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Hello and welcome to the Purdue
Agriculture Economics Podcast.
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My name is Valerie Kilders.
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I'm an assistant professor
here in the Department of
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Agriculture Economics at Purdue.
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And today, for the first time this
semester, I am joined by Kailee.
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Hi, Kailee.
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Hi.
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How are you doing?
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I'm doing well.
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How is the start into
the final semester going?
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It's been
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Or final year?
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It's been very bittersweet.
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It's just one of those things where
it's like, okay, I'm back on campus.
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I'm where I want to be, but , there's
a lot of lasts and there's a
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few firsts and it's just kind of
rolling with the punches on it.
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It's a weird time of transition, but
I mean, you have so many experiences
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you've probably had during your time
here that you can hopefully look
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positively back on moving forward.
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Oh, absolutely.
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Everything's been a
positive experience so far.
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It's just senior year, we're counting
down the days and it's interesting.
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Yeah.
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It definitely is, but I'm excited
to see what comes next for you.
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But today we actually have what you could
maybe call a facilitator of positive
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experiences and memories as our guest.
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Kailee, can you introduce
who we have with us today?
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Yeah.
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Today we're joined by Kara Hartman,
the study abroad manager at the
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International Programs in Agriculture
Department here at Purdue.
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As a Purdue Ag Econ alumni, we're
excited to have you on the podcast, Kara.
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I guess to start things off, can you
tell us a little bit about your role
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within the international Programs in
Agriculture and give us kind of a big
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picture overall view of what Purdue's
Ag Study Abroad programs have to offer?
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Thank you for having me today.
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I'm very excited to talk about
Purdue study abroad programs.
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There's over 400 different
study abroad programs - Oh wow.
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Typically, uh, offered
through Purdue study abroad.
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There's a week long, obviously that's
a spring break program, all up to a
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semester long program that students can
study abroad and get courses overseas.
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So there's six different
continents of course that we go
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to over 60 different countries.
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There's different lengths
of time available.
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So obviously students can study abroad
for winter break is coming up, right?
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Very soon.
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You leave after Christmas, get back
in time for the spring semester.
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In College of Agriculture, we are
going to Peru for this winter break
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and students earn three credits
on that Peru winter break program.
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There's also a spring break program,
obviously in March, the one week
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that's available as a term and
then short term summer as well.
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So that's two to four weeks in May and
it's three credits students travel around
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with, during a short term summer with
two leaders and 10 to 30 Purdue students.
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So winter break, short term summer and
spring break are group oriented programs.
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Some programs that are not necessarily
group oriented but more independent
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type programs are the long term summer
programs that we have six weeks or
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more and you're in six credits or more.
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Those could be more internship,
research based, or coursework involved
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in those long term summer programs.
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And then there's semester programs
of course where you go abroad for
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a semester and taking courses at
a different university typically
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on those semester long programs.
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So lots of options available
for students to study abroad.
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So take advantage of the opportunity to
study abroad while you're here at Purdue.
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I am an ag study abroad manager
in international programs and
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agriculture office and that's in
ag administration, in room 104.
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So feel free to stop by to check
out all the opportunities and to
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chat and share your desires to study
abroad, and we can answer those
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questions as well that you may have.
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, Holly Schaefer was an Ag sales and
marketing student as well that graduated
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and she meets with the students and
will gladly answer your questions.
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She also handles international
agriculture ambassadors and we have
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incoming exchange students as well.
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So shout out to Holly and visit with
her to talk more about your study
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abroad opportunities that's available.
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Yeah, that is so impressive
how many programs you have.
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I hear from my colleagues that sometimes
participate in them as like, not
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organizers, but like faculty of the trip.
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So I know about a couple of them,
but you're saying there's over
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400 and all the different options.
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That's really impressive.
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Like that is, I respect the
heck out of what you're doing.
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So good on you and so wonderful
that all the students have all these
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different options to really find
something that aligns with exactly
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what they might be looking for.
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Now, what I always wonder is
with the diversity of positions
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we have here at Purdue is kind
of how someone got into this.
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Now for you, I think, by my understanding
is you have actually studied abroad
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yourself and probably was a little
bit of a motivation for you to
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now be in the role that you are.
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But can you tell me a little bit
about your own student experience
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and then how that maybe guided
you to where you are today?
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As an ag econ grad myself, so I
studied ag sales and marketing.
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In my spring of my sophomore year, I
studied at University College Dublin.
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And so I had a semester experience myself
and of course that changed my life.
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And of course I'm here and as
a study abroad manager, right?
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So, it pushed me out of my comfort
zone and my parents kept telling me
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no, that I could not study abroad.
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But I kept telling them, yes,
I'm going to study abroad.
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And now that I'm starting to get to be a
mom of a college age student eventually,
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I think it would be kind of scary even
though I'm a study abroad manager, but to
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kind of let your child go into the world.
