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As a culture-loving Francophile who struggled to overcome the high costs of studying abroad, I am committed to improving the field of international education. More specifically, I aspire to use my study abroad success story to help other students realize that international education is an option for them, regardless of their financial backgrounds. Hence, I am applying for a Master of Science in College Student Personnel to equip myself with the skills necessary to make a difference in students’ lives, as socially responsible student affairs professional.
I first realized that I wanted to advocate for financially disadvantaged students while volunteering with the Office of Study Abroad. Ringed by enthusiastic faculty and hypermotivated undergrads, I felt gratified whenever I inspired a student to keep applying for aid, or heard that someone I had spoken with had earned a study abroad scholarship. Plus, the office’s multicultural atmosphere brought me to know students and professionals from myriad backgrounds in many fields of study; living vicariously through their global successes delighted my inner explorer. Finally, my mentor, Dr. Catherine Moore, whose zeal for continual learning and self-improvement I so admire, persuaded me to pursue a career in the field.
Since then, I have explored several facets of the global education sector: I have written a study abroad advice column for the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, been elected as President of Western’s Ambassadors for Study Abroad (WASA), a student organization for international education advocates, and continued to volunteer with the WIU Office of Study Abroad. Also, I had the opportunity to interact with bright, young student affairs professionals during a grant-f...
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...ack experience in, whilst providing my peers with valuable information from my own involvements. Plus, perfecting how to interact in a group will help me maintain effective working relationships with my future colleagues. Furthermore, because of the close contact many CSP alumni keep with the program, I hope to connect with student affairs professionals who may want to synergize on future projects.
As I have demonstrated, my personal experience as a financially disadvantaged student who won the struggle against the high costs of studying abroad has inspired me to help other low-income students pursue their dreams of international education. However only the well-rounded theory-to-practice-based College Student Personnel at WIU can help me develop into an ethical and effective student affairs professional capable of truly reforming the international education system.
Barber, Benjamin. The Educated Student: Global Citizen or Global Consumer ?. New York, New York: Longman,2007. Print.
The Irish American Scholar Program will significantly enhance my educational goals for school as well as my life experiences. The unique opportunity this program offers coincides with a family value of expanding one’s knowledge beyond the small bubble of the everyday and exploring the world. The value of embracing new opportunities started with my grandfather when he broke away from the norm of his family and expanded his boundaries. His family, traditionally, lived and moved together, but when his family moved to Michigan, my grandfather decided to remain in Arkansas and join the Air Force, allowing him to travel not only in the United States but abroad to England. Similarly, my father decided to go to college several hours away from his family at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. This decision led him to a career with the government where he was able to experience several different cultures in the workplace and abroad. Being surrounded by inspirational family members has inspired me to pursue my own unique experience.
Being An International Student in a Post 9/11 World "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to be free," just not your students. "I knew what was going to happen after 9/11. It was understood," said Tariq Halela, a 21-year-old student at Boston University. What he understood was simple: for an international student, living in the United States would never be the same. Halela, an Indian born Kuwaiti native, has been studying stateside for over two years.
I was born in a small village in the outskirts of Uzbekistan. It is one of the poorest and most isolated areas of the country. The economy of the region, as well as of the whole country was supported by the Soviet Union. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Uzbekistan was burdened with high unemployment, rapid inflation, and shattered infrastructure that could not support any economic revival. Most families, especially those in suburbs of the country, were struggling to get by. Consequently, most students in my village could not even dream about going to a university. I was one of those students. However, in 2005, I participated and became one of the finalists of the Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) program. The program was administered by the State Department of the United States (US); it gave an opportunity to students with outstanding academic record to study in the US high school for a year. At that point, I knew that there was a chance that someday I might be able to go to a university.
Every year, more and more International students are coming to the U.S. for pursuing higher education. According to the Open Doors report published annually by the Institute of International Education (IIE), the number of intern...
