Study Abroad program offers many benefits
Jesse Whitehouse
Issue date: 11/12/09 Section: News
Education is learning from new experiences, said Dawn Wood, International Programs director at Kirkwood Community College. And new experiences are what Kirkwood's Study Abroad programs are all about.
There are 14 to choose from, studying for up to a semester in locations like Denmark, Italy, Singapore and Japan.
Information on programs will be available at a Study Abroad Expo from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 17 in the Linn Hall lobby.
Aside from the opportunity to travel to new places, studying internationally has practical benefits.
"Students who study abroad are more employable because they're used to learning a new set of norms, more willing to take risks and better at adapting to a new culture and organization," Wood said.
All the Study Abroad programs are good for course credit. Scholarship assistance has been raised this year to between $1,000 and $2,000.
Kassey Rich, a marketing major, gives presentations promoting the Study Abroad program at Kirkwood.
"The biggest reason I encourage people to go is that it's affordable and you won't be able to do this any other time at that expense," Rich said.
Rich said she has studied abroad on trips to Costa Rica and Denmark. She plans to go to Australia next spring.
Kirkwood's program continues to evolve. This fall faculty and staff from Kirkwood to traveled to Africa to develop a program for sending students to Egypt.
Program information and scholarship application forms may be picked up in 134 Linn Hall.
The next trips won't leave until next May but space is limited.
There are 14 to choose from, studying for up to a semester in locations like Denmark, Italy, Singapore and Japan.
Information on programs will be available at a Study Abroad Expo from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 17 in the Linn Hall lobby.
Aside from the opportunity to travel to new places, studying internationally has practical benefits.
"Students who study abroad are more employable because they're used to learning a new set of norms, more willing to take risks and better at adapting to a new culture and organization," Wood said.
All the Study Abroad programs are good for course credit. Scholarship assistance has been raised this year to between $1,000 and $2,000.
Kassey Rich, a marketing major, gives presentations promoting the Study Abroad program at Kirkwood.
"The biggest reason I encourage people to go is that it's affordable and you won't be able to do this any other time at that expense," Rich said.
Rich said she has studied abroad on trips to Costa Rica and Denmark. She plans to go to Australia next spring.
Kirkwood's program continues to evolve. This fall faculty and staff from Kirkwood to traveled to Africa to develop a program for sending students to Egypt.
Program information and scholarship application forms may be picked up in 134 Linn Hall.
The next trips won't leave until next May but space is limited.
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