- Share your study abroad experience on our website
- Join the Scholarship Ambassador Program
- Participate on the Study Abroad Advisory Committee
- Connect with international exchange students
- Be a conversation partner to an international student or visitor
- Share and speak at study abroad info meetings
- Attend pre-departure orientation meetings
- Be a study abroad mentor
In the MyStudyAbroad Portal
- Complete the Returnee Questionnaire
- Submit photos in the Returnee Photo Submission Form
- Turn in a Study Abroad Testimonial
Share your study abroad experience on our website
Share your study abroad story with the UC Merced campus community on our website! Stories can be submitted online here along with a high resolution photo in landscape.
Join the Scholarship Ambassador Program
Did you receive a scholarship for your study abroad program and want to give back to the study abroad community? If so, join the Scholarship Ambassadors and help your fellow Bobcats develop their scholarship applications and maximize their odds of earning one too! During advising sessions, Ambassadors will review essays, provide feedback and tips, and help students to develop service project proposals. Submit your application here.
Connect with international exchange students
Do you remember feeling lost when you first arrived at your program abroad? Did you crave connections with local students? Now that you are back from abroad, you are the local student who can connect. Contact Craig Harmelin to get involved.
Be a conversation partner to an international student or visitor
Do you remember language challenges abroad? Do you want to teach ESL or English? Do you just want to make an international student feel welcome? Join the Conversation Partner Program (deadlines apply).
Share and speak at study abroad info meetings
The UC Merced Study Abroad staff can use help at informational meetings. You can serve on panels, share country-specific information, or talk about what it was like as a SSHA or STEM student. Contact your study abroad advisor to volunteer. Specific events including dates, times, and advisor contact information can be found here.
Attend pre-departure orientation meetings
You are, in many ways, an expert in your program now. Your Study Abroad advisor does not know what your housing was like, how hard it was for you to pick up the local language, or the intricacies of the local culture in the way that you experienced them. We can use your help. Contact your study abroad advisor to volunteer.
Be a study abroad mentor
Do you want to get more involved in helping students prepare to go abroad? You could mentor prospective study abroad students. All you need to do is meet up once per semester, perhaps over coffee, and stay in touch by email (or phone/text if you prefer). Contact your study abroad advisor to volunteer.
