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By Doug Forbes
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For those of you who have a yen to
travel to far-away places with strange
sounding names, the International Edu
cational Services office is your best
ticket to finding out where to go, how
to get there, and what to do once you
arrive.
Whether you're an experienced
world-traveler or just a greenhorn, you'll
find the IES to be the most compre
hensive international travel resource
center in town. It's open Monday
through Friday, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., and is located at 1237 R Street.
The IES is a non-profit organization
that is composed of three branches: the
Overseas Opportunities Center, the
International Flight and Study Tour
Programs, and the Foreign Student and
Visiting Scholar Advising office. These
three branches provide information
concerning four subjects: travel, over
seas academic opportunities, employ
ment abroad, and cross-cultural pro
grams in Lincoln.
The information and services pro
vided for travel is extensive. A "travel
abroad" library contains books about
travel in almost every nation in the
world. Besides the library, the staff is
available for travel advice. What the
books can't or don't tell you, the staff
may be able to give you their percep
tions, often based on first-hand exper
ience. Anyone can drop in to use the
library, and if there are no advisers free
to talk with while you are there, you
can make an appointment.
Will you need innoculations for where
you will be going? What are the
addresses of the nearest American
consulates? Will you need a Mongolian
visa if you are just passing through on
the Trans-Siberian? The IES can help
you in answering these questions. But
they don't just answer questions. Even
if you've decided on the where and
when of your trip, you can take care of a
lot of the details that will save you
some writing and running around. The
IES takes passport photos, sells Youth
Hostel and Eurail passes, and can
furnish you with International Student
IDs. They even have money belts and
sleep-sacks.
If you're interested in combining
pleasure with business, the OOC and
the Flights and Study Tour Programs
exist to enable students to work or
study abroad. The overseas academic
opportunities let you experience life in
another country while earning college
credit. There are a variety of programs,
much like field trips, which are good
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introductions to longer stays abroad,
and can serve as eye-openers to other
employment possibilities in your field.
Programs exist for many different
majors, from architecture to business
to anthropology, and of course, foreign
languages such as Japanese, Chinese,
German, French, and Spanish. The
short-term programs do not always
require knowledge of the country where
you will be, though the longer-term
programs usually require you to take
some courses in the host nation's
language. Information on the Study
Abroad Programs, which last from one
semester to a year, is available from the
IES, though they are administered and
coordinated by UNL's Institute for
International Studies.
If you're done with school (or ready
to drop out) and would like to exper
ience the romantic life of an expatriate,
OOC can help you in many ways. There
is a Wrork Abroad library with informa
tion on how to get work permits,
volunteer programs, internships, and
programs for summer work abroad. In
addition, there is a Peace Corps re
cruiter who is periodically in the office.
There are pamphlets available for
employment and volunteer positions in
Britain, Ireland, France, Germany, New
Zealand, and Costa Rica.
For those students whose busy
schedule won't allow them to take any
time off, and yet they want to have
cross-cultural experiences, the IES can
help you out in that department too.
Much of their work involves familiariz
ing foreign students to Lincoln and
UNL, they sponsor programs that pair
up American students with foreign
students. You can meet with foreign
students for a variety of reasons: to
learn about their culture and way of
life, tutor them in English, show them
the campus and the city, or just to
make a new friend. There are many
existing, international student associa
tions whose members can often be
found at the IES as well. Another
unique program is the International
House, a residence hall on campus that
pairs up one foreign student with one
American student. These cross-cultural
programs are good primers to travel
abroad, and invaluable for making
contacts for when you do actually go
overseas. Some of the most exciting
places in the world can be quite lonely
if there's no one there whom you know.
So if you're thinking of experiencing
another culture, whether right here in
Lincoln or across the ocean, don't pass
up the IES. It's not a travel agency, but
it's the next best thing. Maybe they can
help you make the long-dreamed of trip
abroad a reality.
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