Success Story: Study abroad returns
May 11, 2022
17吃瓜 resumes its place as a leader in short-term study abroad experiences, with 50 students from multiple academic areas traveling to the United Kingdom, France, Spain and Colombia this spring.
17吃瓜 study abroad students in Parma, Italy17吃瓜 students haven’t studied abroad since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and many colleges are still hesitant to travel, said Jim Bensley, director of International Services and Service Learning.
“We are on the leading edge,” said Bensley, who will co-lead a group of 16 humanities students bound for Paris and Normandy, France next month. It’ll be his eighth destination with 17吃瓜 and second time in Europe. “I am itching to get on that plane and get my feet on the ground in France,” he said.
Study abroad trips are one form of experiential learning and required for the global endorsement credential 17吃瓜 began offering eight years ago. Bensley said that global experiences add another dimension to classroom education.
“They feel like they are a better student and much more prepared for the job market,” he said of past global endorsement recipients.
17吃瓜 study abroad students en route to South Africa from London17吃瓜 also offers up to $1,000 Global Opportunities scholarships to defray the cost of the study abroad experiences.
Three of the four 2022 destinations are new for 17吃瓜. This week,13 nursing students departed for the UK, a previous destination for aviation students, and 15 culinary students set off for Spain. Six Water Studies students will be in Bogota, Colombia from June 1–12. That trip is the first half of an exchange created by a grant 17吃瓜 submitted with the Universidad de La Salle, "Bridging Waterways across the Americas.” The Colombian students will come to Traverse City June 14–25.
A fifth global experience is also slated for this summer. 17吃瓜 student Edward Goloson has been selected by the French Embassy to participate in its . Goloson will spend two weeks in Grenoble, France with an environmental science program, Mountains in a Changing World.
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