Ask students who’ve studied abroad and most will use the identical language to describe their studies.
This yr, because the spring semester turned into wrapping up, Rider college students embarked on short-term have a look at overseas applications in 5 nations. These applications allowed students to explore Italy, Finland, Thailand, Ireland and Peru with the steerage of faculty and personnel, usually in less than two weeks.
Read on to analyze more approximately the packages and the impact they had on college students.
Education Abroad in Italy
Twenty college students traveled with Dr. Diane Casale-Giannola, professor of trainer schooling, and Dr. Mark Pearcy, assistant professor II of trainer education, to Rome and the Amalfi Coast to have a look at unique training and learn about Italy’s tradition.
“I enjoy in Italy turned into an eye-commencing one. I learned approximately Italian culture, however even greater so approximately my very own American lifestyle. This became a truely memorable revel in.”
-June White, secondary training and records main, Class of 2021
Service getting to know in Thailand
Fourteen college students were visiting with Director of Service & Civic Engagement Joan Liptrot and Vice President for Student Affairs Dr. Leanna Fenneberg to Thailand to serve the much less fortunate.
“Going to Thailand turned into an unforgettable revel in for me. Not best did it help me clearly understand the subsequent step in my life and educational career, however being capable of assisting a network while learning about their subculture became an excellent experience. This carrier learning program became full of top-notch reminiscences and even higher humans. Not to say, the food becomes quite first-rate as well.”
-Casey Reca, business conversation grasp’s program, Class of 2019
The Business of Sports & Ireland: Documenting Cultures
Fifteen students traveled with Dr. Larry Newman, associate professor of advertising, recreation control and prison studies, Dr. Barry Janes, professor of verbal exchange, and Dr. Marge O’Reilly-Allen, companion professor and chairperson of accounting, to Ireland to study sports activities and verbal exchange.
“An unforgettable revel in regarding a ramification of different sports, their history and participation in them. This trip becomes the suitable software for me, and I couldn’t have loved it greater.”
-Taylor Docherty, accounting and worldwide enterprise major, Class of 2020
Education Abroad in Finland
Twenty students traveled with Dr. Tracey Garrett, professor of teacher schooling, and Dr. Sharon McKool, associate professor and chair of instructor schooling, to Finland to examine comparative schooling and examine why Finland turned into rated the No. 1 world inside the international for its schooling gadget.
“My revel in Finland becomes a splendid and unforgettable revel in! I discovered so much about the Finnish (and European) subculture. However, it became their global-renowned schooling device that modified my angle. We were given the possibility to observe and converse with instructors and students in a kindergarten elegance (that’s equal to American preschool), an essential college, a middle faculty and a lecture on the University of Helsinki. Also, we additionally met with Finland’s ministry of education in Helsinki and Turku to discuss instructor training/qualifications and school curriculum. During our free time, we explored the cities using traveling historical Finnish monuments, structure, and their international-well-known saunas. The enjoy opened my eyes, and I wholeheartedly trust that it is something that all Rider students have to find out earlier than they graduate, as it was so worth the investment!”
-Jennifer Buccigrossi, primary education, and multidisciplinary research, Class of 2021
Nature images in Peru
Twelve students traveled with Dr. Todd Weber, professor of biology, behavioral neuroscience and health sciences, and Jessi Oliano, Department of Communication and Journalism, to Peru to study subculture, technology, and pictures.
“This software became a life-converting revel in where I saw myself and the human beings round me develop and learn in ways we never knew changed into viable.”
–Miranda Whittles Shelton, environmental research foremost, Class of 2019
This yr’s upcoming programs include Thailand, Tanzania, China, Barcelona, Ireland, Munich and Prague, and Greece. Applications at the moment are regularly occurring for those programs. Students can also study greater all through the Study Abroad Fair on Sept. Five.