The Presidential Honors Scholars Program offers opportunities that will help in my pursuit for graduate school, such as the DURF grant, the senior thesis, and the research presentation to the Undergraduate Research Conference. The experiences from the sophomore study abroad trip will open my mind to a new culture and future global possibilities. The community service projects will build my character and enhance my desire to help others and build a community. Utilizing what the Presidential Honors Scholars Program can offer me, I will be able to become the type of researcher that I have always strived to be: hard-working, intelligent, and
Strauss, Valerie. "Where U.S. Stands in Education Internationall." Washington Post. N.p., 25 June 2013. Web. 15 Mar. 2014.
Recent years have witnessed more and more international students study in the United States. From my personal experience as an international student, I recognized the differences in culture between the international students and the American students. Likewise, a Rebekah Nathan’s chapter, “As Others See Us,” demonstrates that how an international student as minorities see American students. Nathan, a professor who goes undercover as a student in her university, conducts an ethnographic study to examine the interaction between American students and international students. Nathan shows how international students have problems with American students because American students tend to form superficial relationship. This is because American students do not express the close relationship within family and friends. Moreover, international students have a difficult time making friends because American only seems care about themselves, they do not seem to care about the rest of the world. Nathan claims that international students usually stay within their own ethnic group is valid. However, Nathan claims that Americans do not make the effort to make friends with international
Standing out of the crowd is a great way to get attention for a good job or acceptance into a university. Taking a gap year to study abroad can open many doors and help teens become better equipped to identify and interact with people from other cultures. “With so many international experiences available, more than 80% of gap year students say their experiences make them more globally aware” (Salisbury). In an expanding business world, increased cultural awareness and even language skills will help future teens of the workforce be more successful in their careers.
International students face many different challenges when studying abroad. This is due to many factors. First they are living in a country very far away from their own. The country they are studying in also has a very different way of life than theirs. Also the laws in foreign country are much different than the laws in their own country. Due to that they face a lot of problems trying to adapt to this new culture. Me personally as an international student in the US studying in ASU have faced three particularly difficult challenges that I was able to overcome through time. In this essay I will explain how international students can overcome tough challenges and situations.
Outward Bound is a program that challenges people of all ages, skill level and backgrounds to move beyond their traditional 'comfort zones' to challenge themselves physically and emotionally to discover positive qualities about themselves of which they previously were unaware. There appear to be many more people who could benefit from Outward Bound USA's programs than will be able to join any course based on personally prohibitive cost. The paper recommends that the School stress the availability of scholarship money more strongly that it currently does.
“Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school” this quote by Albert Einstein states the importance of education, its influence on our daily lives and its power over all other devices. My teacher once asked me what’s easier, to remember or to forget? I answered confidently “to forget” but he made me realize I was wrong, I can never forget the alphabet “a” for example even if I try erasing it from my memory; moral of the story is that education will stay with you for the rest of your life.
Changing the World Through Education My philosophy of teaching involves changing the world through my students. I want to enable my students, through education and motivation, to leave the world better than they have hounded it. Like many social reformists, I feel that we as teachers owe it to the future generations to instruct them how to handle the problems they will encounter in hopes that they will pass on fewer problems to their children. I will work every minute of every day to ensure my students’ successful futures.
Studying abroad can be one of the most rewarding experiences in a college’s students career. For many colleges, having their students can mean an increase in tuition, higher application rates, and overall better reviews by their students. According to the Indianapolis Business Journal, by Scott Olsen, “The Wall Street Journal reported last month that several small colleges are requiring students to pay full tuition even if the programs cost less, setting caps on the amount of financial aid sent abroad, and limiting how many students can participate”(5). Also, Olsen tells us “In the 2003-2004 school year, 7,208 students from Indiana universities went on study-abroad programs, according to the most recent statistics available from the Institute
I always want to be an international student because I believe that learning in different surroundings will offer me a chance to explore the world. In order to become one, I have been preparing myself for this upcoming challenge. Long years of studying and paying most of my attention to school work made me wonder whether it is worthwhile to spend so much time on textbooks and became curious about what it is like to study in another country. In 2011, I seized the opportunity provided by my senior high school and became an exchange student in the U.S. . I didn’t fit in perfectly in the beginning, but throughout my exchange year, I had learned to adapt m...