CNN Travel recently featured an article on the realities of reverse culture shock for long-term workers and volunteers abroad. The article features common shared grievances as well as advice on how to be better prepared for reverse culture shock.
Click here to read the full article as featured in CNN Travel.
by Nick Smith: University of Oregon student and Summer 2010 Scholarship recipient interning with Center for Strategic Studies (CSS) in Amman.
I made my way to the Middle East with an open mind ready to try something new. Coming in I knew things were going to be radically different from what I thought I knew about the Arab world. I’ve been here for seven months now and my preconceived notions of Arab society have dissipated over time,…
According to results of a National Association and Colleges and Employers (NACE) spring 2010 student survey, students in the Class of 2010 who had internships received an average salary offer of $41,580. Meanwhile, their classmates who didn’t take internships received an average starting salary offer of $34,601. Click here for more details and a sample of majors and their corresponding starting salaries this year.
by Erin Davis as featured in OSU Abroad: Oregon State University student interning with Ballymun, a placement through Individualized Placements in Ireland.
Dia Dhuit!..or, Hello, if you happen to not speak Gaeilge. Only about one in five people in Ireland speak this traditional language, but it’s still an integral part of the culture, printed on the top of all traffic signs and spoken during certain hours on live television. This mixture of traditional and modern life is prevalent not only in the language but also in the architecture, the…
By Laura McMahon: Oregon State University student and IE3 Summer 2010 Scholarship Recipient interning with Sea Turtles 911 in China
I’m Laura McMahon, a senior in Fisheries and Wildlife Science at Oregon State University. I am interning with Sea Turtles 911, a non profit organization working to save sea turtles in the South China Sea around Hainan Island. I feel as if I have adapted to life in China quickly, even without knowing the language. I have…
