Center for Global Education
Leadership in a global society requires a global education. Whether it is a semester abroad, an immersive internship in politics or entrepreneurship, an international research project or an international academic travel program, you will come away with experiences that will change the way you see your world – and yourself.
The Center for Global Education is designed to help CMC students discover programs that fit their interests, enhances on-campus education and opens doors for the future. We believe that academic opportunities to familiarize, and engage with other citizens and cultures challenge our students to rethink the way they look at the world.
The Center for Global Education serves Claremont McKenna College through:
- Managing a portfolio of domestic and worldwide academic programs
- Working directly with students in both group and individual settings to ensure student academic, professional and personal goals can be accomplished through the selected off-campus study programs
- Supporting students through the global education process of applying, preparing, arriving, adjusting, concluding and returning to Claremont
- Offering excellent mentoring and advising services for undergraduate and post-graduate fellowships, scholarships, and national awards.
Study Abroad
Studying abroad is an opportunity of a lifetime to learn about yourself, and about the world and the role you want to play in it. Study Abroad aims to connect students to off-campus academic and cultural immersion experiences that support their personal, professional and intellectual development in a globalized world.
The Washington Program
Since its establishment in 1974, the CMC Washington Program has been built around a full-time internship in the nation’s capital combined with a rigorous academic curriculum. The Washington Program has long offered students deep experiential learning through the lens of a liberal arts education.
Silicon Valley Program
The mission of the Silicon Valley Program (SVP) is to provide students with an off-campus study alternative that marries the liberal arts to exciting challenges facing technology firms in Silicon Valley.
Fellowships and
National Awards
CMC students are well positioned to apply for a range of nationally and internationally competitive external fellowship and scholarship opportunities, including the Fulbright, Truman, Rhodes, Marshall, Goldwater, Udall, and Gates-Cambridge awards, among others.
Kristen Mallory
Director, Center for Global Education
Lea Harper
Assistant Director, Center for Global Education
Brian Davidson ’08
Director of Fellowships Advising
Yi Shun Lai ’96
Assistant Director of Fellowships Advising
Jacob Gutierrez-Curran
Program Coordinator