Why Study Abroad?
Getting Started
Choosing a Program
Funding Your Program
Applying for a Program
Participating on a Non-WSU Program
Non-WSU Students
Studying Abroad will broaden your horizons and challenge your meaning of independence. It will create opportunities that will expand your learning experience and make you an invaluable resource to future employers.
Studying Abroad will also help you gain knowledge, talents and skills that will enable you to prosper and grow in our fast changing and increasingly competitive world. It offers a great opportunity to improve your understanding of other cultures and world issues.
More importantly it gives you firsthand observation of the habits, customs, political economic and social issues that have formed and continues to form its history.
The January 17, 2009 issue of Newsweek magazine contains an article, written by Jeffrey Bartholet and Daniel Stone. This article describes how President Obama has filled his top administration with men and women who have lived and studied abroad during the formative periods of their lives. “A Team of Expatriates” illustrates that U.S. domestic and foreign policy is best carried out by people who have had the direct experience of living and learning on the terms of a culture not of their own. It can be found at http://www.newsweek.com/id/180207. |
