Public Relations: The Student Exchange Program at Curtin University Case Study

In the article, “Colleges Adapt to New Kinds of Students from Abroad,” Karin Fischer (2011) explains the increase of foreign students in U.S. universities leads to make more problems in campus and how universities are trying to overcome those problems and help foreign students to adapt to campus. Fischer explains the increase of the foreign undergraduate students due to the support from foreign governments. Fischer quotes Wesley Young, the director of services for international students and scholars at the University of California at Davis, to discuss that the increase of foreign undergraduate students especially requires more care and help than graduate students. While older students know what they need to do and what to do in U.S. university,

The need for higher education has prompted many students to seek further studies in international colleges outside their countries and Australia has become an academic hub for international students who mostly come from developing nations in Asia and Africa. The students, once they secure a place in this schools, they are subjected to a new environment which comes with different challenges. International students in Australia have become an integral part of the society both social and economical. However the students face a myriad of challenges before fully adopting to the new learning culture. In

Iowa State University prides itself on its mission to “Create, share, and apply knowledge to make Iowa and the world a better place” (Iowa State University Office of the President: Mission and Vision). This mission focuses on the success of each and every student that attends Iowa State. In order for Iowa State’s Study Abroad program to follow the foundational mission of the entire university, it had to create a mission that also focused on the students. The mission they have formed and stand today consists of: putting emphasis on developing strong international adventures. In order for students to go out to other countries to receive a quality education, the Study Abroad program must create a strong base on which they are able to form equal quality education as Iowa State provides no matter where a student goes. To promote opportunities that are inclusive and affordable for all students. To prepare students and directors for success when studying abroad. To advance standards of safety and uphold

Canada’s International Education Strategy clearly outlines the economic benefits of increased international students’ participation on campuses and in the communities (MAE, 2012). According to Roslyn Kunin and Associates Inc., (2013) estimates that 450,000

I came to America as an exchange student from Vietnam at the age of fifteen. When I decided to go alone to an unfamiliar environment, no one thought it was a wise decision. My friends advised me to give up on that intention and focus on learning in Vietnam. My parents are afraid that I will be in danger and nobody will take care for me. But I want to experience new cultures, and especially this is the beginning of my dream to study at famous American universities. Participate in this program allows me to not only build personal relationships when studying and interacting with Americans but also to learn about US culture from a local perspective. Apart from me, there are cultural exchanges students from other countries such as Japan, Spain.

During my sophomore year of spring 2016, I had the amazing opportunity of studying abroad. For five months I lived in Melbourne, Australia and had a wonderful experience. I hope I can help anyone who has any questions

I am a top performer because I always have strived for excellence throughout college, which in turn allowed me to graduate a semester early. In addition, I held multiple leadership positions throughout college, including President of Lambda Pi Eta, the national communications honor society, my college's Student Alumni Association, and Vice President of my college's chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA).

I came to Texas A&M knowing that it had a great study abroad program so I decided I would use it as an opportunity to travel before I graduated. However, for mechanical engineering, is seems that most programs are reserved for students during their junior or senior year. Unfortunately, I was planning on using those summers to earn internship experience, so traveling during that time wouldn’t be very practical for my career. So I decided to look towards a study abroad programs this summer that were available to freshman within the college of engineering. The reason I chose to do the Hong Kong Exchange instead of another program was because I wanted to : transfer engineering classes to my degree, improve my international communication skills, and ultimately to gain a new view of how another culture tries to solve a problem. But I didn’t just choose this program for its convenient timing.

These exchange programs would earn me college credit hours and overall strengthen my GPA. This was something that was very important to me because of my plans to attend graduate school after A&M. After deliberating between multiple universities, I made the decision to apply to Lancaster University in the United Kingdom. This program was the ideal fit because I’d be able to pursue my academic courses while living in a western country. While I could’ve chosen similar programs in Australia and Asia, I believe Western Europe was the best fit for me. There’s something about the way that Europeans seem to live life with a sense of energy, enthusiasm, and a pride of their past and present. Choosing a semester long program ensured that I’d have enough time to fully experience the culture of the UK, but not be a jarring transition when I returned home. A week long program would feel like a vacation, a year-long program would feel like a permanent move, but a semester long program gives me enough time to establish some type of personal growth while preventing the inevitable

Yuwa Edomwande, a junior majoring in biological sciences, decided to kick off the beginning of her semester by joining the Trade Winds and Conversation Partners of the International Students Office. The Trade Winds program allows international students to pair with U.S. students to engage in one on one and group activities throughout the semester, which is designed for cross cultural exchange. The Conversation Partners program is designed to engage U.S. students and international students in conversation to not only exchange English and foreign language skills, but to ameliorate cultural awareness.

Applying for colleges had me a timid and afraid. I was between IU and Butler for my final decision, which viewed from afar are active campuses in the initiative of change. I am interested in the Ambassadors of Change program because; change is needed in this era and because change is affective.

What do you think you can bring to a host school as an exchange student? Please respond in 250 words or less. Compose your response in a Word document and then copy it to the field below.

The experience of being an exchange student can be everlasting on most students. Exchannge student are students in high school or post-secondary systems of education who leave their home countries to spend anywhere between a few weeks and an entire year within a foreign country. Starkville High School has three foreign exchange students this school year: Paul Enseling, Eduardo Aguero, and Benedetta Trentarossi.

If I attend USD I’d be interested in joining the Study Abroad program to hopefully study in Australia. I’ve always harbored the thought of exploring the Australian Outback, going to the Sydney Theatre, and looking around Melbourne. Being secluded in a small town in the backcountry always made me want to adventure around the world. What I offer to USD is my own curiosity. Curiosity that’ll

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 at has a very different way of life than theirs. Further more, the laws in that 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 at 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.