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For example. Study Abroad just added a program in Vierma that allows music majors to
continue their studies in voice, music history and music theory.
Senior Courtney Mandeville, a biology and environmental studies double major, studied
abroad in Costa Rica during Spring 2011. According to Mandeville, studying abroad can be
beneficial in enhancing your major, and preparing you for life beyond college.
"Especially for science majors, there are opportunities to get an idea of what it's
like to actually do research," said Mandeville. "And sometimes people are able
to carry that on to thesis work."
Continuing their desire for inclusivity. Study Abroad is now reaching
out to CCE students as well.
"Twenty-eight percent of traditional students go abroad," said
Zerbe. "However, half of our campus is adult students and less
than one percent of them go abroad."
Though CCE students are often in a different situation than
traditional students, Diaz and Zerbe want to make it clear that
they still have the option of studying abroad, especially with
the advent of the three-week January term programs.
I "I realize there may be a lot of things that tie (CCE
\ students) down and make you think that you can't (study
\ j abroad) but, for example, we have a woman in Ghana right
%l now," said Diaz. "She's 62 years old and this is her first time
leaving the United States. She's living with a host family
and she's studying abroad with our traditional students in
Ghana."
Study Abroad is also reaching out to faculty.
"We're going to send faculty on these development seminars,
because the way for students to get better advising is for the
faculty to know more," said Zerbe. "We want to send the faculty
to international locations. ... We're really serious about this."
In the end, the Study Abroad office is trying to extend these
opportunities and prepare students for life after college.
Senior Jake Kresloff, who studied abroad at Schloss Brunnenburg in
Dorf Urol, Italy, and works as an office assistant in the Study Abroad office,
agrees that it is a life-changing experience.
You learn so many skill sets when you go abroad," said Kresloff. "You learn
nrioney management skills, ... time management sWlls, ... leadership skills, communication
uajo^ skills, problem solving skills. When I came back from Brunnenburg, I learned so much more
about myself. You'll never be able to exchange it for anything."
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drop by the office (King 112) to chat.
As Zerbe said, "If you want to go, we make it possible for you to go.
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