DePauw University - Mirage Yearbook (Greencastle, IN)

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Among other Vienna-bound studems are Tom Meul- broek, Jenniier Hinshaw, Denise Vallee, Brian Ahl- born, Tim Frost. Looking like a storybook castle, the Scholoz Karls- kirche was photographed from a bridge by Denise Vallee. Tara Walker. Sue. and Julie Bialek take a boat to a Greek island. Alisha Johns and Denise Vallee pose by a sign as they take a hike in Europe. Denise Vallee photographed the Wein Karlskirche while She siudied in Vienna and travelled Europe. Terri Ambach poses at the temple of Poseidon Greece. Terri studied in Athens for a semester. in Z'l

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DePauw Students Overseas . . . Tab, soft toilet paper, football, phone calls, and kiss-lns topped the list of most missed things by students studying abroad. Fellow Americans were also missed. Referring to her experience in Strasberg, Cindy Sutton explained, uTherels things I miss about France now e like traveling and meeting different people but there were always times when I would have killed to talk to Americans. Over sixty students go abroad each semester. Reasons for going overseas include to speak another language, to travel, to escape from DePauw, to have a foreign romance, and to drink good wine and beer. Study abroad also offers the chance to experience the utmost in a field. For example, music students can hear classic preformances Terri Ambach rides a camel at the Cheops Pyramid in Egypt while away from Greece. in Vienna and Classical Studies students can see the ancient culture- they have read about. The overseas programs used to have a reputation as being academically easier. However, all students who go abroad say it is not as easy as they expected. Greece students were laden with papers, and France students took all their classes in French. Nonetheless, the opportunity for travel in addition to study was tremenoous. As Krista McCormick put it, DePauw can get old. Phil Hellmich contemplates life while sitting in an amphitheatre in Greece. Krista McCormick, Laurene McKirnan, Cindy Sut- ton, Becky Riley, and Jennifer Kneisley eat in Florne.

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Tammy Randall, Sandy Matthhys, Kim Holycross, Sarah Schnepf. and John Biebel pose in Philadel- phia. Tammy and Kim were on the New York Arts program while the others were in Phili. Janet Wilson views New York City's west side from the blacony of her hotel while on the New York Arts program. Janet landed a role in an off broadway opera and worked for the Henry Street Settlement Arts for Living Centert w awe; .. L .auAAn,.. 4..- We . . . In DC, NY, And Phili Approximately thirty-five students study off-campus each semester. DePauw's primary off-oampus programs include the Philadelphia Urban Semester, the New York Arts Program, and the Washington 0.0. Program. These programs require minimum class time plus experience in an internship-type job. Living in large cities, often independently in an apartment, was another challenge. em Twenty To those students from New York or even Chicago, Greencastle and DePauw sometimes felt like a foreign land. And for some students, it is I literally that. Foreign students found it challenging to learn from DePauw .5 students, while DePauw students learned from them at the same time. Director of Foreign Affairs Lynn Ashworth called this an uexchange in cultural interaction. It adds to the atmosphere here on campus for Americans who don't get to go abroad to have these students in class, Ashworth explained. Sy Thomas, a junior who has had several foreign roommates, said, I've learned what other places are like without going there. Getting along with them is easier. They're more open, friendly, and they show emotions more. Like if llm doing something wrong, they just tell me. DePauw has students from the following countries: Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, Jordon, Germany, and Finland. Our foreign students also come from Kuwait, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Canada, and VietNam. Several students are also from Puerto Rico, l but that is really part of the United States. Many ot the foreign students are just here for a year through the Institute of International Education. , DePauw also has a one year exchange with Japan. The students who come from foreign countries to get a four-year degree usually heard of DePauw from someone in their country. Sophomore Anneli Vecchi, who is Swedish but calls Argentina her home, said her math teacher in I Agrentina was a DePauw graduate. She further explained, A very, very small minority stay in Argentina to ? study. The majority go abroad. DePauwls social life was sometimes difficult for foreign students to adjust to. Of sorority and fraternities Annelli expressed some concern. tilt doesn't mean as much to someone who doesnit live here. You might feel like youlre taking up space. Marc Berg from the Netherlands agreed, saying the social life was the hardest adjustment for him. Johanna Extremia, a student from Sweden, found the social life no problem since her small town in Sweden has much the same U-u -uw....-- ,....t.i,1g...s.ssl atmosphere.