Binghamton University will get double the dosage of opportunity this week, as students will have the chance to attend not only the Job and Internship Fair, but the Study Abroad Fair as well.

Tomorrow students will be heading to the Events Center to find out about the many study abroad programs available through the University and other institutions.

The fair will feature tables for all of Binghamton’s programs, where faculty, students and exchange students associated with the programs will be able to answer questions. Representatives from other BU offices, including the Languages across America and the Financial Aid departments, will be present, too.

“We are also lucky to have representatives this year from Hebrew University and the University of Haifa,” said Giselda Beaudin, the study abroad coordinator. “Binghamton’s Murdoch University program has a representative coming from Australia to help publicize the program at the fair.”

Among the colleges appearing at the fair will be University at Albany, University at Buffalo and SUNY Geneseo. Renee Lucier DeCelle, the assistant director of Study Abroad and Exchanges at Albany, said the event is one of the biggest of the year for her department.

“Albany, [College at] Brockport and [SUNY] New Paltz have pretty extensive study abroad offerings, so their tables stay pretty busy at the fair,” Beaudin said.

The largest programs are the Semester-in-London, and the Spanish Language and Culture summer program, and some of the most popular programs are those which go to the United Kingdom, Europe and Australia, she added.

There are about 100 groups participating in the Fair, and Beaudin expects about 800 students to attend.

“I would think Binghamton is the biggest sending school for Albany’s program, excluding Albany itself,” Lucier DeCelle said, though she stated she didn’t have the exact numbers.

For those students who aren’t sure if any study abroad programs are for them, there will be representatives at certain tables to help them decide. In addition, there will be advertising for an on-campus program to help get the students prepared for going away.

“Students can pick up passport applications and then reserve a time slot to have their passport application processed on campus at the passport event, which will be in October,” Beaudin said.

Emily Gollop, a Binghamton student who went on the Semester-in-London program and who is now working with the Study Abroad office, loved the program.

“It was really good for transferring credits,” Gollop said. “The schedule was not all that overwhelming and I had a lot of free time to travel.”

As for how Binghamton students behave on the programs abroad, the University seems to be well-represented.

“We love Binghamton students,” Lucier DeCelle said. “You guys are like the best of the bunch!”

For more information on programs available through Albany, visit albany.edu/studyabroad.