On January 23rd the Center for International
Education put on an amazing Study Abroad Fair in the Union Ballroom. This was
the Local 2 Global LLC Kickoff and the students loved it! Because there are
some Global Studies majors in the LLC and since studying abroad and having an
international internship is part of the graduation requirements, this was an
excellent opportunity for my residents to learn more about their options. My
residents got to learn about all sorts of different programs to use to fulfill
their requirements and because the Study Abroad Fair was running practically
all day, those who could not attend with the group still made sure to stop by
on their own free time between classes.
One of my residents, Jack, who is thinking about majoring in
Anthropology here at UWM, was excited to have learned a lot of information
about Ireland. He has been eager to study abroad there for a while so the fact
that there was entire booth dedicated to the country was awesome for him. He
spent a while talking to the program coordinators and learning about his
options. Now, he is planning on possibly going over this coming summer!
Another resident, Alphia, who is double majoring in Global
Studies and Russian also had a great time at the event. She was looking around
at all of the different program options, including the UWM faculty led programs
as well as the many organizations who put on separate programs.
All in all, the Study Abroad fair was an excellent event for
the Local 2 Global residents to put themselves out there and learn more about
their options!
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