| STAFF
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| COUNTRY
QUICK LINK A-D • E-H • I-L • M-P • Q-T • U-Z |
| AUSTRALIA |
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Swinburne: • Helpful
when student had to leave early for a family
emergency. • On-line international web
site helps with housing, transportation, etc.
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| AUSTRIA |
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| Actilingua: • ...
very helpful and friendly, able to help answer
questions. |
| BELIZE |
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| Belize
Field School 2007: • Guides
Warrior and Lenny great person, had a "relax,
come try this, you're in Belize Mon" attitude,
had cool and interesting stories about everything
around us. • Well planned and carried out. •
Guides knowledge of the jungle is unbelievable.
Group leqders (Martha, Kristi, and Trish) and
guides were enthusiastic the entire time and
made the trip even better. |
| CANADA |
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| Alberta: • All
personnel went above and beyond the "call
of duty". |
| CHILE |
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| Bridge
Linguatec-Santiago: • BL made
sure you had all needed items and helped students
with needs and concerns. |
| COSTA
RICA |
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CPI: • ...
was awesome at accommodating the students. They
would go out of their way to satisfy every student. • Good
about fulfilling requests. • Heredia was
more organized. Great first school. Monteverde
had great instructors because I had one-on-one
instructors and it was nice and cool. • Staff
and teachers at both campuses were great. • The
CPI schools were exceptionally organized and
friendly with the students.• Monteverde
staff was not nearly as helpful or hospitable. • ...
use the staff, they are there to help you. • Staff
is there to help, not hold your hand.
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| ECUADOR |
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| BridgeAbroad-Quito: • School
excellent in providing advice and help for travel
or volunteering. • Helpful giving directions
and providing activities. |
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NRCSA-Cairo: While I have been in Egypt, the staff has been
very supportive
and has helped out a lot. |
| FRANCE |
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Angers: • After
dropping me off they just left me to fend for
myself. Franche-Comte: • Charming
town but unsupportive university. Havre: • Paying
bills was too complicated and staff became less
helpful after orientation. Maine (Le
Mans): • University not too helpful
with international students (such as providing
excursions, services, information) but ISEP coordinator
more helpful when we had questions--just not
always available. • Don't expect French
student services to compare with the U.S., but
everything was adequate. Lyon3: Academic
advising is limited, but Tessa
Adrian in the International Office will
help answer questions. • Be prepared to
ask a lot of questions, and don't always get
the same answer. • Be prepared to be self-reliant
administratively. MICEFA: • ...
was less helpful with those at Sorbonne Novelle
than with those at universities with many students. • French
bureaucracy is difficult to adjust to. • They
help a lot to find a place to live.
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| GHANA |
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| • Coordinators
were great hostesses and treated students as close
friends |
| GERMANY |
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Dortmund: • Student
aides for American students were extremely helpful
and friendly. Giessen: • Not
as helpful as expected. Marburg: • ...
hard to get a hold of other people without an
appointment. Trier: • Coordinator
is over worked so unable to assist students,
but everything else was fantastic. Staff hard
to find, limited office hours, often absent during
those hours. Würzburg: • Somewhat
helpful international office.
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| GUATEMALA |
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| Proyecto
Linguistico:• Teachers are fun
and up for anything. |
| JAPAN |
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Chukyo: • Staff
was great. Kansai Gaidai: • Excellent.
Went above and beyond the usual tasks. They even
helped me to arrange travel and lodging for my
brother's visit during spring break. • Center
for International Education is most useful resource
you will have. Nagoya: • They
will help you a lot.
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| KOREA |
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| SWU
Bahrom: • Everything well organized
and available for help. |
| MALTA |
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| • Limited.-ISEP
staff available only 3 hours per day. Staff at
University Residence very good. • University
slow to respond to questions so required a lot
of self initiative to get problems solved. |
| MEXICO |
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Cuauhnáhuac: • The
school was attentive to my needs and the faculty
staff were very friendly. • I
found the office made enormous efforts for me
to find my interest in the city like dance classes. • They
really had their act together. Fenix: • My
family tried to call emergency number once and
didn’t work and I never used medical services.
Everything else was great, great people and great
school. • There
are great faculty at Fenix. • Will
return, I liked it that much. • The people
were amazing, the staff outstanding, and every
I learned equally interesting and invigorating.
I would do it again in a heartbeat .• The
people in Zacatecas were very friendly. the staff
was very professional and helpful. ICO
(Oaxaca): • Did
great job of fining a host family for me. TEC
de Monterrey: • No
troubles at all-all services great and readily
available (Monterrey). • The staff support
was so low .... They would promise it would be
done late (Monterrey). • Lots of busy work
when you arrive, so make copies of everything
and ask questions since they will help you. • Lots
of offices to visit, so keep all receipts.
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| SPAIN |
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BridgeAbroad:
(Granada) • Teachers and staff
helpful, and tourist info office excellent. ISA:
(Sevilla) • Everything is taken
care of for you (documents, insurance, housing,
etc.). • Staff extremely helpful with
on-site arrangements as well as all other aspect
of the program. • Great. Jaume: • The
ABEE and OPIC are really good in helping out. PIEE-Ronda: The
instructors are always eilling to help and
you will find the same services available in
Ronda as in the U.S. • Not
as much help as expected. • Helpful,
but need to be persistent to get their help. Texas
Tech Sevilla Center: • The
TTU Center is very home-based. The professors
sometimes hold classes at their apartments. UPO: • UPO
helps with housing. • Don't expect staff
at UPO to do everything for you. • Study
Abroad office staff great and help out a lot.
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| SWITZERLAND |
(England,
Scotland, Northern Ireland) |
| Fribourg: • Helpful,
but don't always know the answers. |
| UK |
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Napier: • Staff
lacks information about study abroad. Better
to talk to Student Union and your home campus. Sutherland: • The
staff forces you to be autonomous. Little to
no help after orientation regarding registration,
transcripts and help answering questions. International
office wasn't helpful. Ulster: • When
arriving the coordinator had not provided adequate
arrangements to get to my housing nor provided
after office hours assistance to receive my key.
Contact university directly to make your own
arrangements.
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