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CIS Center for International Studies

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We are a global, international education organization dedicated to offering safe, challenging, and exciting study abroad experiences to 18 countries: Australia, China, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Ecuador, England, France, Ghana, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Scotland, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, and even to Hawaii in the U.S.! We are a small organization and we provide personal assistance from the moment you contact us. All of our staff have traveled, lived or studied abroad and we can share our first-hand experience with you. The CIS Program Package At CIS we offer a variety of hand selected programs that are comprehensive and located in some of the most desirable places in the world. Here are the services that we will provide to your students: Full time tuition (12-16 U.S. credits/semester) • Housing • Academic Advising • Financial Aid Counseling • Pre-Departure Online Orientation • Airport Pick Up • Environmental Carbon Offset • On-site Orientation • Medical and Accident Insurance • Choice of an official overseas University transcript or a US transcript • Cell Phone • Student Fees • Assistance with travel arrangements • Lonely Planet Guidebook • CIS support services Visit www.cisabroad.com for more information or call toll free 877-617-9090.
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This group is for students who have attended or will attend a CIS China program.

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  • Movin right along...

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    Travel Journal from China Beijing, China | Mon Nov 17, 2008 | Views: 2920

    Planes, trains and automobiles...and pedal cabs, and bicycles, and subways, and buses, and scooters, and various clever homemade contraptions. Beijing is movin'! There are so many ways to get around Beijing. This morning as I took a taxi to our on site office, I got back into my flash card routine. I can't speak Mandarin, so I have a pocket full of little cards with different destinations written on them in …

    SarahHeminger
    China November 2008

  • Team haircuts and Chinese class(II)

    Travel Journal from China Beijing, China | Sun Mar 29, 2009 | Views: 4676

    Okay, so I know I didn't finish that story about the haircut.  It was going well too.  I've lost a bit of the momentum I had but I think I can get it back... So my two guides led me over to a chair in the barber shop and sat me down.  One person placed a towel across my upper back, another placed a towel across my chest, and another girl …

    AdamO
    Beijing: Feb-June, 2009

  • Day Two

    Travel Journal from China Beijing, China | Sat Feb 21, 2009 | Views: 2324

    Rule of the Day: Chopsticks says to the fork, “I can do anything you can do better!” I woke up early Saturday morning.  I did not want to, but I couldn’t help it because I was eager to start my day.  I took my shower (you must see the picture of my bathroom) and set out for an early morning walk.  I explored the streets outside the walls of the university and …

    TishaMac
    Beijing--Getting There and the Beginning

  • A Week In The Life

    Travel Journal from Costa Rica San Jose, Costa Rica | Sun Apr 25, 2010 | Views: 3036

    I’ve now been in Costa Rica for almost four months and have become much more comfortable with living here than I could have ever imagined. This month’s entry will be about what my day-to-day life has been like while I’ve been living here in San Jose. Housing: I live with an amazing host family. Most of the time, the people I interact with most often are the mother and father, but …

    YPeeters
    Costa Rica

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