The Center for Global Engagement recently welcomed 10 new incoming exchange students who will attend FSU for the Spring 2017 semester. FSU received 43 incoming exchange students during this academic year. Of these new students, several are from FSU’s newest global exchange partner universities: University of Macau; Hong Kong Baptist University; and Sungkyunkwan University. Students also joined us from existing partnerships with University of Groningen, the Netherlands; Oldenburg University, Germany; Hanyang University, South Korea; and University of Perugia, Italy.

The CGE offers the Global Nole mentor program to assist incoming exchange students with their pre-arrival questions and adjustment to life once at FSU. Exchange students are paired with volunteer FSU undergraduate students. The Global Nole mentors communicate with the new students before they arrive to Tallahassee and participate in social events to ensure they become involved in campus life as quickly as possible.

“[This] is my first experience with America and studying abroad, so I was very excited to come here,” said Sina Reetz, exchange student from Oldenburg University, Germany. “My mentor Catherine contacted me a few weeks before my arrival in Tallahassee, which made me less nervous and more confident to make my way around. The mentor program is an awesome and helpful opportunity to settle in and to meet new people. FSU is unbelievably impressive … and I'm very happy that I chose this university.”

FSU has recently expanded its exchange program options for FSU students in a variety of majors and now offers students exchange programs at 40 universities in locations around the world. FSU students can study at one of these prestigious universities while earning FSU credits, paying FSU tuition, and using their existing financial aid.  Students interested in finding out more about FSU’s Global Exchanges are encouraged to review the exchange program list and attend an information session. These sessions are held weekly on Tuesdays at 3:30 p.m. and Wednesdays at 12:30 p.m. in The Globe (GME Building), Room 2600.  Application deadlines for Summer and Fall 2017 programs is March 1*; Spring 2018 applications are due October 1.

Students interested in applying to be a Global Nole for 2017-2018 can email mkbuckley@fsu.edu for application information.

*note that some exchanges have earlier deadlines and are noted on the exchange program information pages online.