International Programs

"Studying abroad is the best experience you could possibly give yourself," said 22-year-old Tiffiny Nofziger, a Canby High School grad who attends OSU. She loved her first experience abroad in Spain so much that she followed it up four years later with a stint in Hong Kong.

Nofziger and other OSU students from Clackamas County speak to the Oregonian about their experience abroad. Joseph Hoff, director of International Degree and Education Abroad, discusses the challenge students face coping with the perception of Americans abroad.

The Daily Barometer reports on Taiwanese Night 2009, part of a series of cultural events that allows students to experience the traditions of various nations without leaving the OSU campus.

The Oregon State University Russian Troupe will stage Mikhail Bulgakov’s "Half-Witted Jourdain" on April 3 and 4.

The cast consists of native Russian speakers and the crew includes
students studying Russian at OSU. The show features vibrant costumes,
singing and dancing and is directed by Vreneli Farber, retired OSU
Russian language professor who has been staging plays in Russian since
1996. Assisting her is Svetlana Erofeeva.

Imagine a dry, ancient place that is known mostly for its modern-day
political strife and bloodshed. Imagine several sources of water — all
precious and needed — that ignore political boundaries. And imagine
conflicts over water like we experience in Oregon, between rural and
urban users and concerned environmentalists. But imagine them in an
area of absolute scarcity, where some people don’t even have enough
water to drink.

Then imagine going there to learn how people manage these issues in
their day-to-day lives. That's what a group of 19 Oregon State
University students is doing right now, as they travel through Israel
and Palestine studying the geography and geology of the Middle East's
water supply and sources, as well as how those factors affect cities,
agriculture and, ultimately, politics.