From Window magazine: Global Reach
Curious where Western's students and faculty are making connections around the world? A sampling:
London:
Six WWU Accounting students traveled to London in summer 2014 to study international accounting as part of the EY Global Mindset Immersion Program. Accounting Professor Ron Singleton and the students visited the International Accounting Standards Board, where they learned more about the differences between international and domestic accounting standards. The group also visited the London Metal Exchange, a high-tech business incubator called Level 39, and the London office of EY, the Big Four accounting firm whose grant helped fund the trip.
Daegu, South Korea:
Woodring College of Education is working with Kyungpook National University on Western’s first dual-degree program in secondary science education, which would enable more student and faculty exchanges as well as collaborative research.
Johannesburg:
An agreement is in the works would enable more student and faculty exchanges between Woodring College of Education and University of the Witwatersrand.
Burma:
Planned for winter 2015, a two-month field program to study environmental and social justice issues in Southeast Asia will include time in Burma. The trip will be led by Charlie Ashbaugh (’03, Global Studies), the non-profit educational organization, Institute for Village Studies.
China:
Students spent more than three weeks in China this fall studying “Changing China: Culture, Community and Citizenship.”
Tokyo:
Since 1988, about 4,000 students from Asia University of Tokyo have come to Western to study English and learn about life in the U.S. After their five-month stay, the students who want to stay at Western may enroll in the Bridge Program, which supports and prepares international students at WWU.
Mexico:
Mexico, along with Italy and Spain, were the top destinations for Western students studying abroad in 2013-14.
Bolivia and Peru:
Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies students Arcadia Trueheart and Liliana Morgan recently returned from South America, where they pursued independent studies funded by Fairhaven’s Adventure Learning Grant. Truehart studied public theatre and indigenous art in Bolivia while Morgan spent time in the Andes learning about agricultural biodiversity. As required by the grant, both are now back at Fairhaven sharing their experiences with fellow students and faculty. Meanwhile, another Fairhaven student, Le’Ana Freeman, is now abroad in South Africa.