Julia Reichart, a public health student at the University of Iowa, earned a 2020 David L. Boren Fellowship, and will spend next year studying Portuguese in Brazil. 

Margot Allascheid, who received a BA in elementary education from the University of Iowa in 2019, is the winner of a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship Award to Spain for 2020-21

Eric Baron, who will receive an MFA in creative writing from the University of Iowa this May, is the winner of a Fulbright Study/Research Arts grant in Creative Writing to Germany for 2020-21

Isabella Senno, who will receive a BS in anthropology and BA in psychology from the University of Iowa this May, is the winner of a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship Award to Spain for 2020-21

UI student Maggie Fischer awarded Fulbright to Germany

Mark Schoen, who will receive a BS in economics and a BA in studio arts from the University of Iowa this May, is the winner of a Fulbright Study/Research grant in economics to Indonesia for 2020-21 (photo credit: Bella Volfson)

Critical Language Scholarship winner to study in Russia

An Iowa City native’s journey through skateboarding and music led to a path in medicine and a Fulbright Grant.

A lot of students considering semester-long programs return, saying they wish they'd studied abroad for longer. However, for other students, a semester might be the perfect amount of time abroad, or even a summer. Here are some tips to help you decide which option is best for you. Keep in mind that every program and each student studying abroad is different.

Once abroad, you meet countless new friends, learn a completely new culture and time starts to fly. Soon you find yourself cherishing your last months and weeks abroad, wishing you would have had a better idea of what you were getting yourself into. Well, you’re in luck! Here are 5 goals that you should set for yourself during your time abroad!

University of Iowa International Relations major Alex Bare, a Walcott, Iowa native has been awarded a 2018 U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS).

University of Iowa Political Science major Eli Bratsch-Prince, a native of Ames, Iowa, has been awarded a 2018 U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS).