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From hiccups in his arrival to academic challenges, Andrew Popadiuk describes the first week of his Summer Exchange Program in Vallendar, Germany, and how we overcame by being himself and being open-minded. He discusses his preparation for the trip, his arrival, learning the history of Vallendar, and making new friends.
Activities: Academics, Activities: Friends and family, Activities: Partner University, Europe, Fisher College of Business, Student Exchange
Xiaomin Huang shares her academic experience being inspired and enriched studying at WHU. She also shares how she has developed a close knit network of friends abroad in Vallendar, Germany on the Student Exchange Program.
Activities: Culture, Activities: Food, Activities: Friends and family, Europe, Fisher College of Business, Student Exchange
Xiaomin Huang reflects on the things she will miss most about living in Vallendar, Germany, as she departs from her semester abroad on the Student Exchange Program --- from her daily interactions with the locals to the fluffy German potatoes!
Get some travel advise from a Student Exchange Program participant, Xiaomin Huang, on how to travel on a budget with resources available to you! Based in Germany, she shares her favorite travel destinations in Germany and around.
Activities: Culture, Activities: Friends and family, Activities: Historic Sites, Activities: Travel, Europe, Student Exchange
Now finished with her time studying for a semester at WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management on the Student Exchange Program, Colleen Sauer reflects on her last weeks abroad. From her last European adventures, bittersweet partings with friends made abroad, reverse culture shock in the U.S., to the discovery of how much she has grown and changed from her experiences going abroad. She shares her message to students considering going global: "Just do it!"