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But I'm glad my parents eventually got on
board and said yes to the experience as I
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gained so much more independence, right?
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Like landing, I did not have a phone.
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I didn't have communication and it
was just trying to figure out on my
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own how to get where I need to get.
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And so arrival was rough trying to figure
out how to get there, but I did it.
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And so I gained so much more like
self-confidence knowing that I can
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do this on my own, uh, without a cell
phone, without a map, you know, and
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just communicating with other people.
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And so also a lot of self-awareness
happened as well, like realizing like
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what is, what I believe or what I gained
or what I learned when I was a child and
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how they do things differently there.
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And it's okay that they
do things differently.
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It's just realizing that
there are different systems
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that's available out there.
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Just understanding different ways
of life and different perspectives
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and appreciating what we have
here and how I was raised.
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So AgEcon is very deeply connected
into global markets, right?
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I mean, agriculture is around the
world and is needed around the world.
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So AgEcon has different policies,
cultures and food systems.
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I took an environmental policy
class at University College Dublin.
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I didn't do the greatest in that
class, but it was very difficult
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because they had a totally
different system than I was used to.
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So learning about their whole system
and their policies was difficult,
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but yet - it opened my eyes realizing
like there are different systems
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and it meets what they need and
that's why they have those policies.
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And I want other students
to experience this, so I'm
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passionate about study abroad.
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I want them to grow personally
and professionally through , the
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study abroad experience.
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So even if it's a week long or a semester
long experience, they're gonna grow and
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it's gonna help them in their career.
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May I ask what made you pick Dublin?
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It's a cool city.
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Yes, it is.
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I honestly did not want Dublin.
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I was wanting more Australia and just
my life was like, I'm gonna go to
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Australia, the warmth, everything was
more exciting that I wanted in Australia.
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But, uh, I was too late in signing up I
think or something and they were pushing
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me towards Dublin, which is great.
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It was very good, laid back city.
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And now, now that I'm in this
position, everyone wants to go to
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Ireland and they have that Irish
culture history, they feel like, so.
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Which even is probably so
emblematic of study abroad.
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Like even if you don't get your first
choice, give something else a shot and
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you're probably gonna come away learning
maybe even more than you anticipated.
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Yes, definitely.
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There's so many students that
study abroad and they're not sure
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where, what location to go to.
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They're not gonna make a bad choice.
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Every program that they go on,
they're absolutely gonna love it and
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take a hold of it and gain from it.
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And so I never had a student come back
and regret their study abroad experience.
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They absolutely loved it and they wanna
go again to a new place or go back
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to the same one that they were at.
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So definitely good options
out there and go for it.
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That's so neat how everybody
always tends to love it and how
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there's so many good experiences.
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, Obviously you said you loved your
time there and it wasn't your first
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choice, but I'm sure you were probably
a little bit nervous going into it.
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And I feel like a lot of students
probably worry a little bit going
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into it about staying on track with
graduation, finances, managing costs
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and different things like that.
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So how does IPIA work with students
and academic advisors to help
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students map out course transfers
and scholarships and different things
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to help them ease those worries?
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Purdue Study Abroad is putting money
where their mouth is or Purdue in
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general that they give scholarships.
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There are Giant Leaps study abroad
scholarships that are out there.
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This is based on family's income and
the length of time that they go abroad.
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So currently you have to have a
FAFSA on file, that way they can
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know what that family income is.
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And it needs to be $150,000 or less to get
a Giant Leaps study abroad scholarship.
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There's also Purdue College
of Agriculture Scholarships as
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well that you can apply for.
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Currently you can apply for those
on your My Study Abroad page after
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you apply online to a program.
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So there, it's free money that's out
there and you can be eligible for it.
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The College of Agriculture Scholarships
are not necessarily always income
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based or needs based, but they're more
some merit based as well scholarships.
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Thankfully we have plenty of donors that
want students to study abroad and these
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are donors that are agriculture donors.
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So it's very exciting to have these
donors give to a student and it
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can change their world by giving
them money through a scholarship.
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You also mentioned the course mapping.
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Students can study abroad for a semester
at a different location and there's
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some, a course equivalency form that
needs to be completed before they go.
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Financial aid still applies as well for
students, so that can be an option as
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well to fund a study abroad program is
look into that financial aid options.
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We help them out in that
and go through that.
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There, you'll be meeting with
the study abroad liaison and
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also the academic advisor.
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So students don't have to go
an extra year to study abroad.
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They can fit it in their plan of study.
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Students can get required courses while
they're over there and figure out with
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their academic advisor what term is
the best term for them to study abroad.
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Ag Econ seems to be very flexible
in plans of study and to be
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able to get courses abroad.
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They teach Ag econ courses abroad, so
you might as well take advantage of it.
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I don't know why more students
don't do a semester abroad
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because the opportunity is there.
