The best way to describe how being a student at the University of Arkansas has impacted my life would be to tell how it has expanded my worldview. As an International Studies student, my courses have an amazingly global focus. I get to learn about issues and news from all around the world, and look at things from multiple perspectives. So many people go through life in a bubble, totally unaware of what’s going on in the rest of the world. I am so thankful for my university education which prompts me to learn about issues affecting people with different cultural background. I am also extremely thankful that, through the U of A, I have been able to experience some of the wider world. I got the opportunity to study abroad in Florence, Italy last summer. It was truly a once-in-a-lifetime chance to take in this extraordinary culture and learn more about other ways of life.
Thanks to the U of A, I have also had the chance to meet people from different parts of the world. We all have different stories and backgrounds, and college is the perfect opportunity to meet people different from one’s self. In listening respectfully to new ideas, you can figure out more definitely what you believe and even get a more complete view of the world.
