{"id":4239,"date":"2015-08-04T14:39:37","date_gmt":"2015-08-04T18:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/news\/?p=4239"},"modified":"2015-08-04T15:37:34","modified_gmt":"2015-08-04T19:37:34","slug":"saint-peters-students-go-global","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/news\/2015\/08\/04\/saint-peters-students-go-global\/","title":{"rendered":"Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Students Go Global"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Shalini Parsam \u201915 (to the far left) poses with fellow LUM interns.<\/p><\/div>\n

It\u2019s not every day one comes across an affordable exchange program that welcomes all majors to volunteer, study and\/or work at any time in one of the world\u2019s rapidly developing countries.<\/p>\n

However, Â鶹ÊÓƵ\u2019s now offers a program that offers exactly that and more to not only its undergraduates and graduates, but also to its alumni.<\/p>\n

Â鶹ÊÓƵ\u2019s recently partnered with Leave UR Mark (LUM), a social enterprise that provides career enhancing internships and meaningful travel opportunities in India. The program is open to all students \u2014 undergraduate and graduate \u2014 in addition to alumni. Not to mention, it also allows all participants of all majors to choose when and how long they would like to stay in India. Between the experience and its affordability and flexibility, Wendy Garay, director of the Center for Global Learning, said Leave UR Mark is on track to become one of Â鶹ÊÓƵ\u2019s most popular exchange programs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fact that they accommodate all majors at all levels that we offer makes it hard not to work with them and tell our students about them,\u201d added Garay. \u201cIt\u2019s the best program I have seen in a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though the program is a relatively new addition to Â鶹ÊÓƵ\u2019s repertoire of exchange opportunities, LUM is already expanding. Originally, students could only stay in Bangalore, but in 2015-2016, they will also have the options to choose from destinations in Mumbai and Goa. More importantly, Leave UR Mark will begin offering five $1,000 scholarships exclusively to Â鶹ÊÓƵ\u2019s students each year.<\/p>\n

The unique scholarship is made possible through the HCG Oncology Hospital in Bangalore, which offered to fund the grants to solely Â鶹ÊÓƵ\u2019s students after being so impressed with Dolly Basaldua \u201917 \u00a0during her month-long medical internship. While working at HCG, Basaldua acquired a wealth of firsthand experiences such as writing case studies about patients in need of financial aid, shadowing a pediatric oncologist and communicating and interacting with patients.<\/p>\n

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Arti Patel \u201915 (pictured far left in the back row of sitting girls) in Mysore, India on a day trip with the other interns.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cI can honestly say that my trip to India made me grow as a person \u2014 it made me realize there is so much more out there to experience,\u201d said Basaldua, who is double majoring in biology and psychology. \u201cBeing in India made me become friends with people I will always have in my heart because they made that big of an impact and showed me their culture. Even if you\u2019re not in the medical field, I would still recommend anyone to go with LUM.\u201d<\/p>\n

Multiple other Â鶹ÊÓƵ\u2019s students agreed with Basaldua. One of them was graduate student Shalini Parsam \u201915, who spent her time volunteering at the non-profit SUKRUPA, which addresses the\u00a0socio-economic development of the disadvantaged in urban and rural Bangalore. She recalled being inspired by her one-on-one interactions with students and feeling happy that there is a place such as SUKRUPA where they can go for the chance of a bright future.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am also thankful to have met the staff and other volunteers at SUKRUPA. They were very warm, welcoming and definitely contributed to a positive experience at SUKRUPA,\u201d said Parsam. \u201cThis has been a truly humbling experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Bria Brown ’15<\/p><\/div>\n

For biology major Arti Patel \u201915, the program offered her the chance to reconnect with her Indian heriBria Brown ’15tage while taking on an opportunity in the field of physical therapy. During her five-week journey, she was able to work with a multi-disciplinary team that rehabilitates children with neuromuscular and developmental disabilities.\u00a0 She also explained how the experience made her more confident about traveling as well as grateful for being able to see another side of poverty that she had not been exposed to in the U.S.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile business major Bria Brown \u201915 spent her internship with marketing service Quadra Point where she was tasked with developing ideas that would help maintain and improve Campus Jockey, Quadra Point\u2019s online social media network. No day was ever the same for Brown who would sometimes be recruiting college students to join the Campus Jockey team or developing articles, PowerPoint presentations and editing for the company.<\/p>\n

As she reflected upon her time as a marketing intern, she pointed out that India is a developing country for which she has high hopes for in regards to its business and marketing growth.<\/p>\n

For more information on Leave UR Mark or other exchange programs at Â鶹ÊÓƵ\u2019s, contact Wendy Garay, director of the Center for Global Learning at wgaray@saintpeters.edu<\/a> or (201) 761-6028.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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