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When in your life are you gonna have
the opportunity to spend a semester
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at a different location and experience
that different culture and have that
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freedom or time to travel to different
places to engage in that culture?
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yeah.
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It, I think this is what a lot
of people don't even think about.
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Like you're at university.
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Now is your time.
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You don't have responsibilities
like a job or, well, some have jobs,
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but it's not like you ever going to
be able to just say, "I'm gone for
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six months." That's probably your
only time that you get to do it.
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I ended up having a job while I was
doing a semester abroad in Ireland at
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McDonald's and it was quite funny as being
on the tail-end running the register.
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A lot of people were like, "Don't
you have McDonald's in America?"
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But it was good money to make
euros over there to be able
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to spend it and travel it.
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So even though you may have jobs
here and funding is very challenging,
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there are ways around it, right?
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I always say you can choose to go
out to eat all the time or you can
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choose to eat ramen noodles as well.
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So different ways of spending money
and ways that you can save if needed.
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So yeah, take advantage of it now.
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I agree that if you can
take advantage, do it.
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Use the resources that Purdue provides.
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We have them.
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You just listed some.
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I'm sure on your website there's
a whole, breakdown of them.
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So definitely check them out,
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What I, I'm wondering is, because
you were saying all these different
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locations that people can go to,
all these different opportunities,
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haven't been with the program for a
while, what are the ones that probably
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resonate with students the most?
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And are there any cool, unique ones that
maybe people should pay attention more to?
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So for Ag Econ students, we have
some professors leading study
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abroad programs that are AgEcon
professors and leaders in AgEcon.
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So we have a new program this year.
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Two actually.
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Two, we have two new spring break programs
and one of those programs is led by Dr.
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Todd Keithley and he is going
to Ghana for spring break.
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So check out that opportunity.
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You'll be visiting farms,
plantations, pineapple, banana,
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poultry, aquaculture, beekeeping.
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So check out that experience
and talk to - Dr. Todd Keithley
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about the Ghana spring break.
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Another spring break program
that's available as well
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that's new is to Germany.
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This is with Dr. Christine Wilson and
Zach Brown leading those programs.
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And check out the Germany as you'll
be visiting farms, agribusinesses,
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universities, historic cities.
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Another spring break program that
happens every year that probably people
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have heard about is the Agriculture
in Ireland Spring Break Program.
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So Dr. Dan Pastor is leading this program.
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And of course I assume you have heard
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and going to Ireland for spring break.
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Spring break programs fill up pretty fast.
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Ideally we know who's
going by October 15th.
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So apply sooner rather than later
if you want to do a spring break
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program and applications are being
accepted on a rolling basis as well.
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Another AgEcon program that is
led through AgEcon is Portugal,
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Spain and Morocco that's available
as a short term summer as well.
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. This is led by Dr. Todd
Keithley and Andy Oppy as well.
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So this is a newer program going
to three different countries.
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So pretty exciting as you'll
see some vineyards in Portugal.
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Check out the, how they do
cork as well in Portugal.
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Olive oil, ham, good opportunities
that are available through AgEcon and
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AgEcon professors are leading these
programs so they value your time
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abroad and, uh, want to create these
opportunities for you to study abroad.
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Those are really cool.
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And I can say I've looked through
the programs of the ones we have
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within our department coming
up and they look really neat.
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Like I would participate probably if
I was not bombarded by my work here.
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But one thing I, was wondering
to kind of follow this up,
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We have the short term ones that you, with
the spring semester or spring break ones.
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Full semester is too long for
some students, but we also
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have things like Maymester.
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Can you tell me about some of the
opportunities that we might have there?
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So some short term summer ones
that we have that are going in
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May, the Maymester programs.
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We have nine short term summer
programs and we have nine
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spring break programs - Wow.
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Available through College
of Agriculture this year.
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And then we have that one
winter break program as well.
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So lots of good options.
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Short term summer ones, we're going to
Greece, Turkey, Iceland, Italy, Kenya,
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New Zealand, that Portugal, Spain and
Morocco program, part of one program.
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Another program's going to Singapore
and Malaysia, Spain and Sweden.
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Spring break locations that we have
going on is Costa Rica, France,
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Germany, Ghana, Greece, Ireland, the
Netherlands, Trinidad and Tobago.
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And I also want to highlight the
Peru winter break program as well.
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So you leave after Christmas and
you come back January 8th before
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the spring semester starts.
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This program, I'm applying now rather
than later as we need to decide
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who is going on this program and
we don't want it to be too late.
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So you can go home for Christmas
and get tired of your family
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and ready to go to Peru.
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You'll visit Machu Picchu Potato
Park, medicinal plant exploration,
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coffee, culinary workshops, so exciting
opportunities that are available.
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That sounds awesome.
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And I may be a little biased, but I think
the Ag econ programs sound pretty neat.
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And I know that you have been on
several study abroads and you've
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heard about them and you help
students with that whole process
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.
