The Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) Passport Caravan arrives at University Park and Berks campuses with 350 passports and $500 each in study abroad scholarships.

The partnership is part of a shared goal by CIEE and Penn State to make the study abroad experience more accessible. This passport and scholarship distribution is a stop on CIEE’s Passport Caravan, a series of events providing 1,000 free passports and scholarships to students at 11 colleges across the United States. It is CIEE’s first step toward reaching its goal to issue passports to 10,000 U.S. college students by 2020. Penn State joins as a partner institution aiming to double the number of Pennsylvania students who study abroad and increase funding opportunities to support international education.

University Park campus:

9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, Room 131, HUB-Robeson Building

Berks campus:

8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16, The Penn State Room, Perkins Student Center

Penn State's overall strategic plan highlights the internationalization of the campus and classrooms as an area of focus. The University is working to increase its study abroad participation to one in three students at University Park and one in four students at its other campuses. For more information on ways to study abroad, visit global.psu.edu/going-abroad.