Returning Students
Welcome Back to USU
You’ve hopefully had a positive, unforgettable, and life-changing experience. Now you can share your stories, apply your world knowledge to your courses, and search for the next exciting opportunity to go abroad.
- Returnee Socials and Resources
- Continuing Your International Experience
Returning Workshops and Resources
Global Engagement hosts a social each fall and spring semester for students returning from study abroad. Attending this social is an important part of your experience abroad – to learn how to maximize your study abroad experience. We’ll talk about reflecting on your experience so you can best articulate it on your resume, cover letter, and in answers to interview questions. We’ll also talk about where to start to look for international job opportunities! And you can connect with other students who have also studied abroad while enjoying some tasty treats. Returned students will be contacted upon return to attend the workshop.
If you're having trouble adjusting back to life at home, you're not the only one—"reverse culture shock" is a common experience and many may find that it takes some time to get used to U.S. American culture again after being away. You can find reverse culture shock coping strategies here. If you feel like you need someone to talk to for help with this issue, USU's Counseling and Preventative Services (CAPS) can help.
For any other issues, feel free to contact study abroad advisors—we've all lived abroad before and can help with numerous issues.
Continuing Your International Experience
Discover new academic opportunities. You may have found direction from this experience that will make you better able to define your area of study, research, or graduate school opportunities. Many graduate school opportunities abroad are affordable and unique ways to continue your academic career.
Get involved at USU. Relive some of your experiences by volunteering at the study abroad fair, participating in USU's international activities and events, living in the Global Village in Jones Hall, or joining a language or international studies club. Share your pictures, your enthusiasm, and your memories with others.
Find a scholarship/internship abroad. Having been abroad, you may have an edge in getting a competitive internship abroad or a Fulbright Scholarship. With an undergraduate degree and an international study abroad experience already, consider a Fulbright opportunity abroad to teach English, do research, or undertake a Masters or PhD program abroad.
Enhance your resume and explore international careers. Be sure to include your study abroad on your resume. You may also want to highlight some of the skills you developed while on a study abroad. Some skills you might have developed abroad could include: language skills, academic/research skills, personal maturity, responsibility and self-confidence, flexibility, greater cultural awareness, etc. The USU Career Design Center can help you develop a resume that incorporates some of the skills you developed, as well as provide resources for other work opportunities.
Post graduation opportunities abroad. Find information on post graduation opportunities abroad.
View Info on Post Graduation Opportunities Abroad
Study Abroad Transcripts and Transferring Study Abroad Credits
Before you jump into your next adventure, though, make sure to complete all steps for your study abroad credits to transfer if you went on an exchange, direct, or independent program.
- Study Abroad Transcripts
- Transferring Credits
Study Abroad Transcripts
If you participated in a USU faculty-led program, you will receive USU credit on your USU transcript automatically. If you participated in an exchange, direct, or independent program, please request your host institution to send your transcript directly to the Office of Global Engagement. After Global Engagement receives your transcript, study abroad advisors will notify you.
Request your host institution to mail your transcript to:
Office of Global Engagement
9545 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322-9545
USA
You will have access to your transcript through the Document Center in your USU Study Abroad application, and for transcripts we receive hard copy, you may pick up the official copy from Study Abroad staff in Global Engagement. Post-pandemic, many transcripts are being sent solely electronically.
If you need additional copies of your transcript, Global Engagement can provide a copy of your transcript with an official letter in a signed and sealed envelope. The cost for this service is $5 per transcript copy if you pick it up or have it sent electronically, and $10 if it is shipped to you. Please be aware that some graduate programs may still require the original from the provider.
Transferring Credits - Steps to Articulation