Global Perspectives
Key
- Bronze Experience (1 credit hour)
- Silver Experience (3 credit hours)
- Gold Experience (6 credit hours)
Experiences
- presented self-authored research in Tokyo, Japan
- 4 week long study abroad experience in Amsterdam, Netherlands in January 2018
- participated in Spring Break 2016 Global Brigades Business Brigade trip to Panama
Reflection
This experience helped me meet the overall expectations for the Grand Challenge global experience for multiple reasons. The first reason is that this experience exposed me to working with diverse teams. My study abroad experience involved the completion of a public health course accompanied with group projects composed of individuals from multiple disciplines and very diverse backgrounds. Secondly, this experience helped me to gain a greater sense of cultural awareness by exposing my traditionally held beliefs to individuals raised in multiple different backgrounds and belief systems. Finally, this experience allowed me to become increasingly open to difference due to exposing me to different cultures and beliefs.