Information about the Study Abroad Program was provided to students in the Campus Center earlier this week as a part of the Study Abroad fair.
The fair is an event that is presented by the Study Abroad office each semester.
Tables set up in the Campus Center were full of pamphlets and other literature for students interested in the programs.
The fair took place Monday through Wednesday from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
“It is a chance for students to stop by and pick up information or sign an interest list if they are interested in learning more about Study Abroad down the road,” Rachel Brown, Study Abroad coordinator said.
ACU Study Abroad alumni were available to answer questions and accept applications.
Brown said the goal of the fair was to remind students of the opportunities the Study Abroad office offers.
“This is also our first chance to get the word out about summer programs too,” Brown said.
Paige Wallner, special education major from Chicago, Ill. studied abroad in the fall semester of 2010.
Wallner lived in Oxford, England for three months and visited France, Croatia, Rome, Venice, Athens, Spain and Northern England.
“The experience of living in another country is really valuable,” Wallner said. “You get to see a whole other side of the world.”
The Study Abroad Program is now accepting applications for Spring 2012, Fall 2013 and Spring 2014.
The program plans to visit Leipzig, Germany; Montevideo, Uruguay and Oxford, England.
“It will create the best memories of your life and memories that you cannot get anywhere else,” Wellner said. “Traveling and being a tourist in other countries is one thing, but actually living in another country is different and more valuable.”
According to the ACU website, “about 25 percent of a graduating class will have had the adventure of a lifetime through an ACU study abroad program.”
“For those who are on the fence about it, I would say do it,” Wellner said. “Because if you go, you won’t regret going.”
For more information, contact the Study Abroad office at 325-674-2710 or visit their website at www.acu.edu/studyabroad.