Is there a certain study abroad
that you would go on yourself
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or you've been on or heard about
that you just think is top notch?
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I'm very biased and Ireland is amazing.
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So go to Ireland and check it out.
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But there are, like the Ghana one, I
haven't been to Ghana or Africa, right?
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Or I haven't been to Asia.
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So there's always new and
exciting places to go.
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And so it's always great to go to new
places that I haven't been as well.
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Um, like I'm going to Costa Rica
in December, so I'm very excited to
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see a new place that I haven't gone.
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Oh.
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And a tropical location will be nice.
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Costa Rica's amazing.
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I love it.
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It's a great country.
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I can only recommend it.
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So you already said apply
as early as possible.
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Now, especially when you're thinking
long term, let's go for full semester.
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When should students
start planning for that?
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You can plan now.
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You can study abroad now.
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You don't have to wait to study abroad.
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You don't have to wait till your
senior year to study abroad.
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Uh, students actually can graduate
in May and then they can study abroad
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the term directly after they graduate.
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So that is an option.
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Um, so if they graduate in
May, they can study abroad that
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summer if they are graduating.
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But too many students delay it and
say, "Okay, I'm gonna do it next year.
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This isn't the right time." And
then it ends up that they graduate
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and it's, then they just have that
one term left to study abroad.
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So plan now, look at options now.
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The options that we have
available this year will probably
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not be available next year.
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Some we do year to year, but it depends on
the leaders and if they decide to run that
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program again or go to a new and exciting
opportunity and option that's there.
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So take advantage of it.
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The deadlines are very flexible.
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Ideally in College of Ag, I personally
like to know who's going for spring
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break programs by October 15th, but of
course we still accept students after
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that deadline as well, depending on
what programs fill up and what's do not.
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Some programs are getting pretty
full for spring break already.
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It's only week two of the semester.
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of have a deadline of March 1st, but
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I say kind of have a deadline because
sometimes we fill up by December, right?
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And we kind of hope to know who's
going sooner rather than later
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to make sure those programs run.
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Most students get accepted into the
program and once they're accepted,
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then I ask for a $500 deposit.
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And then once they pay that deposit
and sign their participation form,
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then they're committed to the program.
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Applying is just saying you're interested
in the program, you apply online and
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then you get accepted into the program.
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That's very cool.
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So when you're thinking about going
to study abroad, what's the very
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first step someone should then do?
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Contact you, contact the advisor?
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How do they go about it?
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So it used to be that they would come to
the office and we'd talk and stuff like
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that, but now everything's online, right?
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So so go online, check out
the different opportunities.
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Uh, we are gladly here and we'll
gladly meet with you and gladly chat
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about the different opportunities.
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But initially online is where
you'll be applying for the program.
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And you can only apply
for one program per term.
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So you can only apply for one spring
break program, one short term summer
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program, and you'll typically get in those
programs unless they're popular programs.
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I think it's really neat that you
allow seniors who have graduated to
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do the summer term because I feel like
a lot of students sit here and have
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that thought of, okay, well now's not
the perfect time, but is there ever
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really going to be a perfect time?
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Like starting now is probably the
best option, but giving them that
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time if they've sat there and
though about that, that's awesome
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that you guys are able to do that.
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I guess before we wrap up, I
wanna ask, is there anything
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else that you wanna talk about?
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Any other experiences or anything
with the international programs in
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agriculture that you haven't really
got to touch on yet but really want to?
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Take advantage of the
opportunity to study abroad.
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It is out there and available.
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And of course we already talked
about we have several different
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opportunities that are available.
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This is your chance that's in
college and four years go, or five
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or how many ever years you're here.
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It goes by extremely fast, right?
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So take advantage of the opportunity.
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It's a transformative experience.
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You are changed by the experience as
well and just it is good growth for you
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professionally and personally as well.
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Amazing.
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Thank you so much, Kara.
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I learned a lot, which I'm always
excited when I get to learn
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about new aspects of Purdue.
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So thank you very, very
much for coming on.
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This has been truly fascinating.
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I know our listeners are gonna like it.
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So hopefully we'll see more
people sign up, apply students,
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uh, if you wanna do it.
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The earlier the better.
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That's a big thing I took away from this.
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And yeah, I'm excited to see what other
opportunities will come the student's way.
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Yeah.
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Thank you so much for being here.
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And honestly, you've given so much insight
as a student and somebody who's going into
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their senior year and just thinking about
all those options, I now am gonna go get
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on the website and look those up later
today, uh, and follow that first step.
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So I really just thank you for
being here and giving us this
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opportunity to talk about it.
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Well, thank you.
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I appreciate it.
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Study abroad while you're here at Purdue.
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You have been listening to the Purdue
Agricultural Economics Podcast.
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You can find us on Spotify,
Apple Podcasts, and Podbean.
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Have a great day.
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Hello and welcome to the Purdue
Agriculture Economics Podcast.
