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Sister schools present possibilities
Brittney Sandberg
Issue date: 10/17/07 Section: News
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Lakeland College's numerous sister schools often get overlooked. However, for most students at Lakeland College Wisconsin, sister schools are allowing for a more diverse education both abroad and in the states.
President Stephen Gould, Vice President of International Programs Tony Fessler, and Director of International Admissions Patrick Liu were able answer questions regarding Lakeland's sister schools.
According to Fessler, "A sister school is a school … with which we may be exchanging students. We may be actually looking to the students coming out of their program to come in [to Lakeland College] where we will accept some of the credits that they earned in that particular school."
Some of these exchanges are rather unusual. For instance, Lakeland currently has two Chinese students from its sister school in Germany.
Gould later expanded on that definition. "We have sister school relationships to do two things. One is to internationalize our student body and the other is to provide our domestic students opportunities to study abroad."
Gould continued, "We desire to internationalize our student body because the world that our students live in as mature adults has virtually no borders. In order to be successful you will have to collaborate and cooperate with people who have wildly different backgrounds than you, who don't all speak English as their first language, and who have different views about what is important or not important.
"This is not something that you want to wait until you are 30 to discover, and by having a campus that is 17 percent international with about 30 countries represented, students at Lakeland will learn all those things before they graduate. If not, you must have hidden in your room your entire four years before graduation. You can't go to class here or join a student organization… or go to dinner and not be running into people… from places you are unfamiliar with."
Gould continued, "Institutional relationships are much more beneficial than simply running around and waving your flag for recruitment. We are also providing our students opportunities to study abroad.
President Stephen Gould, Vice President of International Programs Tony Fessler, and Director of International Admissions Patrick Liu were able answer questions regarding Lakeland's sister schools.
According to Fessler, "A sister school is a school … with which we may be exchanging students. We may be actually looking to the students coming out of their program to come in [to Lakeland College] where we will accept some of the credits that they earned in that particular school."
Some of these exchanges are rather unusual. For instance, Lakeland currently has two Chinese students from its sister school in Germany.
Gould later expanded on that definition. "We have sister school relationships to do two things. One is to internationalize our student body and the other is to provide our domestic students opportunities to study abroad."
Gould continued, "We desire to internationalize our student body because the world that our students live in as mature adults has virtually no borders. In order to be successful you will have to collaborate and cooperate with people who have wildly different backgrounds than you, who don't all speak English as their first language, and who have different views about what is important or not important.
"This is not something that you want to wait until you are 30 to discover, and by having a campus that is 17 percent international with about 30 countries represented, students at Lakeland will learn all those things before they graduate. If not, you must have hidden in your room your entire four years before graduation. You can't go to class here or join a student organization… or go to dinner and not be running into people… from places you are unfamiliar with."
Gould continued, "Institutional relationships are much more beneficial than simply running around and waving your flag for recruitment. We are also providing our students opportunities to study abroad.
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