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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (July 30, 1981)
Overseas study program tests^tudont adaptability By OSCAR HALPERT Of Vm EmaraM What do Avignon, Poitiers, Breukelen and Dubrovnik have in common? All are European cities in cluded in Study Abroad, an educational program for college credit offered by the University The Study Abroad Program provides students the oppor tunity to test their University education in another culture “There's a whole school of thought that says experience is a better teacher,” says program coordinator Paul Primak "In this situation, a student doesn't have the usual supports to fall back on and has to learn how to make decisions alone," he says Study Abroad participants pay $3,500 to $7,500 to attend school in one of seven countries — England. France, Germany, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands and Yugoslavia Programs in all countries except Yugoslavia and Mexico are one year long In addition, a program in Sweden begins this fall, and a cooperative program with Rus sia will offer a series of language courses in Leningrad Another program is being considered for Spain, Primak says The Yugoslavia program is primarily for graduate students or students with faculty recom mendations, he says "It’s kind of a magical mystery program It has the mystique of the Iron Curtain, which I think sets some students off." The seven programs are divided into two categories — one administered by Oregon State University and sponsored by the Oregon State System of Higher Education, and the other administered by the Northwest Institutional Council on Study Abroad The NICSA program requires only a basic knowledge of for eign language, but the OSU program requires two years of Leisure expert to speak Douglas Sessom, a nationally recognized specialist in parks and recreation management, will spend next week at the University as a guest lecturer and advisor for Project EXE TRA Sessom, the chairer of the leisure and recreation depart ment at the University of North Carolina, will give a University wide colloquium Aug 6 at 3 p.m on “Contemporary Leisure Concerns The author of numerous arti cles and books on leisure counseling and leisure educa tion trends, Sessom is a proponent of "quality" use of recreational time In addition to discussing con structive ways tor using leisure time. Sessom is expected to speak on leisure trends in the 1980s, the amount of time that should be devoted to leisure — including staggered blocks of recreation during working hours (flux time) and vacation periods — and alternatives to the 8-to-5 work day Sessom's visit, which is sponsored by the recreation and park management depart ment's Center of Leisure Studies, is part of Project EXE TRA, a federally funded doctor al training program with em phasis in therapeutic recrea tion The colloquium will be given in EMU Room 101 Further in formation about Sessom's visit, which will include meetings with faculty and students, is availa ble from the Center of Leisure Studies, ext 3602 experience with the language of the student’s selected country. Ann Burter, a University English major who visited Ger many, says even two years of a foreign language may not be adequate “I'd had three years of Ger man, which is theoretically en ough, but I'm not sure it helped me," she says. "You find that much of what you learn in the classroom here is wrong in certain contexts. For example, sometimes I was too formal and other times I wasn't formal enough." Students who apply for the program are screened for lan guage ability and grade point average. Not everyone who applies is accepted, Primak says. Each student is interviewed by Primak, whose recommen dation is the sole evaluation for the NICSA program. "We select students on the basis of their flexibility, interest in a foreign country and ability to gain something from the ex perience. GPA is a secondary consideration,” he says. Budget problems do not seem to be limiting student interest in the program, Primak says, ad ding that enrollment in the NIC SA program is up 25 percent for next year Most program costs include tuition, fees, room and board. 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