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Info Sessions:
Summer 2020 Study Abroad Opportunities

January, 8, 2020
Global Hub, First Floor, Posvar Hall

12:00 pm | Comparative Economics of Central Europe: Prague, Budapest, Krakow
1:00 pm | Economic Policy Analysis in Ukraine
2:00 pm | Global Energy

Scholarships and tuition remission opportunities are available! (see below)
Application deadline is January 20, 2020 for all summer programs and funding opportunities.

More about the available programs:

Comparative Economics of Central Europe: Prague, Budapest, Krakow
Study in the heart of Central Europe and get a feel for its past and development during this 3-week program. You will earn 3-credits while you study in Prague, Budapest and Krakow. These cities are the ideal place to study post World War II economic and political redevelopment. This program is ideal for any student interested in history, politics, sociology, economics, and culture of post-war Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary. Topics will include the history of the European Union, political and economic developments in Eastern Europe, analyses of the main industries in each country, international trade, banking, education, health care, and tourism.

Economic Policy Analysis in Ukraine
This program is designed for students who are interested in the contemporary economic policy issues and would like to learn about economic policy design and implications in the Eastern European economy. The goal of program is to engage undergraduate students in the work of economic policy making and to broaden the university research in response to a proliferation of complex economic policy challenges in Ukraine.

Global Energy
This course provides upper level undergraduate and professional school students in the fields of Business, Law, Engineering, Public Policy and other areas with a first-hand experience of the global impact of contemporary developments in the natural gas and other energy sectors. Participants will first witness the effect that Marcellus Shale has had in Western PA and then see how these developments are impacting the US’s foreign policy and trade practices. Students will be familiarized with a very different side of the global natural gas and energy equation by travelling to Brussels, Belgium where they will see the EU’s perspective on global and regional gas and energy markets. The course explores the role that transit states like Ukraine play in global energy markets and efforts by these players to use their territory and energy alternatives to bargain with larger states at both ends of energy pipelines.

Funding Opportunities

Susan M. Hicks Memorial Fund

The Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies of the University of Pittsburgh is now accepting applications for scholarships to study abroad programs offered in Summer 2020. These scholarships are made possible by the Susan M. Hicks Memorial Fund, which honors the legacy of former REEES Academic Advisor Susan Hicks by providing financial support to Pitt students who wish to study in East/Central Europe or the countries of the former Soviet Union.

Any student with a minimum GPA of 3.25 who is applying for a Pitt-approved study abroad program relevant to the REEES world region is eligible to apply for $1,000 from the Susan M. Hicks Memorial Scholarship Fund. Students may combine this scholarship with study-abroad funding from sources internal or external to the University. Preference will be given to REEES certificate students and others who demonstrate a sustained interest in the region. Awards will be applied as reimbursements to cover international travel and other program costs after the conclusion of the student's study abroad program.

To apply, go to https://ucis.submittable.com/submit/73777/susan-m-hicks-study-abroad-scholarships and follow the instructions.

Robert P. Donnorummo Fund

The Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies of the University of Pittsburgh is now accepting applications for scholarships to study abroad programs offered in Summer 2020. These scholarships are made possible by the Robert P. Donnorummo Scholarship Fund, which supports students who wish to study in East/Central Europe or the countries of the former Soviet Union.

Any student with a minimum GPA of 3.25 who is applying for a Pitt-approved study abroad program relevant to the REEES world region is eligible to apply for $1,000 from the Donnorummo Fund. Students may combine this scholarship with study-abroad funding from sources internal or external to the University. Preference will be given to REEES certificate students and others who demonstrate a sustained interest in the region. Awards will be applied as reimbursements to cover international travel and other program costs after the conclusion of the student's study abroad program.

To apply, go to https://ucis.submittable.com/submit/150959/robert-p-donnorummo-study-abroad-scholarships and follow the instructions.

REEES Tuition Remission Scholarship

Tuition remission is also available for qualified applicants. Students apply for REEES Tuition Remission when they complete the summer program applications.

For a partial list of eligible study abroad programs, visit: https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/crees/students/courses/study-abroad

Questions? Contact REESAdvising@pitt.edu at the REEES office (4215 Posvar Hall)

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