Office of Learning Abroad

SUU's Office of Learning Abroad (OLA) facilitates opportunities for SUU students, faculty, and staff to travel and study abroad. Their vision includes enabling the entire SUU community to experience the richness of other cultures, to honor diversity, to practice empathy, and to find personal fulfillment. OLA works to foster empathy, cultural and global understanding, experiential learning, and personal enrichment in all of the university's students, faculty, and staff by providing them with these opportunities to take part in international and domestic programs. These programs are divided into five categories: 

View our full mission statement, vision, and goals or donate to improve and expand study abroad experiences for students. A map of all of our available study abroad programs is located at the bottom of this page and all currently available OLA programs can be searched using the Program  Directory below. 

Program Directory: Find and Apply for a Study Abroad Program

News & Announcements

• • Join us at our annual Study Abroad Fair on October 9th from 10-1 in the Student Center Living Room! 
  • Información en español aqui.
  • "Sometimes the best place to learn isn’t the classroom, sometimes it’s in an entirely different country."  Read  "What is Study Abroad?", written by Abbie Cochrane.

  • SUU offers a Global Studies Minor  for all students who want to enhance their undergraduate degree. Enroll in HSS 2000 Intro to Global Studies (1 CH, online).

  • The Global Review is SUU's own international study abroad-based journal. Anyone who has studied abroad and is interested in sharing their work and being published should submit!

• Through the Global Engagement Academy, SUU faculty and staff can enhance their understanding of international students' cultural, academic, and linguistic challenges; learn step-by-step how to build a study abroad program; be prepared to travel safely overseas; learn about professional opportunities in other countries; and more. Register today and complete modules at your own pace.

• Learn more about past students' study-abroad experiences through photos, videos, blogs, and articles HERE! 
• Find answers to Frequently Asked Questions 

Program Map

Questions?  Don't hesitate to contact us or stop by the Office of Learning Abroad in BH 304 to get answers!