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Study Abroad Veterans
Welcome Back to Baruch!
The experience of living in a different culture, especially over a period of several months, frequently has a profound impact upon the way you view yourself, your values, and the college life routine you will encounter when you return. Just as you will probably have undergone some aspects of what is known as "culture shock" when you went abroad, you should also expect to experience some "reverse culture shock" when you return. Your time abroad will have made you personally more independent and enhanced your self-confidence in dealing with new situations. Being exposed to a different culture, and to unfamiliar academic and political institutions; reading local newspapers and hearing of issues and controversies locally important but unknown to you before you left; and merely talking to local residents and students all will have combined to broaden, and perhaps change, your perspective on the world you left behind in ways of which you may be only vaguely aware. This is a perfectly normal reaction, and one which you can and should turn to your advantage: not only in your academic work, but in preparing yourself for your chosen career. The Baruch Study Abroad Office not only strongly encourages Study Abroad Veterans like yourself to remain in contact with our office, but also offers you the opportunity to convey to others your own enthusiasm about your experience, and to help us better prepare them for theirs.
"Re-entry"
The Study Abroad Office will be planning some events that bring together students who have recently studied abroad. These events are designed to allow us to learn more details about your own experience abroad, to hear your evaluation of the quality of the program you studied on, and to offer you a forum where you can share and exchange views with other students on your experience. We will be contacting you via e-mail about these events.
Study Abroad Fairs
Every semester the Baruch Study Abroad Office sponsors a Study Abroad Fair. This provides students a chance to speak with representatives of study abroad program sponsors about the opportunities they offer, and allows the Study Abroad Office to showcase the exchanges it has with our partner universities. Whether you participated in one of the Baruch or CUNY exchanges, or studied abroad through an approved program sponsor, we would like to encourage you to participate in the Study Abroad Fair. As recent veterans of a given program, you possess information that would be invaluable to prospective applicants. The Study Abroad Office will be contacting you to ask you to attend the Study Abroad Fair, and we hope that you will agree to do so.
Global Student Certificate
The Weissman Center for International Business has inaugurated a Global Student Certificate program for Baruch College students. This certificate offers accepted students the opportunity to participate in a number of globally oriented events, to gain intercultural training, and to receive a certificate, which is a valuable addition to anyone's resume. As a study abroad veteran, you are a natural candidate for this certificate program. Please consult the Global Student Certificate website for more information.
Some Final Administrative Matters
We at the Study Abroad Office want to make sure that you receive proper credit and, if applicable, grades, for the work you have done abroad. If you have completed all your Course Equivalency Approval Requests, received your Study Abroad Permit, and followed all procedures required for any changes made to your program (see the Study Abroad Application Procedure and Academic Matters), the transfer of credit should go smoothly. Please be sure that you have arranged for at least one copy of the transcript for your work abroad to be sent to the Study Abroad Office at Baruch, even if a transcript is also sent directly to the Baruch College Registrar's Office. (See Transcripts for more information and guidance).