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
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