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My name is Valerie Kilders.
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I'm an assistant professor
here in the Department of
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Agriculture Economics at Purdue.
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And today, for the first time this
semester, I am joined by Kailee.
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Hi, Kailee.
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Hi.
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How are you doing?
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I'm doing well.
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How is the start into
the final semester going?
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It's been
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-
Or final year?
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It's been very bittersweet.
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It's just one of those things where
it's like, okay, I'm back on campus.
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I'm where I want to be, but , there's
a lot of lasts and there's a
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few firsts and it's just kind of
rolling with the punches on it.
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It's a weird time of transition, but
I mean, you have so many experiences
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you've probably had during your time
here that you can hopefully look
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positively back on moving forward.
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Oh, absolutely.
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Everything's been a
positive experience so far.
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It's just senior year, we're counting
down the days and it's interesting.
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Yeah.
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It definitely is, but I'm excited
to see what comes next for you.
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But today we actually have what you could
maybe call a facilitator of positive
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experiences and memories as our guest.
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Kailee, can you introduce
who we have with us today?
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Yeah.
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Today we're joined by Kara Hartman,
the study abroad manager at the
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International Programs in Agriculture
Department here at Purdue.
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As a Purdue Ag Econ alumni, we're
excited to have you on the podcast, Kara.
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I guess to start things off, can you
tell us a little bit about your role
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within the international Programs in
Agriculture and give us kind of a big
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picture overall view of what Purdue's
Ag Study Abroad programs have to offer?
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Thank you for having me today.
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I'm very excited to talk about
Purdue study abroad programs.
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There's over 400 different
study abroad programs - Oh wow.
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Typically, uh, offered
through Purdue study abroad.
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There's a week long, obviously that's
a spring break program, all up to a
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semester long program that students can
study abroad and get courses overseas.
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So there's six different
continents of course that we go
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to over 60 different countries.
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There's different lengths
of time available.
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So obviously students can study abroad
for winter break is coming up, right?
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Very soon.
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You leave after Christmas, get back
in time for the spring semester.
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In College of Agriculture, we are
going to Peru for this winter break
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and students earn three credits
on that Peru winter break program.
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There's also a spring break program,
obviously in March, the one week
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that's available as a term and
then short term summer as well.
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So that's two to four weeks in May and
it's three credits students travel around
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with, during a short term summer with
two leaders and 10 to 30 Purdue students.
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So winter break, short term summer and
spring break are group oriented programs.
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Some programs that are not necessarily
group oriented but more independent
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type programs are the long term summer
programs that we have six weeks or
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more and you're in six credits or more.
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Those could be more internship,
research based, or coursework involved
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in those long term summer programs.
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And then there's semester programs
of course where you go abroad for
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a semester and taking courses at
a different university typically
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on those semester long programs.
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So lots of options available
for students to study abroad.
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So take advantage of the opportunity to
study abroad while you're here at Purdue.
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I am an ag study abroad manager
in international programs and
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agriculture office and that's in
ag administration, in room 104.
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So feel free to stop by to check
out all the opportunities and to
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chat and share your desires to study
abroad, and we can answer those
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questions as well that you may have.
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, Holly Schaefer was an Ag sales and
marketing student as well that graduated
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and she meets with the students and
will gladly answer your questions.
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She also handles international
agriculture ambassadors and we have
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incoming exchange students as well.
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So shout out to Holly and visit with
her to talk more about your study
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abroad opportunities that's available.
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Yeah, that is so impressive
how many programs you have.
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I hear from my colleagues that sometimes
participate in them as like, not
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organizers, but like faculty of the trip.
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So I know about a couple of them,
but you're saying there's over
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400 and all the different options.
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That's really impressive.
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Like that is, I respect the
heck out of what you're doing.
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So good on you and so wonderful
that all the students have all these
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different options to really find
something that aligns with exactly
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what they might be looking for.
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Now, what I always wonder is
with the diversity of positions
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we have here at Purdue is kind
of how someone got into this.
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Now for you, I think, by my understanding
is you have actually studied abroad
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yourself and probably was a little
bit of a motivation for you to
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now be in the role that you are.
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But can you tell me a little bit
about your own student experience
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and then how that maybe guided
you to where you are today?
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As an ag econ grad myself, so I
studied ag sales and marketing.
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In my spring of my sophomore year, I
studied at University College Dublin.
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And so I had a semester experience myself
and of course that changed my life.
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And of course I'm here and as
a study abroad manager, right?
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So, it pushed me out of my comfort
zone and my parents kept telling me
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no, that I could not study abroad.
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But I kept telling them, yes,
I'm going to study abroad.
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And now that I'm starting to get to be a
mom of a college age student eventually,
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I think it would be kind of scary even
though I'm a study abroad manager, but to
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kind of let your child go into the world.
