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How to Fund Your Study Abroad Workshop

How to Fund Your Study Abroad Trip

This joint presentation with the OCC Study Abroad Advisor and OCC Financial Aid Counselor will clarify the mysteries of FAFSA & show you how to be strategic, to get the largest financial aid amount.  We'll also present several scholarship options. We'll teach you a method for how to budget for a large purchase, and some creative ways students have saved/fundraised for their goals. View the video of the last Fund Your Study Abroad Workshop. Watch the last workshop recording.

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Gilman Scholarship Application Workshop 

The Benjamin Gilman International Scholarship offers up to $5,000 towards study abroad programs for Pell Grant eligible students. This scholarship also provides students with non-competitive eligibility (NCE)  for jobs with the U.S. Federal Government! OCC students consistently are awarded this scholarship. OCC was named a Top Producing School in 2018. Read the Coast Report article. Don't let this one pass you by! 

The Gilman application also requires a follow on service project. View the videos for more information on the program, application process and tips on writing competitive essays.

Watch the video of the last Gilman Workshop:

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The Gilman McCain Scholarship offers up to $5000.00 towards study abroad programs for dependents of active Military service members who are receiving federal financial aid. If you qualify for this, you may still apply for the Gilman scholarship also, but you can only receive one or the other. 

Gilman Partnership Scholarships - There are additional Gilman scholarships available through partnerships to France, New Zealand, Wales, & Portugal!

 

Faculty Information Sessions:

 

Students at Playa Dos De Mayo in Madrid 

2025 Spanish Language Program in Madrid 

 Please contact Professor Sherman-Falcioni for information.

Via Zoom (email jshermanfalcioni@occ.cccd.edu for Zoom links): Coming soon

  

View from inside the gondola on canal in Florence

2025 Italian Language Program in Florence 

IN PERSON

Wednesday October 23, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - LLSS 238, 2nd floor

Thursday November 7, 2024 @ 6:45 pm - LLSS 238, 2nd floor

Tuesday November 19, 2024 @ 6:45 pm - LLSS 238, 2nd floor

Thursday December 5, 2024 @ 6:45 pm - LLSS 238, 2nd floor

 

VIA ZOOM (Email professor Franca Hamber fhamber@cccd.edu for the zoom links):

Friday October 25, 2024 @10:30 am

Friday November 15, 2024 @1:00 pm

Tuesday December 10, 2024 @ 5:30 pm

 

2025 Art and Architecture program in Kyoto, Japan:

IN PERSON: 

10/15 6:00pm OCC Art Center 311

11/14 6:00pm OCC  Tech 210

12/10 6:00pm OCC Art Center 311

 Faculty email: jkerins@occ.cccd.edu