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Summer 2016 Study Abroad
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Katie Kassis (’18), Asian studies major
Council for International Educational Exchange,
Rabat, Morocco
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Aaron Laster (’17), business administration major
Council for International Educational Exchange,
Shanghai, China
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Elizabeth Pittman (’17), biology major
Council for International Educational Exchange,
Seville, Spain
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Katie Jones (’18), studio art and business
administration major
LEAD Abroad, GO Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Study Abroad Peer Advisors
Study Abroad Peer Advisors and 2016 Birmingham-Southern
graduates Lucy Smart, Dunya Habash, Amy Heldt, and Karley
Chamblee spent the year helping to break down barriers to
study abroad. Through events and outreach to student groups
and residence life, these experienced students promoted
study abroad to the campus community. As one peer advisor
explained in her evaluation, “I felt I was most effective by
simply being available for students, to help soothe some of the
concerns they have and to foster their excitement in studying
abroad. Students need to have access to fellow students who
have experienced some of the same things they are about to
experience themselves.” The four peer advisors this year were
deeply engaged in College activities and all held leadership
positions across campus. Their engagement across campus
helped prospective study abroad students see that with early
planning, study abroad can be an enhancement of their
college experience.
Jack Kennedy (‘17), media and film studies major, studied abroad
for spring 2016 in Osaka, Japan at Kansai Gaidai University
“All in all, Japan was a once-in-a-lifetime experience that I wouldn’t trade for anything.
I never figured I would experience all of the things I did, such as seeing the city where the
first atomic bomb was dropped in Hiroshima. I especially loved playing basketball with new
friends. The friendships I made will last forever, beyond borders.”