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But I'm glad my parents eventually got on
board and said yes to the experience as I
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gained so much more independence, right?
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Like landing, I did not have a phone.
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I didn't have communication and it
was just trying to figure out on my
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own how to get where I need to get.
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And so arrival was rough trying to figure
out how to get there, but I did it.
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And so I gained so much more like
self-confidence knowing that I can
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do this on my own, uh, without a cell
phone, without a map, you know, and
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just communicating with other people.
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And so also a lot of self-awareness
happened as well, like realizing like
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what is, what I believe or what I gained
or what I learned when I was a child and
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how they do things differently there.
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And it's okay that they
do things differently.
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It's just realizing that
there are different systems
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that's available out there.
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Just understanding different ways
of life and different perspectives
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and appreciating what we have
here and how I was raised.
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So AgEcon is very deeply connected
into global markets, right?
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I mean, agriculture is around the
world and is needed around the world.
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So AgEcon has different policies,
cultures and food systems.
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I took an environmental policy
class at University College Dublin.
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I didn't do the greatest in that
class, but it was very difficult
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because they had a totally
different system than I was used to.
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So learning about their whole system
and their policies was difficult,
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but yet - it opened my eyes realizing
like there are different systems
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and it meets what they need and
that's why they have those policies.
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And I want other students
to experience this, so I'm
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passionate about study abroad.
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I want them to grow personally
and professionally through , the
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study abroad experience.
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So even if it's a week long or a semester
long experience, they're gonna grow and
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it's gonna help them in their career.
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May I ask what made you pick Dublin?
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It's a cool city.
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Yes, it is.
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I honestly did not want Dublin.
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I was wanting more Australia and just
my life was like, I'm gonna go to
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Australia, the warmth, everything was
more exciting that I wanted in Australia.
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But, uh, I was too late in signing up I
think or something and they were pushing
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me towards Dublin, which is great.
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It was very good, laid back city.
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And now, now that I'm in this
position, everyone wants to go to
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Ireland and they have that Irish
culture history, they feel like, so.
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Which even is probably so
emblematic of study abroad.
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Like even if you don't get your first
choice, give something else a shot and
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you're probably gonna come away learning
maybe even more than you anticipated.
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Yes, definitely.
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There's so many students that
study abroad and they're not sure
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where, what location to go to.
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They're not gonna make a bad choice.
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Every program that they go on,
they're absolutely gonna love it and
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take a hold of it and gain from it.
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And so I never had a student come back
and regret their study abroad experience.
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They absolutely loved it and they wanna
go again to a new place or go back
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to the same one that they were at.
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So definitely good options
out there and go for it.
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That's so neat how everybody
always tends to love it and how
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there's so many good experiences.
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, Obviously you said you loved your
time there and it wasn't your first
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choice, but I'm sure you were probably
a little bit nervous going into it.
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And I feel like a lot of students
probably worry a little bit going
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into it about staying on track with
graduation, finances, managing costs
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and different things like that.
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So how does IPIA work with students
and academic advisors to help
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students map out course transfers
and scholarships and different things
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to help them ease those worries?
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Purdue Study Abroad is putting money
where their mouth is or Purdue in
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general that they give scholarships.
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There are Giant Leaps study abroad
scholarships that are out there.
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This is based on family's income and
the length of time that they go abroad.
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So currently you have to have a
FAFSA on file, that way they can
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know what that family income is.
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And it needs to be $150,000 or less to get
a Giant Leaps study abroad scholarship.
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There's also Purdue College
of Agriculture Scholarships as
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well that you can apply for.
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Currently you can apply for those
on your My Study Abroad page after
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you apply online to a program.
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So there, it's free money that's out
there and you can be eligible for it.
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The College of Agriculture Scholarships
are not necessarily always income
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based or needs based, but they're more
some merit based as well scholarships.
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Thankfully we have plenty of donors that
want students to study abroad and these
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are donors that are agriculture donors.
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So it's very exciting to have these
donors give to a student and it
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can change their world by giving
them money through a scholarship.
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You also mentioned the course mapping.
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Students can study abroad for a semester
at a different location and there's
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some, a course equivalency form that
needs to be completed before they go.
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Financial aid still applies as well for
students, so that can be an option as
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well to fund a study abroad program is
look into that financial aid options.
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We help them out in that
and go through that.
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There, you'll be meeting with
the study abroad liaison and
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also the academic advisor.
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So students don't have to go
an extra year to study abroad.
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They can fit it in their plan of study.
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Students can get required courses while
they're over there and figure out with
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their academic advisor what term is
the best term for them to study abroad.
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Ag Econ seems to be very flexible
in plans of study and to be
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able to get courses abroad.
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They teach Ag econ courses abroad, so
you might as well take advantage of it.
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I don't know why more students
don't do a semester abroad
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because the opportunity is there.
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When in your life are you gonna have
the opportunity to spend a semester
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at a different location and experience
that different culture and have that
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freedom or time to travel to different
places to engage in that culture?
