Phi Beta Delta: Social Studies Students Present On Their Study Abroad Experiences

Phi Beta Delta, the honorary for international scholars, hosted a presentation by three Social Studies majors last night.  Sadie Wiley, Annie Hertzler and Kenneth "Trey Jones" each spent part of last summer studying abroad.  Wiley went to London, England to work on her minor in Public History/Museum Studies, and also traveled extensively on the continent with stops in Paris, Rome, and other cities.  Annie went to Santiago, Chile to work on her second major in Spanish and visited Easter Island as well.  Trey taught and studied in Seoul South Korea.  He had the chance to teach English to South Korean students before taking courses himself.

All three students did a great job presenting, indicating that they will make outstanding teachers in the coming years.  Their experiences traveling and studying internationally were positive in the information they learned and the life altering experiences they had.  Whether trying to take a taxi in a city where they did not speak the language, or getting lost on a walking path and spending nearly the entire day in the countryside, these experiences will make the students better teachers when they are in their own classrooms.

Students in any major can benefit from these experiences.  You can find more information on the ONU website here.

Both Sadie and Trey blogged their experiences and those blogs can be found by clicking on their names.

Well done future teachers!