an undergraduate who will be returning to campus after the overseas experience.

 

See the blogs of our participants in summer 2012 here:

http://miisp.blogspot.com/

 

For further information about MIISP, please see our website.

 

Application deadline will be October 1st and the application is currently available on M-Compass .