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yeah.
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It, I think this is what a lot
of people don't even think about.
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Like you're at university.
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Now is your time.
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You don't have responsibilities
like a job or, well, some have jobs,
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but it's not like you ever going to
be able to just say, "I'm gone for
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six months." That's probably your
only time that you get to do it.
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I ended up having a job while I was
doing a semester abroad in Ireland at
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McDonald's and it was quite funny as being
on the tail-end running the register.
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A lot of people were like, "Don't
you have McDonald's in America?"
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But it was good money to make
euros over there to be able
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to spend it and travel it.
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So even though you may have jobs
here and funding is very challenging,
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there are ways around it, right?
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I always say you can choose to go
out to eat all the time or you can
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choose to eat ramen noodles as well.
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So different ways of spending money
and ways that you can save if needed.
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So yeah, take advantage of it now.
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I agree that if you can
take advantage, do it.
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Use the resources that Purdue provides.
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We have them.
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You just listed some.
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I'm sure on your website there's
a whole, breakdown of them.
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So definitely check them out,
people, if you're interested in it.
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What I, I'm wondering is, because
you were saying all these different
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locations that people can go to,
all these different opportunities,
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haven't been with the program for a
while, what are the ones that probably
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resonate with students the most?
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And are there any cool, unique ones that
maybe people should pay attention more to?
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So for Ag Econ students, we have
some professors leading study
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abroad programs that are AgEcon
professors and leaders in AgEcon.
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So we have a new program this year.
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Two actually.
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Two, we have two new spring break programs
and one of those programs is led by Dr.
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Todd Keithley and he is going
to Ghana for spring break.
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So check out that opportunity.
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You'll be visiting farms,
plantations, pineapple, banana,
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poultry, aquaculture, beekeeping.
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So check out that experience
and talk to - Dr. Todd Keithley
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about the Ghana spring break.
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Another spring break program
that's available as well
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that's new is to Germany.
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This is with Dr. Christine Wilson and
Zach Brown leading those programs.
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And check out the Germany as you'll
be visiting farms, agribusinesses,
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universities, historic cities.
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Another spring break program that
happens every year that probably people
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have heard about is the Agriculture
in Ireland Spring Break Program.
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So Dr. Dan Pastor is leading this program.
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And of course I assume you have heard
about it, so check out that option as well
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and going to Ireland for spring break.
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Spring break programs fill up pretty fast.
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Ideally we know who's
going by October 15th.
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So apply sooner rather than later
if you want to do a spring break
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program and applications are being
accepted on a rolling basis as well.
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Another AgEcon program that is
led through AgEcon is Portugal,
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Spain and Morocco that's available
as a short term summer as well.
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. This is led by Dr. Todd
Keithley and Andy Oppy as well.
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So this is a newer program going
to three different countries.
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So pretty exciting as you'll
see some vineyards in Portugal.
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Check out the, how they do
cork as well in Portugal.
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Olive oil, ham, good opportunities
that are available through AgEcon and
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AgEcon professors are leading these
programs so they value your time
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abroad and, uh, want to create these
opportunities for you to study abroad.
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Those are really cool.
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And I can say I've looked through
the programs of the ones we have
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within our department coming
up and they look really neat.
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Like I would participate probably if
I was not bombarded by my work here.
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But one thing I, was wondering
to kind of follow this up,
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We have the short term ones that you, with
the spring semester or spring break ones.
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Full semester is too long for
some students, but we also
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have things like Maymester.
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Can you tell me about some of the
opportunities that we might have there?
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Yeah.
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So some short term summer ones
that we have that are going in
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May, the Maymester programs.
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We have nine short term summer
programs and we have nine
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spring break programs - Wow.
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Available through College
of Agriculture this year.
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And then we have that one
winter break program as well.
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So lots of good options.
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Short term summer ones, we're going to
Greece, Turkey, Iceland, Italy, Kenya,
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New Zealand, that Portugal, Spain and
Morocco program, part of one program.
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Another program's going to Singapore
and Malaysia, Spain and Sweden.
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Spring break locations that we have
going on is Costa Rica, France,
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Germany, Ghana, Greece, Ireland, the
Netherlands, Trinidad and Tobago.
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And I also want to highlight the
Peru winter break program as well.
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So you leave after Christmas and
you come back January 8th before
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the spring semester starts.
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This program, I'm applying now rather
than later as we need to decide
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who is going on this program and
we don't want it to be too late.
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So you can go home for Christmas
and get tired of your family
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and ready to go to Peru.
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You'll visit Machu Picchu Potato
Park, medicinal plant exploration,
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coffee, culinary workshops, so exciting
opportunities that are available.
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That sounds awesome.
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And I may be a little biased, but I think
the Ag econ programs sound pretty neat.
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And I know that you have been on
several study abroads and you've
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heard about them and you help
students with that whole process
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.
