Do Plan II students study abroad?
Yes. Many Plan II students spend a summer, a semester, or a year studying abroad. UT Austin sponsors programs and exchanges all over the world, and students are free to participate in other university programs or to apply directly to foreign institutions. Plan II Honors supports students wishing to study abroad with a number of travel grants. More importantly, thanks to a recent $1 million gift from the founder of CarMax, Austin Ligon (Plan II, “73), Plan II can help send hundreds of Plan II students abroad each year through 2011 (and, we hope and expect, beyond).
Yes. Many Plan II students spend a summer, a semester, or a year studying abroad. UT Austin sponsors programs and exchanges all over the world, and students are free to participate in other university programs or to apply directly to foreign institutions. Plan II Honors supports students wishing to study abroad with a number of travel grants. More importantly, thanks to a recent $1 million gift from the founder of CarMax, Austin Ligon (Plan II, “73), Plan II can help send hundreds of Plan II students abroad each year through 2011 (and, we hope beyond). This gift was given in 2007 to be used, over the next five years, exclusively to support Plan II students studying abroad through the Ligon-Lamsam International Study Fund. About 40% of the Plan II students graduating in Fall 2007, Spring 2008 an Summer 2008 participated in at least one study abroad program.
