Students in Tanzania Students who study abroad enjoy the opportunity to live in, experience, and come to know a new culture in ways that go far beyond the tourist's experience. Moreover, they often learn to see their academic disciplines as well as themselves through the eyes of that culture. Students who leave the comfort of Swartz Hall for thatch-roofed bungalows on a Kenya game ranch witness the complex dilemmas facing nations with burgeoning populations and vanishing wildlife. Students in many different countries learn to adapt their behavior to the expectations of their host families, whether in Japan, Chile, or Tanzania. No matter where students go, they are changed by the experience.
Academic work is enhanced as personal lives are transformed.
Students return to Bucknell with greater global awareness.