Is there a certain study abroad
that you would go on yourself
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or you've been on or heard about
that you just think is top notch?
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I'm very biased and Ireland is amazing.
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So go to Ireland and check it out.
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But there are, like the Ghana one, I
haven't been to Ghana or Africa, right?
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Or I haven't been to Asia.
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So there's always new and
exciting places to go.
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And so it's always great to go to new
places that I haven't been as well.
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Um, like I'm going to Costa Rica
in December, so I'm very excited to
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see a new place that I haven't gone.
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Oh.
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And a tropical location will be nice.
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Yeah.
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Costa Rica's amazing.
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I love it.
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It's a great country.
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I can only recommend it.
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So you already said apply
as early as possible.
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Now, especially when you're thinking
long term, let's go for full semester.
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When should students
start planning for that?
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You can plan now.
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You can study abroad now.
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You don't have to wait to study abroad.
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You don't have to wait till your
senior year to study abroad.
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Uh, students actually can graduate
in May and then they can study abroad
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the term directly after they graduate.
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So that is an option.
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Um, so if they graduate in
May, they can study abroad that
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summer if they are graduating.
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But too many students delay it and
say, "Okay, I'm gonna do it next year.
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This isn't the right time." And
then it ends up that they graduate
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and it's, then they just have that
one term left to study abroad.
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So plan now, look at options now.
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The options that we have
available this year will probably
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not be available next year.
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Some we do year to year, but it depends on
the leaders and if they decide to run that
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program again or go to a new and exciting
opportunity and option that's there.
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So take advantage of it.
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The deadlines are very flexible.
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Ideally in College of Ag, I personally
like to know who's going for spring
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break programs by October 15th, but of
course we still accept students after
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that deadline as well, depending on
what programs fill up and what's do not.
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Some programs are getting pretty
full for spring break already.
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It's only week two of the semester.
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And then our summer programs, we kind
of have a deadline of March 1st, but
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I say kind of have a deadline because
sometimes we fill up by December, right?
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And we kind of hope to know who's
going sooner rather than later
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to make sure those programs run.
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Most students get accepted into the
program and once they're accepted,
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then I ask for a $500 deposit.
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And then once they pay that deposit
and sign their participation form,
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then they're committed to the program.
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Applying is just saying you're interested
in the program, you apply online and
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then you get accepted into the program.
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That's very cool.
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So when you're thinking about going
to study abroad, what's the very
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first step someone should then do?
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Contact you, contact the advisor?
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How do they go about it?
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So it used to be that they would come to
the office and we'd talk and stuff like
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that, but now everything's online, right?
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So so go online, check out
the different opportunities.
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Uh, we are gladly here and we'll
gladly meet with you and gladly chat
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about the different opportunities.
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But initially online is where
you'll be applying for the program.
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And you can only apply
for one program per term.
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So you can only apply for one spring
break program, one short term summer
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program, and you'll typically get in those
programs unless they're popular programs.
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I think it's really neat that you
allow seniors who have graduated to
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do the summer term because I feel like
a lot of students sit here and have
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that thought of, okay, well now's not
the perfect time, but is there ever
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really going to be a perfect time?
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Like starting now is probably the
best option, but giving them that
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time if they've sat there and
though about that, that's awesome
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that you guys are able to do that.
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I guess before we wrap up, I
wanna ask, is there anything
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else that you wanna talk about?
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Any other experiences or anything
with the international programs in
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agriculture that you haven't really
got to touch on yet but really want to?
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Take advantage of the
opportunity to study abroad.
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It is out there and available.
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And of course we already talked
about we have several different
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opportunities that are available.
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This is your chance that's in
college and four years go, or five
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or how many ever years you're here.
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It goes by extremely fast, right?
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So take advantage of the opportunity.
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It's a transformative experience.
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You are changed by the experience as
well and just it is good growth for you
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professionally and personally as well.
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Amazing.
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Thank you so much, Kara.
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I learned a lot, which I'm always
excited when I get to learn
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about new aspects of Purdue.
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So thank you very, very
much for coming on.
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This has been truly fascinating.
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I know our listeners are gonna like it.
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So hopefully we'll see more
people sign up, apply students,
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uh, if you wanna do it.
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The earlier the better.
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That's a big thing I took away from this.
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And yeah, I'm excited to see what other
opportunities will come the student's way.
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Yeah.
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Thank you so much for being here.
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And honestly, you've given so much insight
as a student and somebody who's going into
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their senior year and just thinking about
all those options, I now am gonna go get
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on the website and look those up later
today, uh, and follow that first step.
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So I really just thank you for
being here and giving us this
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opportunity to talk about it.
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Well, thank you.
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I appreciate it.
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Study abroad while you're here at Purdue.
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You have been listening to the Purdue
Agricultural Economics Podcast.
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You can find us on Spotify,
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Have a great day.
