|
|
| Study Abroad Office Interns |
|
By interning in the SAO, you will get to share all of the stories, knowledge, and pointers you have gained from your experiences abroad and are respected as members of the SAO team, performing meaningful work for the office. Primarily, you will serve as a Peer Advisor, helping other students through the study abroad process. You will also complete an intern project to benefit the work of the SAO (examples: literary magazine, outreach events, etc). Academic internships through the SAO are unpaid and generally require you to work for 9-10 hours per week to earn 3 credits. They also require that you have a faculty advisor of your choosing who must agree to support your internship and evaluate your work.
|
 |
Experience abroad:
Study - Israel
Role in the SAO:
SAO Intern
Office Hours:
Monday - 10:30am - 1:00pm
Thursday - 11:00am -3:00pm
Friday - 9:30am - 12:00pm
|
|
Ben is a senior studying political science and religious studies. During the summer of his freshmen year, he was given the opportunity to travel to Israel for three weeks on a Hillel Birthright Israel trip and decided soon afterwards that he would love to study abroad in Israel for a longer period of time. He returned in August 2008, and spent the next year studying at Tel Aviv University and traveling throughout Israel, Egypt, Jordan and Cyprus. He had a truly incredible and eye-opening experience and would highly recommend others interested in studying abroad in the region to do so. Studying abroad is one of the most unique and wonderful experiences a student can have , and Ben looks forward to assisting students in planning their own personal study abroad adventure!
|
|
|---|
|
 |
Maggie Jeffries
Fiji, Northern Ireland
Hours:
Monday - 2:00-5:00pm
Thursday - 2:00-5:00pm
Friday - 2:00-5:00pm
|
|
|
Ben Kamber
Israel
Hours:
Monday - 10:30am - 1:00pm
Thursday - 11:00am -3:00pm
Friday - 9:30am - 12:00pm
|
|
| |
Experience abroad:
Study - Germany, Peru
Role in the SAO:
SAO Intern
Office Hours:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tim Kraus
Germany, Peru
Hours:
By appointment
|
|
 |
Maria Miniuk
Brazil
Hours:
Tuesday - 11:00am - 2:00pm
Wednesday - 12:00 - 3:00pm
Thursday - 11:00am - 2:00pm
|
|
 |
Experience abroad:
Study - Fiji, Northern Ireland
Role in the SAO:
SAO Intern
Office Hours:Monday - 2:00-5:00pm
Thursday - 2:00-5:00pm
Friday - 2:00-5:00pm
|
|
Maggie is a senior here at Pitt studying History and Religion Studies. She studied abroad in Northern Ireland for two weeks in May of 2008 and Fiji for a semester in the Fall of 2008. Her experience in Northern Ireland was as an extension of a class that she took in the spring of 2008. This was great because she was able to see the places and meet the people that we had learned about. Her time in Fiji was a semester long and it was a tropical paradise. Both of these experiences were life changing and she cannot wait to help you pick your own amazing program! |
|
|
|
Brandon Smith
China, Japan
Hours:
Monday - 2:00 - 5:00pm
Tuesday - 10:00am - 1:00pm
Wednesday - 2:00 - 5:00pm
|
|
|
Doug Sullivan
United Kingdom
Hours:
Monday - 12:00 - 2:00pm
Tuesday - 1:00 - 5:00pm
Friday - 11:00am - 2:00pm
|
|
 |
Kelli Vandergrift
China
Hours:
Wednesday - 10:00am - 2:00pm
Friday - 12:00 - 5:00pm
|
|
 |
Mattie Vukmir
Chile, Semester at Sea
 |
Experience abroad:
Study - Chile, Semester at Sea
Role in the SAO:
SAO Intern
Office Hours:
Monday - 9:30am - 12:30pm
Tuesday - 3:30 - 5:00pm
Wednesday - 9:30am - 12:30pm
Thursday - 3:30 - 5:00pm
|
|
Mattie is currently a fifth year senior with a degree in Chemical Engineering and a certificate in Mining Engineering. She is finishing her Russian and Eastern European Studies Certificate with a language emphasis in Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian. After freshman year, she took her first flight to Santiago, Chile for a 2-week study abroad program through the school of engineering.. In the summer 2009, she embarked on her life-changing voyage with Semester at Sea stopping in Spain, Italy, Croatia, Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, Egypt, and Morocco. Through her study abroad experience, she has uncovered a love of traveling and experiencing new cultures. Mattie hopes to return to the Balkans soon to practice her language skills and possibly work. She is a member of the competitive Robert Morris University Synchronized Skating Team and in her (limited) free time she enjoys reading, ice skating, baking, drawing and painting, playing soccer, skiing, and watching hockey.
|
|
|
Hours:
Monday - 9:30am - 12:30pm
Tuesday - 3:30 - 5:00pm
Wednesday - 9:30am - 12:30pm
Thursday - 3:30 - 5:00pm
|
|
|
|
 |
Experience abroad:
Study - United Kingdom
Role in the SAO:
SAO Intern
Office Hours:
Monday - 12:00 - 2:00pm
Tuesday - 1:00 - 5:00pm
Friday - 11:00am - 2:00pm
|
|
Doug is a junior Marketing major in the College of Business Administration and studied abroad last summer in London through the Pitt in London program. He represented the Landward apartments on Edgware Road in London and took classes in International Marketing and British Broadcasting. He was also able to go to Paris, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and Bruges while abroad along with a few other places in England. Doug is also a huge fan of all Pittsburgh sports, enjoys watching movies, and loves to travel any chance he gets.
|
|
|
|
