HPU welcomes new foreign exchange student program
The new exchange program welcomed students from Austria, Brazil and France. All of the students are seniors who decided to study abroad their last semester. Photo by: HPU Study Abroad
By Madeline Travell, Staff Writer //
Wanderlust is the strong desire to travel. The allure of different cultures, cuisine and history attract people to all parts of the world.
Traveling to a foreign country is on almost everyone’s, bucket list and the study abroad programs that universities and colleges’ offer to their students is a great way to explore the globe.
High Point University has a large scope of countries and programs that students can choose from. The university specifically offers semester-long programs, the ‘global experience’ Maymester programs and summer programs.
There are also opportunities to travel by participating in service trips during alternative fall and spring breaks. Whether it is as far as Asia, Africa and Europe, or as close as Canada or somewhere in the United States, there are so many possibilities students have to choose from and its up to them to decide where their next adventure will take place.
HPU has implemented a new student exchange program that began at the beginning of the spring semester in 2015. The exchange is with students from Austria, France and Brazil.
There are two students from The University of Graz in Salzburg, Austria, three students from Groupe École Supérieure de Commerce de Pau (ESC Pau) in Pau, France and two students from Brazil who are on campus for the remainder of the semester.
All of the exchange students are in their final year of studies, proving how it is never too late to study abroad.
It has been only two short weeks that the exchange students have been at HPU. They have eased into college life at HPU, attending classes during the week and enjoying events the campus has to offer, such as the Charcoal Pony improv comedy show.
“I have really enjoyed all the differences in America,” said one of the girls from Austria.
They are all living in university housing and are truly living the HPU experience.
Studying abroad is exciting to think about and hopefully more students will get to experience the benefits of studying abroad. There are a million places to go and limitless things to offer, the hardest decision to make is where your plane ticket will fly you.
For more information on the study abroad opportunities that HPU has to offer, please visit highpoint.edu/studyabroad.