Letter from the Director - Dr. Andreas Sobisch Fall 2012 John Carroll University The Center for Global Education Newsletter In This Issue: Page 1 Letter from the Director Spotlight On Our Incoming Interna- tional Students Page 2 2012 Study Abroad Photo Contest 2012 Study Abroad Fair Page 3 JCU Students Abroad Page 4 Spotlight on JCU partner: Rhodes University - Gra- hamstown, South Africa Important Program Dates CGE News Spotlight On Our International Students Greetings! This fall we are welcoming 34 new international students to our campus—24 of them exchange students from our various partner universi- ties, with the remaining 8 being part of our freshman class. They hail from 15 different countries—as far away as Myanmar, Vietnam, S. Africa, and Turkey, but also as “close” as Spain, France, and Germany. If they are in your classes, please take the time to get to know them and welcome them to campus! In the upcoming weeks and months they will introduce themselves to you in these pages. Please also look for “spotlights” on some of our partner univer- sities as well as JCU students & faculty who have spent time abroad. International Student Orientation 2012—Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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Letter from the Director - Dr. Andreas Sobisch
Fall 2012
John Carroll University The Center for Global Education Newsletter
In This Issue: Page 1 Letter from the
Director Spotlight On Our
Incoming Interna-tional Students
Page 2 2012 Study Abroad
Photo Contest 2012 Study Abroad
Fair Page 3 JCU Students
Abroad Page 4 Spotlight on JCU
partner: Rhodes University - Gra-hamstown, South Africa
Important Program Dates CGE News
Spotlight On Our International Students
Greetings! This fall we are welcoming 34 new international students to our campus—24 of them exchange students from our various partner universi-ties, with the remaining 8 being part of our freshman class. They hail from 15 different countries—as far away as Myanmar, Vietnam, S. Africa, and Turkey, but also as “close” as Spain, France, and Germany. If they are in your classes, please take the time to get to know them and welcome them to campus! In the upcoming weeks and months they will introduce themselves to you in these pages. Please also look for “spotlights” on some of our partner univer-sities as well as JCU students & faculty who have spent time abroad.
International Student Orientation 2012—Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Current JCU students that have studied abroad this past year, are eligible to participate in the Center for Global Education Photo Contest. Prizes will be awarded in the following 4 categories: 1) People; 2) Landscape; 3) Buildings and Monuments; and 4) Miscellaneous All entries must be on 5" x 7" photo paper. Include your name, email ad-dress, and title and location on the back of the photo. Winning photos will be displayed in the Grasselli Library Lobby throughout the month of Octo-ber. Submit all entries by Friday, September 28th to The Center for Global Education, AD 126. For more information call 216.397.4320.
Study Abroad Photo Contest
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2011 Photo Contest Winner:
MISCELLANEOUS
2011 Photo Contest Winner:
BUILDINGS & MONUMENTS
2011 Photo Contest Winner:
LANDSCAPE
2011 Photo Contest Winner: PEOPLE
My name is Filip Crnčec and I'm an exchange student from Croatia. I'm studying Business and I chose to come to JCU because I wanted to improve my English, see and explore the USA and because I heard that JCU has one of the best busi-ness schools in this area.
2012 Study Abroad Fair
The 3rd Annual Study Abroad Fair will take place on Monday, October 15th. Representatives from various study abroad programs will be in the LSC Atrium from 11:00 am to 1:30 pm. All students interested in studying abroad are encouraged to attend.
"Hi, my name is Evelin Duda and I am an international student from TU University in Dortmund, Germany. My subjects are English and Catholic Theology and I am studying those to become a teacher for secondary schools in Germany. This is my first study abroad, but I can recommend this experience to everybody. It is re-ally interesting to immerge in a totally new culture and experience how good or bad your foreign language skills are. I look forward to seeing some of you at my university some day!"
