Joshua Greve can add to his resume a trip to Spain, Quebec and France
as part of his education.

The Lansing senior is hoping to get a job teaching high school
Spanish and French classes after graduating. He said his experience
studying abroad will help him be a better teacher.

“I learned how to be more independent,” Greve said. “I had to find
my own apartment and learn to budget my money so I could afford to pay
rent.”

Dianne De Salvo, assistant director for the Office of International
Education, says the study abroad program broadens each participant’s
education.

In order to expose students to the study abroad program at Central,
De Salvo’s office is hosting a Study Abroad Fair from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Wednesday in the Bovee University Center Rotunda.

“Study abroad is not just something that is nice to do anymore,” De
Salvo said. “It is essential in an academic career.”

De Salvo said students in international business programs will
obviously see the need to study abroad in order to get a good job.

The fair is an informal way for students to get information from
volunteer students who have returned from abroad within the previous
year or two.

Tables are set up throughout the UC Rotunda; each representing a
different country and each staffed by a volunteer student who has been
to that country.

The volunteer is there to answer questions from prospective study
abroad students and to promote the study abroad program.

Greve said some students worry about not being able to afford to
study abroad. He said students receive the exact same amount of
financial aid that they would if they were studying at Central. He also
said all of the credits will transfer back to CMU.

For more information on the study abroad program students can stop
by the Office of International Education, located in room 106 of the
UC, or visit the Web site http://www.oia.cmich.edu.

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