Volunteering College Students To Study Abroad

excellent GPA, and internships in their prospective field, but overlook giving back to their communities and colleges. This benevolence not only improves the student’s resume but also their self confidence and self awareness. Local missions and community involvement in the towns where students live are valuable, and student’s are made aware of these needs through communications from their colleges and local churches. Soroities do philanthropy work with non profit organizations to instill individual growth in the members. As important as these mission opportunities are, studying abroad as a volunteer can be even more lifechanging. Meeting someone in their surroundings and working beside them to help them obtain a better quality of life …show more content…
Students should consider study abroad volunteering to develop leadership skills, gain a global perspective, and travel the world, while obtaining college credit. These programs are a wonderful tribute a student can add to their college career.
Internship programs are another way for students to study abroad. Students are immersed in another culture and learn the ways of that country, while also developing skills and work ethics. Study abroad internships are available in all fields of study as well as many cities. IES Abroad offers nine cities with internships. The full time programs are usually eight weeks in length, but there are part time options available as well. The student receives either one or six credits. If the student chooses a foreign country for their internship, they can acquire fundamentals of a the native language. This would also help the student perfect a foreign language they are studying for their degree plan. Learning a second language is more probable when the student is immersed in a country, where that language is the only one used. …show more content…
For instance, the distance of traveling abroad is hard for some people to deal with. In some cases the student may be a little intimidated of leaving home and traveling to a foreign destination. Safety is always a major concern for the parents as well as the student. A student needs to be smart and keep their guard up, while enjoying traveling abroad. Some students may not behave in the right manner if they are away from home for too long and fill that they need to act out for attention. There was two reported incidents that involved students from Eckerd College in Florida. First there was two students that got in a fistfight in Switzerland, and then there were intoxicated students in Europe who insulted local residents and disturbed others with noise. This is leading other campuses to think of ways to filter students that atttend study abroad trips to make sure this doesn’t happen again. Some schools have even started a wavier that says that students “’will not not be a hindrance either to group functions or the fulfillment of personal responsibilities’”(contract behavior). Another drawback to think about is language barriers, and how it may be hard at some moments to get things one needs. Also finding ones way around a city is harder when asking for directions is not an option. Another issue to think about