Why Study Abroad - Personal Growth
What better way to gain valuable insights into yourself and the world around you than by traveling! Whether you venture across the country or around the globe, study-away programs foster personal growth and development in ways that are difficult to duplicate on campus. Off-campus study trips...
- Challenge and inspire your values and convictions
- Increase awareness of your own culture through comparison and contrast with other cultures
- Foster independence and interdependence
- Develop an appreciation and understanding of diverse cultures
- Allow you to cope more easily with ambiguity
- Expand your circle of friends far beyond campus
- Expose you to parts of the world you’ve only imagined
- Force you to adapt to new situations
- Open your mind