The world has become a classroom for 32 Indiana Wesleyan University
students who are studying off campus during the fall 2009 semester.
The
largest contingent of students – 16 nursing majors – are in Zambia as
part of a joint program between IWU and World Hope International, a
compassion ministry affiliated with The Wesleyan Church. Pam Leslie,
an IWU nursing professor, and Lisa Wright, an adjunct nursing
instructor, accompanied the group to Zambia.
Students
in Zambia are Estie Barnes, Keri Biggs, Megan Bollier, Alicia Cline,
Heather Dawes, Lauren Douglas, Alivia East, Kara Hanny, Marianna Hauk,
Alissa Keady, Brittani McCauley, Janna Peterson Alyssa Rogers, Brianna
Smith, Rachel Veenema and Haley Wiles.
The
Zambia experience is IWU’s first semester-long, study-abroad program.
The first IWU students to participate in the program were in Zambia
during the spring 2009 semester.
Four students
are participating in BestSemester programs, sponsored by the Council
for Christian Colleges and Universities. The programs offer 12
off-campus study opportunities at extension campuses around the world.
IWU students participating this semester include:
- Talia
Andrews and Danielle Sheldon are studying at the Australia Studies
Centre in Sydney. They also will travel to New Zealand.
- Geoffrey Buck is studying at the Contemporary Music Center at Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.
- Danielle
Faust is participating in the Uganda Studies Program, which is based at
Uganda Christian University, one of the top private universities in
East Africa.
Eight
IWU education majors are doing a part of their student teaching abroad.
The student teachers left campus the first week in October and will
come home December 7. They include:
- Ka-lyn Perez, Kady Quarles and Kristen Chapman, who are at NOVA International School in Skopje, Macedonia.
- Abby Bisesi and Meghan Herr, who are at Hamilton College Elementary School in Glasgow, Scotland.
- Cameron Bradley, who is at Anglo-American International School in Moscow, Russia.
- Hannah
Hess, who is Tamaki Middle School, a public school in Auckland, New
Zealand, that primarily serves the country’s Maori population. Dekker’s
supervising teacher is Sara Dekker, an IWU graduate.
- Caleb
Doyel, who is at Qingdao International School in Qingdao, China. His
supervising teacher is Kristen Bowman, an IWU graduate.
Two other IWU students, Andrew Cuthbert and Katy Schulenburg, are studying at Jerusalem University College in Israel.
Laura
Vigeant is spending the semester in Spain, and Ashley Ruse is
participating in a program in the Adirondacks, that is sponsored by
Houghton College, one of IWU‘s sister Wesleyan institutions.