U.S. Government and International Resources

Considering going abroad for study/educational purposes or employment? Check out "Going Global: CSD Learning Abroad—Opportunities for All" by Michelle Ferketic, director, special interest divisions and international liasion programs, and working abroad tips, including job search resources.

Information related to foreign travel and international programs can also be found on the following Web sites.

U.S. State Department

Bureau of Consular Affairs

• Travel Warnings
• Services/Information For Americans Abroad
• Passport/Visa
• Doctors/Hospitals Abroad
• Links To Consulate Web Sites

Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs

See: International Visitors Program; Requests for Grant Proposals

International Information Programs (formerly United States Information Agency)

U.S. Embassies and Other Diplomatic Missions

Other U.S. Government Departments and Agencies

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

• Health Care Worker certification for non-U.S. citizens

U.S. Department of Commerce

• International Trade Administration

National Institutes of Health (Research and Funding Resources)

• National Institutes of Dental & Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) – Office of International Health (click on International Activities under Research)
• National Institutes on Deafness and Other Communications Disorders (put "international" into search browser to bring up related links)
• John E. Fogerty International Center for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences

National Science Foundation (Research, Education, Funding)

• Division of International Programs

Peace Corps

The United States Mission to the European Union

Organization of American States

United Nations

• Organization Chart [PDF]
• Departments and Divisions of the UN Secretariat 
• Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Division for Social Policy and Development, The UN and Persons With Disabilities or go to Secretariat site and put "disabilities" into search engine
• Commission for Social Development (of the Economic and Social Council)
• Department of Political Affairs

World Health Organization

• Deafness/Hearing Impairments
• Oral Health

Other Resources

Overseas Association of Communication Sciences