Tisch Special Programs

The number of students studying abroad is on the rise.

The Washington Square News reports today that applications to NYU's 10 study abroad sites increased 8 percent this year. Read the article.

Go global! Tisch School of the Arts also has study abroad programs in five locations this spring, which are open to all NYU students : Dublin, Havana, Johannesburg, London, and Prague.

Tisch spring study abroad applications are due October 12. Apply now or get started at the Tisch Special Programs Open House.

Gregory Needham is back from his semester in London with New York University Tisch School of the Arts. Tisch Special Programs caught up with Gregory about his training at the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC):

Training with the BBC as a college student is truly a rare experience. What did you take away from it?

I can honestly say on my résumé that I have been trained by the BBC. How cool is that? It truly was a unique opportunity that I feel very privileged for. The training programs were outstanding and when it came to the placement. I fulfilled a dream of working on the children’s programs I watched as a child. My placement was outstanding. Everyone was very friendly and encouraging. I made some dear friends with the team I worked with. They gave me so many opportunities that I never believed could happen in a hectic production environment. I was able to pitch sketch ideas, invited to staff meetings and had a personal tour of the puppets on one of the shows. They were more than willing to fulfill my needs, as I was theirs. I got to spend time discussing different jobs on the productions with professionals.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced in her New York University commencement address on May 13 that funding for the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program will increase by more than 40 percent.

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"You know, study abroad is like spring training for this century. It helps you develop the fundamentals, the teamwork, and the determination to succeed. And we want more American students to have that opportunity," Secretary Clinton said last week.

The Gilman Scholarships provide funding for undergraduate students seeking to study abroad for a semester or a full year. Additional funding is offered to students who wish to study in 'non-traditional' study abroad places. Read more about this scholarship on the Web site for the U.S. Department of State.

Secretary Clinton received an honorary degree at the 177th NYU Commencement held at Yankee Stadium. Watch Secretary Clinton's video for her full commencement address.

New York University Tisch School of the Arts offers semester-long fall and spring study abroad programs for all undergraduate NYU and visiting students. Short-term summer undergraduate and graduate programs are also available.

Cheerio to London but hello to the experience!

Students who studied abroad with New York University Tisch School of the Arts this spring have found that their life has been altered academically, personally, and professionally.

Here's what Young-Do ‘Josh’ Lee, who studied at the BBC in London, had to say:

Class photo of Tisch School of the Arts students studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London this spring.

Students studying in London with Tisch School of the Arts this spring were treated to a snow day. Here's one student's tale of the day:

Perhaps my favorite day in London started with snow. London hasn’t seen any real snow in over a decade so when five inches fell over night the city went crazy. On my way to class I saw kids having snowball fights all over the city and grown men building snowmen with their bare hands. When I got to class, school was cancelled due to the transit system failures so my friends and I decided to make the most of the day, regardless of the unplowed roads and the biting cold, and explore London.

We went for a walk through the pristine white blankets of snow in St. James’s Park, just down the road from Buckingham Palace and opposite the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) where the London Program is based. After watching the Changing of the Horse Guards (the mounted soldiers who form the Queen’s bodyguard), we walked down toward the Houses of Parliament and had an epic snowball fight of our own. We warmed up with lunch in a cozy pub just across the street from Big Ben and then took a lovely stroll over to Westminster Abbey and attended Evensong, a late afternoon church service featuring a boys’ choir singing ancient hymns. It represents a unique English choral tradition.

As I sat in that beautiful church, where so many Kings and Queens were both crowned and so many are buried, I reflected on my perfect English snow-day.

Philip ROSSI - RADA program.

Thanks Philip!

See what else London has to offer.

Studying television production with Tisch School of the Arts is an exciting opportunity. Studying television production with the BBC in London through Tisch can only mean one thing: a rare and incomparable opportunity.

Hannah Schleuder tells Tisch what the BBC program has brought to her academic and professional career.

Hannah edits with Ian at the BBC.

The Tisch London Program BBC course has exceeded my expectations on all fronts. The practical hands-on learning we have done at actual training sites combined with the integrity for television programming that our instructors have all displayed have made this study experience incomparable. I feel more comfortable calling my seven classmates “colleagues” as we perform directing, camera work, research, and scriptwriting weekly alongside professionals in the industry. Our training at BBC sites could be viewed as an abridged version of the two to three-year program that most young English professionals compete aggressively for. Acknowledging that this circumstance is extremely rare seems to have given us even more of a meaningful responsibility toward it.