Ever thought about going to another country to study? “We have no American students at our school and I believe that it would be very enriching for Americans to go, ” John Fanselow, President of International Pacific College in New Zealand said. Fanselow is out to recruit students and faculty to study and teach at the school. On Monday, Fanselow gathered with a group of curious teachers in the International Student Center about the program being started at Cerritos College. Faculty discussed ideas about how to get the students interested in going to New Zealand to study. One of the ideas was to take the students on a trip to the school to study, such as what Jeff Rigby did when he took his Anthropology class to China this past summer session. “If you don’t have Americans in the school, its hard to have diversity,” Fanselow commented. Gary Schamberg, professor of psychology received and email telling him about the meeting. “I was just curious about the program and I have heard great things about New Zealand,” Schamberg said. Danita Kurtz, Coordinator of the International Student Center, explained about how her year studying in Spain and how it was an experience she will never forget. Teachers commented about Cerritos College being known in the state for the state of the art technology center why not use the teleconference room as a place to begin the program. “We need to give the students a visual,” commented a business teacher. Most of the students live on campus but if they don’t want to live on campus they must live with a person form the school from a different background. The seasons were another subject that came up during the meeting. United States is in winter season when New Zealand has its summer session. The school is located on the North island in a city of Palmerston with a population of 80,000 people. The school is owned by a Japanese company and has only 500 students primarily Japanese. The school offers only one type of degree, Bachelors of Arts in International Studies with a focus in three main subjects, International Business, International environment, and International relations. Students that take the program have to do a project at the end combining two out of the three subjects. The school has a three year degree program instead of the four year program that all universities have in America. “Our primary goal is to diversify the college,” Fanselow said. Fanselow hope that Cerritos College faculty will get their students interested in studying in New Zealand. Plans are in the works to come up with a program that the two schools can join together to help recruit American students.