Leigh George Uygher Village,
China
Jenna Losinski Melbourne, Australia
Katie Largent Milan, Italy
Paul Sayegh Prague,
Czech Republic
"My name is Anna Schwegmann and I was born on March, 22, in 1991. I study at TU Dortmund University in Dort-mund Germany. My major is English and American Studies and my minor is Catholic Theology. My hometown is Meppen a small town in the North of Germany. I moved to Dortmund to study. What I like most about JCU is that you meet so many friendly people :)
Barrie Landrock in Turkey - The opportunity to study abroad is one that all students should take. I know that I learned far more about myself during my time in Istanbul, Turkey than I ever would have at a typical semes-ter at home. From the moment I arrived in Istanbul, I knew that it was going to be one of the greatest adventures of my life.
Fatih University, while providing a unique educational experience, acquainted me with the city and with fellow exchange students. Istanbul itself is an enormous city that nev-er stops; I had an absolutely amazing time exploring it with my new friends from all over the globe. However, adventure doesn’t even begin to describe the fun and wonder of exploring Istanbul and our trav-els throughout Turkey. Fortunately, Faith University really wants its exchange stu-dents to travel during their time in Turkey, and is extremely accommodating in regards to its academic schedule for this reason. The cultural experience of Istanbul is also unparalleled because there are people from every walk of life and from all over the
world, in one city. Throughout my time in Turkey, I met some amazing peo-ple and saw some inexplicably beautiful things. Istanbul itself has got to be one of the few cities where you can eat lunch at a riverside park, while sim-ultaneously overlooking a 1500 year old Roman wall and a sea of skyscrap-ers.
JCU Students Abroad
There is a
flickering spark
in us all which,
if struck at just
the right
age...can light
the rest of our
lives, elevating
our ideals,
deepening our
tolerance and
sharpening our
appetite for
knowledge
about the rest
of the world.
~ Ronald Regan
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Greg Gutmann in Japan - My study abroad experience at Nanzan University in Na-goya, Japan is my most memorable experience that I have had so far at John Carroll. While in Japan I was able to learn a new culture and make friends with people from just about every-where in the world. Probably the most incredi-ble part was to create close friendships with people from a new culture and that spoke no English. Now looking to my future one of my main interest is finding a way to have another international experience, because of the great experience in Japan.
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Rhodes University, located in Graham-stown, in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, is one of the oldest univer-sities of the country. It’s been in a part-nership with JCU since 2008. In 2007 a delegation of JCU students and faculty visited Grahamstown, and stayed at RU as part of our Summer Institute in Peace Building and Conflict Resolution. A re-turn to RU is planned for summer 2014.
New Staff Member: please welcome to our campus Dr. David Kleinberg, assistant director of CGE. Dave started last semester and comes to us from SUNY Binghamton. His academic specialty is linguistics. He is also JCU’s PDSO - the designated official for all visa matters. Please stop by and say hello!
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ~ Confucius
Rhodes University—Grahamstown, South Africa
News from the Center for Global Education
All of the programs below are attached to a spring semester course): Spring Break in Tuscany Feb 28 - March 10 Contact:: Dr. Luigi Ferri ([email protected]) Spring Break in Berlin Feb 28 – March 10 Contact: Dr. Matt Berg ([email protected]) or Dr. Andrea Sobisch [email protected]) Spring Break in China Feb 28 – March 10 Contact: Dr. Pam Mason ([email protected]) Spring Break in Costa Rica March 1 - March 10 Contact: Mr. Ralph Saporito ([email protected]) Summer: Summer Institute in Italy and Spain Summer 1 Contact: Dr. Santa Casciani ([email protected]) or Dr. Luigi Ferri ([email protected]) Summer Institute in Belfast, Northern Ireland Summer II Contact : Dr. Rich Clark ([email protected]) or Dr. Phil Metres ([email protected]) Still Tentative: Peru — Machu Picchu & Cusco Spr. Break or Summer Contact: Dr. Marsilli-Cardozo ([email protected])
