2008 Woodie Awards
Fair delves into various 'facets of international education'
Nick Veronin and Andy Chu
Issue date: 4/17/07 Section: News
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Campus organizations such as the International House, Study Abroad Office, Peace Corps and international networking club AIESEC, set up booths on Paseo de Cesar Chavez to hand out information and talk to students interested in traveling abroad.
The fair offered students access to more than 223 universities in 40 different countries.
"International Week is a celebration at SJSU of all the international components that we have," said Helen Stevens, director of international programs and services for SJSU.
Stevens said the week will focus on facets of international education at SJSU and will involve the International House, the Study Abroad Program and members of the international scholar community.
"It's getting more evident that students need broader world perspectives," Stevens said.
Stevens said it behooves the modern college graduate to have a wide scope of global understanding since more businesses than ever before are operating on an international scale.
Lisa Baum, an advisor for the SJSU Study Abroad Program, said her program provides students with the opportunity to immerse themselves in intellectual diversity.
"It's an advantage personally as well as professionally," Baum said of the program. "It's an opportunity of a lifetime."
Chet Hansra, a senior majoring in nutrition and immunology, came to SJSU from Roehampton University in London. He has been here since January.
Hansra was working at the Study Abroad Fair to promote the benefits of studying in other countries.
He said everybody who is able to study abroad should take the opportunity to do so, adding that his travels have made him a better person.
"I've actually learned more from studying abroad than I have from studying at home," Hansra said. "It's not even what they teach you. It's what you learn on your own. It's seriously the most fulfilling and most rewarding thing ever."
Hansra said he was especially happy with the connections he has made in San Jose and the greater Bay Area because he knows that he will have a place to stay should he decide to come back to California in the future.
Lindsay Culp, a regional recruiter for the Peace Corps, was at the event trying to recruit volunteers for her organization.
She said the Peace Corps serves more than 70 developing countries by sending volunteers on a 27-month tour of service to a given country to offer their expertise in helping that country.
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