Preparing for the Program

Each student must have a valid passport from their home country. You can apply for a passport at the Blacksburg Post Office. You should insure that you have the proper vaccinations for this program. This can be done through the University's recommended travel clinic (Intravene), a county health department, or your family physician. Your familiy physician usually does not have the more specialized vaccines and should refer you to the county health department. You can see a list of recommended vaccinations and other health information at the CDC travel website.

These sites have additional information:

• Passports
• General Information from the U.S. State Department
• International Travel from the U.S. State Department
• Customs Information
• Medical Information
• CDC Medical Information
• Drug Offenses Overseas from the U.S. State Department
• CIA Factbook (A great place for information on the countries we visit.)
• State Department Travel Alerts
• State Department Travel Warnings