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Alexis Foley on UMD-Winter: Ghana (CHSE)
"From our visits to four institutions in Ghana as well as working alongside our partners at the University of Cape Coast, I learned what it means to mold systems that are unique to any given cultural context. I learned that it is important to have multiple perspectives and be able to see through different lenses in order to truly be a global practitioner."
Barret Rus on Business Exchange in Austria
"Everyone has a different story, a different path, and a different reason for their travels, but for one semester or one week or even one night, those paths cross and you get to learn from others experiences and knowledge and share your own experiences and knowledge."
John Meyers on UMD-Summer: Czech Republic (ENCE)
"During this process, I learned that I could not simply apply the thought process about how to solve public problems with my American perspective. I needed to learn the needs and wants of Czech citizens, and how they would approach a similar problem."
Jessica De Mouy on TEAN: Thailand and Cambodia
"My teachers treated me like old friends, my host family treated me like family, and I made friends that I still connect with and would love to see in the future."
Jeff Robinson Exchange in Sydney, Australia
"I am a first generation African American college student that has lived in a single parent household my entire life. The best advice I would give any individual coming from any one of those backgrounds is to fully embrace themselves in the experience and try not to focus on things you cannot control or things going on back home."
Joshua Land's engineering exchange at Universidad Politecnica Valencia
"Personally, this experience was eye opening; I realized just how similar people are on the individual level, yet how different they are on a cultural level."
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