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Expanding the worldview by seeing the world
Sarah Raaii - The Daily Iowan
Issue date: 9/12/06 Section: Metro
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Ingrid Frisk always had an interest in visiting the country of her ancestry, Sweden. When she studied abroad there last year, she discovered her heritage - and much more.
While her interest was piqued by her family's history, she made her study-abroad experience a reality through the UI Office for Study Abroad.
The office is holding its 15th-annual Study Abroad Fair, free of admission and open to all, today from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., in the IMU second-floor ballroom. A total of 70 study-abroad programs, from the UI and other universities, are represented in the fair. Program directors, advisers for both study abroad and financial aid, and students who have studied overseas will be on hand. Exhibitors from the Peace Corps and campus international volunteer programs will also be present.
"This is the perfect first step to initiate interest," said Lori Eiserman, an adviser in the Study Abroad Office. "Some students come in with a general idea of what they want to do, and others know they want a particular geographic area. The fair gives them more information."
She said the next step an interested student can take is to speak with peer advisers, who are fresh off stints overseas, in the Study Abroad Office. After getting a fellow student's perspective, those interested in foreign study can make an appointment to discuss their options with an adviser from the office.
During the 2005-06 school year, more than 700 UI undergraduates went abroad to study or conduct research. Students from 81 majors studied in 54 countries.
Frisk said that on her trip, she became immersed in Swedish culture.
"I saw things such as dogsledding and the ice hotel," she said. "It was an adventure all the time. There were new challenges, and it's not too often that you can go on trips all the time and try new foods."
Yet, consistent with America's tarnished global image stemming from the war in Iraq, were the experiences of John Stanford, a junior who studied in Berlin. Many of his experiences in Germany were shaped by that fact that he was American, he said.
While her interest was piqued by her family's history, she made her study-abroad experience a reality through the UI Office for Study Abroad.
The office is holding its 15th-annual Study Abroad Fair, free of admission and open to all, today from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., in the IMU second-floor ballroom. A total of 70 study-abroad programs, from the UI and other universities, are represented in the fair. Program directors, advisers for both study abroad and financial aid, and students who have studied overseas will be on hand. Exhibitors from the Peace Corps and campus international volunteer programs will also be present.
"This is the perfect first step to initiate interest," said Lori Eiserman, an adviser in the Study Abroad Office. "Some students come in with a general idea of what they want to do, and others know they want a particular geographic area. The fair gives them more information."
She said the next step an interested student can take is to speak with peer advisers, who are fresh off stints overseas, in the Study Abroad Office. After getting a fellow student's perspective, those interested in foreign study can make an appointment to discuss their options with an adviser from the office.
During the 2005-06 school year, more than 700 UI undergraduates went abroad to study or conduct research. Students from 81 majors studied in 54 countries.
Frisk said that on her trip, she became immersed in Swedish culture.
"I saw things such as dogsledding and the ice hotel," she said. "It was an adventure all the time. There were new challenges, and it's not too often that you can go on trips all the time and try new foods."
Yet, consistent with America's tarnished global image stemming from the war in Iraq, were the experiences of John Stanford, a junior who studied in Berlin. Many of his experiences in Germany were shaped by that fact that he was American, he said.
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