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.
Round trip transportation is ex
tra, although the program price
does include some excursions
within the country
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