Posted by: Elizabeth Richardson on July 1, 2021, No Comments
Travel is one of the best ways to expand our perspectives, meet new people, and learn about different cultures. East Stroudsburg University students broaden their horizons through international programs and the university welcomes students to campus who bring their own unique cultures from countries around the globe.
ESU’s Office of International Programs is an on-campus resource whose two-fold mission is to help ESU students fulfill their ambitions to study or work abroad, and help international students attending ESU adjust to their new surroundings. Interim director Steven Ives works with international students to navigate the visa application process, assists ESU students going abroad with scholarship applications and other travel logistics, and a host of other functions. Students can go abroad with a faculty-led program (typically visiting another country over spring break for 9-10 days, or over summer break for 2-3 weeks), or solo for an entire semester. “In 2020, prior to COVID, we had 18 faculty-led study abroad programs scheduled,” Ives says. Those programs were all canceled—Ives is optimistic they will return in spring or summer 2022.