Adapting to a foreign culture firsthand allows students to develop an entirely new perspective about themselves and the world around them. Expanding horizons with a semester or year abroad demonstrates a sense of adventure, curiosity and flexibility on the student s part, enhances communication and inter-personal skills, lends distinction to resumes, and attracts the attention of potential employers, regardless of the student s major. Through agreements with organizations and institutions that administer the programs described below, students who enroll in these programs are registered for classes at Lenoir-Rhyne and receive full credit for their course work. In most all cases, they also retain any financial aid they receive and can apply it toward their study abroad. This program includes intensive language study, a family home-stay and excursions into the tropical rain forest.
Many Central programs offer the possibility of service learning experiences in the host communities.
Students seeking internships may elect to work in business, educational, governmental or social service settings. Arcadia Unversity offers a wide array of excellent programs for semester and summer study abroad. Options are available in several locations in the United Kingdom, Australia, Austria, Ireland, Greece and Mexico. There is also an option for study and service on the Pine Ridge Reservation of the Lakota Sioux in South Dakota. To American college students with a sincere desire to speak the Spanish language and understand the Spanish culture, IUS offers a quality extension of a liberal arts education.