Representatives from more than 70 international study programs will meet with students, faculty, and community members Oct. 26 when the International Center at UCSD presents Programs Abroad Expo 2005.

In its 20th year, the annual study-abroad fair will be held from 9:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the university’s Library Walk, a major campus pedestrian thoroughfare. The purpose of Expo 2005 is to increase awareness of international opportunities in general, as well as to provide students and community members with specific information about the many study, work, travel, and internship programs available.

The event also will offer the opportunity to apply for a U.S. passport or renew a passport through the Clairemont Community Center, which also will take passport photos. The necessary instruction forms for new and renewed passports may be obtained prior to the event at the U.S. State Department website: travel.state.gov.

UCSD’s Expo 2005 is one of 21 study-abroad fairs being held this fall on campuses throughout California. More than 1,000 are expected to attend the International Center’s event here.

Tonia Luo, UCSD’s Expo 2005 coordinator, says that more than 1,000 students took part in international programs in 2004-2005, many of them receiving their information about the variety of overseas options at the fair.

Exhibitors represent a wide range of study-abroad opportunities sponsored by United States and foreign universities and study programs. These include Arcadia University, Butler University, Syracuse University, the School for Field Studies, Semester at Sea, the American Institute foreign Study and the UC Education Abroad Program (EAP). Intensive language and special internship programs will be represented, along with opportunities for paid and volunteer overseas work.

Participation in Programs Abroad Expo 2005 is free and open to the public. For further information, call Expo 2005 coordinator Tonia Luo at (858) 534-1123.

Media Contacts:
Tonia Luo, UCSD International Center, (858) 534-1123, or
Jan Jennings, (858) 822-1684