Center for Global EngagementCultural Exchange Programs for ODU Students
Highly engaged, passionate ODU students make excellent candidates for a wide variety of national-level scholarships. Some of the opportunities listed here require a university endorsement - a process which is managed through the Center for Global Engagement. The list of opportunities below is not comprehensive and we welcome suggestions to continue to grow this list.
Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Grants for U.S. students to study, teach and conduct research abroad
Boren Awards
Funding for U.S. students to study world languages and cultures
Critical Language Scholarship
Expanding the mastery of critical foreign languages by Americans
Welcome to Burgas
ODU's Prue Salasky is spending a year in Bulgaria after receiving a Fulbright U.S. student program English teaching assistant grant. She has started a blog to chronicle her experiences. Visit blog
Are you nervous? Do you wish you weren't going? These questions surfaced from friends and family soon before departure. "Not really" and "No" have been my responses, because everything about this adventure (which would seem bizarre if someone else told me they were embarking on it) seems so right for me at this time.
Read Prue's Blog
Study Abroad
ODU encourages all students to consider studying abroad for a summer, semester, or full year as part of their academic experience. Study abroad can enhance any major by challenging students to adapt to a new academic system and to infuse their studies with a global perspective. In addition, the culture and language learning opportunities are unparalleled.
Visit the Office of Study Abroad