Phi Beta Delta Talk: Students Present Their South Korea Experiences

Phi Beta Delta (PBD), the honorary for International Scholars held its inaugural forum Thursday night in the Dicke Forum. Five students who had studied abroad in South Korea last summer told an audience made up of their fellow students, faculty, and staff of their adventures abroad.

The students included Megan Piersol, the student president of PBD, a senior majoring in History, International Studies, and Spanish; Jacob Schwab, a senior majoring in International Business; Sam Jones, a junior majoring in Marketing, Scott Bauman, a junior majoring in Mechanical Engineering; and Eric SeGall, a nunior majoring in Criminal Justice. SeGall went to Korea with the Dankook program, which allows students to teach English for their first three weeks, then take classes. The rest went through the Hanyang program. Both of these programs offer students an attractive financial aid package that helps defray many of the expenses they would otherwise have to pay themselves.

All of the students reported having a great experience, telling the audience of the places they visited, the food they ate, and the nice people that they met. In addition to their studies, which ranged from International Business to Korean culture, the students had the chance to travel around the country, even to North Korea. The highlight of the trip for Piersol was the chance to visit the De-Militarized Zone, SeGall visited the 1988 Olympic venue, Jones took Tae Kwando classes, Bauman had Korean food fed to him by the restaurant owner, and Schwab enjoyed his Model United Nations course taught by HPJ professor Nsia-Pepra.

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Study abroad truly opens new world for students and we encourage all students who can fit it into their programs of study to take advantage of these tremendous opportunities. For further information on study abroad in general, you can contact Mitch Lawson, the Director of the ONU Study Abroad Office, Dede Shine, the Director of International Admissions, who handles the Dankook Program, or Mary Drzycimski-Finn in the Dean of Arts and Sciences Office works with the Hanyang Progam.