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,” said John Fanselow, president of International Pacific College in New Zealand.

Fanselow is out to recruit students and faculty to study and teach at the school.

On Monday, Fanselow gathered with a group of 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.

“If you don’t have Americans in the school, its hard to have diversity,” Fanselow

commented.

Gary Schaumburg, professor of psychology received an e-mail telling him about the

meeting. “I was just curious about the program and I have heard great things about New

Zealand,” he said.

Danita Kurtz, coordinator of the International Student Center, explained about 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 its state of the

art technology center. They suggested using the teleconference room as a place to begin the

program.

“We need to give the students a visual,” commented one of the teachers.

Most of the students live on campus but if they don’t want to livethere, they must

live with a person form the school who is of 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 the city of Palmerston, with a population of

80,000 people.

The school is owned by a Japanese company and has only 500 students that are primarily Japanese.

The school offers only one type of degree, a bachelor of arts in international studies with

a focus on 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 in America have.

“Our primary goal is to diversify the college,” Fanselow said.

Fanselow hopes that Cerritos College faculty will get its 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.