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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 13, 1986)
Holland offers students overseas cultural, academic change of pace By this time lust year I had made the decision to study overseas. I didn't know exactly what or where or even for how Jong but these, it seemed, were only minor details. What I wanted was a change from typical university life, a chance to see things from a dif ferent perspective. I wanted to participate in another culture, • possibly learn a new language, and find out if the 11 nit ml States really was the center of' the 1 -universe, „ Well, here I am studying |na-. terhational; busihessV;at Ni )erirode.flogeschopfyo?or ■. »Bed ri|fsku nde (The Net herlarids School .of< Businessj'.', There' Sire "six students ffom the University .' of Oregon t h Is . year . ,The fact '■> that .all ,bf them are men,'does. nothing to improve Ifte male female ratio of .■3-.t.° ”b°p't, . nonetheless*. they all seem'fair l.y’<|tadVt<>el)e:'hewc;:' •: ' Theschool Nijenrotle whs founded in IU4ti by several large, Hutch multinational cok pprotions (such us Shell,■ Unilever and Phillips); It got its name from the 13thiceptury,cas-; tie that is located at the entrance to/the campus....; ’ •.-‘•v ''' V;.,: c ' Since my familiarity with .’caStjes was relatively non existent. I was amazed-hind still am) at the thought of having a real castle right on campus. And as if that weren't enough, it also has a real moat, a real drawbridge and a real dungeon - which has been converted to a real student liar (that serves only Hpjnektm beer) Past Nijotirodeaus used to live and study in the castle, hut as a result of increasing enrollment it has been necessary to con struct new student housing and teaching facilities. American students live in the dormitories and are required to have a Dutch roommate This is supposed to help us integrate better into the culture and make us feel more a part of campus life. Pete Miller, a Phi Delt from Oregon, says: “Having a Dutch roommate has given me an op portunity to see how different a foreign culture can be from the United States It has caused my once narrow-mindedness to open to a different lifestyle and view of the world. “Besides, he goes home almost every weekend und I have the room to myself,” Miller adds. Despite the fact you've pro bably never heard of it, Ni jenrode has an excellent reputa-. tion in the Netherlands and is considered one of the best schools in Europe, ft is a very difficult school to get admitted to, with only one out of every 14 Dutch applicants accepted,. There are approximately. 600 students at Nijenrode. all- of whom are studying business./ After throe or four years of suc cessful study, they receive wh&f. ' ° 1st he Muivalent of a H.B.A.in" the/States. 7’. • .1;, ,This, can.ce.ritra}Ion of business, at times smfjns a Utile narpowly," focused-, howeyer; There' Ts ; rib. 'typical “find -yourself “ period ’as-jn'bio'stdvS. /uni vers It ids/ ,d'iijce Dtittch students decide to attend Ni ijtnn^,- they-.alinusi-GH^iHdly , will end; up, with careers in business-related fields * Another major difference J»t wn«n .1 t y!»»«-«1 American university and Nijonrode is the amount of emphasis given to the social aspect of campus life. At large sc.hools like Oregon, it is up to individuals how involv ed in campus activities they want to be. But at Nijenrode. a person is virtually drawn into the social life. There are usually about two or three parties, each planned by different groups on campus. Nearly every party has a theme, such as Casino Night. Christmas in September and Flower Bower, to which all invited guests come dressed act ordingly. The students who plan the parties put a lot of time (sometimes weeks), energy and money into them. One party last November took about seven weeks of planning and decorating, cost more than 60,000 guilders (about $20,000) and h&d an attendance of more than 1,500 (which is quite a bit" • considering there are only 600 Nijenrodeans). Besides the partied; there al&o'; are many clubs.arid committees people can get involved in. „Y pearly; everytaspecf of, campus' life.fs. nlri by, the ; -'students through specialised committees 'v .aucTr' as • the' ,’N;.G.iy;(s.tuddrit * union), the '.‘Bar: Committeej v and ’ the Nijenrode Sports'. ,* Asscrciation. Ka«:h member is: J.';: delegated a certain amount of responsibility and everyone is expected, to’ work together • toward achieving specific goals,:. There also'are '‘year clubs. a kind ;6r ,njimTrateryiity.-formed by": tOrl-2 find-year students.,:' i'h.ese; ^are groups of- close friends° J'Jfor life-’’) who do inany;fthings together s,iich as study: barrhop in Aimsterdam or weekend travel - The-theory behind this, in ' tegratipriVof the academic and social aspects of ^jenfmls is thid successful managers not orily. need acaderifrc' arid th^p/dtijcal. preparation for future careers in business, but fllab-.-ft’eed to be able to com municate on a social level. This is quite a hit different than most Western universities, which placed more emphasis on grades arid academic accom plishment. The Americans hen; have benefited greatly from this social and academic mix. Each of us must take at least six ccmncis (about 20 hours), all of which are taught in English (thank God), The curriculum varies from “European Politics” to “Financial Manage ment , ‘* and we are also required to take at least one language. This sounds like a lot, but most of us find spare time to go to a few parties and do some traveling. We also have breaks during which we can go virtually anywhere. This past Christmas, a few of us traveled extensively through Europe — some went skiing in the Alps, some flew home to the States. During spr ing break, most of us probably will go to Greece or another Continued on Page 10 PAUL'S BIKE SHOP FEB. * MARCH SPECIALS WHILE THEY LAST! 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