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If you can't wait to go abroad, but know it just won't happen this year, never fear! There are still plenty of ways you can build international skills on campus. Be sure to make time for extra-curricular cross-cultural activities, like socializing with international students or having a world food pot luck in your dorm. There are lots of fun ways to bring the world to your doorstep! And you can also gain serious international chops (and resume-building skills) on your home campus by taking these suggestions:

1. Take international courses: Register for international courses or write essays on international subjects in your field of interest. Consider taking courses on another country or region’s history or politics.
2. Contact professors who have international experience: Tell your professors that you want to go abroad and be inspired by their advice.
3. Read international news: International people follow world events by regularly reading about world news. You can start by learning to locate the world’s 193 countries on a map.
4. Attend international events: Seek out public seminars by visiting scholars, attend study abroad fairs and International Education Week events (often in mid-November).
5. Get information about going abroad: Your school's study abroad office can direct you to workshops on how to travel, volunteer, intern or study abroad. Befriend students who have been abroad and ask for their advice. Start planning!

For more tips on how to go international when you're stuck at home, visit Top Tips: Building International Skills While in School on the main MyWorldAbroad site (for registered users), where you'll be able to access nine additional articles and three resource lists on this topic.