Most of you should be very aware of our program characteristics, but I will go through them quickly because I do want to give time for all of our special guests, including Paul, to speak with you and also for you guys to be able to ask questions. >> So what does the program change mean? It means that you're going to enroll this fall and be a part of our Delaware Community. Throughout the fall semester, you will be able to enroll in courses alongside all other entering freshmen. We'll guide you in your academic choices. You will also have UD academic advisors working with you. You will participate in the same new student orientation as all other entering freshmen. >> And you can choose to do the kinds of things that you want to do as a member of our community this fall, whether it is going to football games, joining a club, please note, we're going to have lots of activities and opportunities for you as World scholars. >> But you've also got the entire university campus to choose from. In the spring, you will be heading abroad. >> And most of you with me tonight have chosen Madrid as your freshman destination. But we know that some admitted world scholars are coming to multiple sessions. They're still trying to figure out where they want to be. >> We know that the spring semester abroad for our European sites will begin in January. So you'll come home from Delaware for the holidays and you will pack up and be able to head out in January with your other classmates. Every world scholar who flies on the group flight will be accompanied by me or Meghan or another member of our team. We stay with you in the first two weeks. We make sure that you're comfortable, you know all the people, places and things. We facilitate any changes to your academic schedule. We come back to campus and you are immersed in the life of that college for your spring semester. We return at the end of the semester to help you pack up, both metaphorically and practically speaking, we celebrate the end of the semester and then you come home. >> We get a lot of families who ask if they're able to visit their students while abroad. This year because the semester ends at the start of summer, I imagine there may be more families who want to take advantage of that. >> Not every family visits, but yes, you can. >> We want you to know that we've chosen all of our freshmen sites for a variety of reasons. >> One, we picked some really, really awesome cities where any one of us would love to have the opportunity to live for a few months of our life. And these are places that are teeming with activity. There are cafes, restaurants, museums, arts, all of the things you might imagine. >> And they're wonderful stepping off points for other exploration around the world. >> We've also chosen our partners because each of them has residence halls. There are, they're fully structured on campus to support you with the services that we know you will need as first-year students to be successful. >> And our students are very successful. I have a slide a little bit later that I'll share with you. >> But you have a dining plan, you're living in a residence hall. >> You're going to courses at classes that are taught by international faculty. All of the classes are taught in English. Most of the faculty members are not from the United States, and they're bringing to the classroom a very different perspective. >> You will also be taking classes with students who come from all over the world. >> You may have world scholars in your classes. In fact, I'm sure you will have World Scholars in some in particular, every world scholar is required to take Intro to global politics. >> It's the only class all world scholars are required to take. Every class that you take while you're abroad meets a UD Graduation requirement, has been vetted by UD faculty that meets a University of Delaware equivalency. It will appear on your transcript as a UD course, as will the grade. So we want our students to take it seriously and they do. That is your freshman semester abroad. Then you come to campus for fall of your sophomore year. The major requirement in year two of the program is residence in International House, which is our on-campus living learning community for World scholars, where we focus on intercultural learning and development. We have lots of programs taking place in the halls. There is a world scholar who serves as a peer mentor. >> She partners with an international student to develop all kinds of fun cooking programs, film nights, all sorts of things. I realized that I just flew through all of year one and I wanted to stop. >> Can I get the current students to unmute for just a moment? And if each of you could share with us your favorite memory of Madrid or your time abroad in year one. Beth, I can see you. So why don't you go first? My favorite part of being abroad - that's tough >> I think, you know, just coming out of high school, it's a lot of fun to be able to go, because you're really on your own. You know, it's different from just being, you know, cuz I'm from PA so it's like 40 minutes away from me. So it's really cool to have that independence, be able to do what you want to do. And I mean, obviously you can do everything you wanna do. But, you know, you have more options than you would if you were just on UD campus. >> You can go see the world and it's just amazing. >> So all right, very good. >> Caitlin, how about you? >> What's your favorite memory of Madrid? >> Madrid itself is just gorgeous. Like pictures do not do the city justice. >> It is >> Beautiful city to walk around, catch a bus. The public transportation system is like top-notch. When my family came to visit, that was an experience unto itself - was riding the Metro because it is so nice. >> So just literally just really how it looks and the feeling you get as you're walking around is absolutely sublime. >> Awesome. >> Matt Gray, How about you? >> The best part about studying abroad is the independence. You really don't know what it's like to live on your own until you're a sea away from your parents. And I felt that it was great that we went with college to do that because I had a lot of support structures that were there for me. >> I think that when I leave college, I'm going to be more prepared for the real world. >> So excellent, okay, Lauren, how about you? I'll say something more, particularly in regards to some of Madrid's courses, particularly flamenco and oceanography. If you guys are interested in oceanography, we really want to flamenco. It was a great experience in both of those flamenco through dance. >> I got to be more immersed in the culture. >> Like while I did speak some Spanish in some situations, I did have to to get certain things done. It was really nice to do it through dance. It was really interesting. >> And for oceanography, we did an excursion to the, to the southern part of Spain. And we learned more about their different policies in regards to like sustainability and like how they handled like fisheries and different things like that. We got to go diving, but like I just gotten to see so much culturally, which is something that like when I was planning to go abroad, I thought would be really important for my experience. So I'm really thankful to have had those experiences. Great. >> And Allie, you weren't in Madrid your freshman year, you were in Rome. >> But what was one of your favorite memories of your freshman semester abroad? >> So while I was in Rome, I think it was my experience that could kind of apply to any world scholar site, but I don't have one particular favorite memory. >> But I think the best part of it was that I made I really solidified friend group that kept me out throughout college. >> And I still talk to you now every single week while we've been in quarantine, I've been zooming with my entire world scholar friend group. and there's a lot of us. All of us are constantly keeping in touch. >> And we've been friends for over 4.5 years now. >> And I know that these are the people who will be in my wedding.. this is everybody's gonna be around for a long time. >> So starting off on that note, you get to know people in a way in this world Scholar experience that you don't get to meet like in other ways. >> I think it's a very unique experience that cultivates a certain type of friendship. >> And I think that no matter if you're in Madrid or Rome or anywhere else, I think that that's something that you can always take with you. Awesome! >> Ok, good answers. >> Mute yourselves again. >> All right. >> Moving right along. >> So sophomore year on campus, lots of programs. >> We don't want your intercultural learning to stop, and we don't want your global engagement and stop. So we have lots of opportunities we send your way and we're also helping to prepare you for next steps. So we're helping to guide you in mapping out a four-year academic plan so you can accomplish all of your academic goals. Planning for your study abroad experience. >> So you're able to get there in your junior year. And we're working with you on Fulbright application and advising for other postgraduate opportunities. >> So there's a lot happening in sophomore year, but it's also a time when World scholars are able to really dig into the life of campus, join clubs, spread their wings. It's not only about your world Scholar experience. >> Junior year. >> Junior year is when World scholars head abroad for a second time. >> We're looking for a more immersive experience the second time around. So students are encouraged to find an internship or community service or participate in research in addition to their academic coursework while they're abroad. And for students who are on campus, we continue with workshops and advising. We have students who are writing up reflections of their time abroad and continuing to polish their skills so that they're more competitive for their post-grad opportunities. Senior year culminates with a submission of a Fulbright app at the start of the year, if that's a priority for you and finishes up with the spring Scholar Symposium. >> So for Caitlin, you know, as everyone, as the high-school seniors in the audience right now are understanding that your graduation is not going to be a traditional graduation, we're also figuring out what the Spring Scholars Symposium is gonna look like this year. But it is, if nothing else and opportunity to celebrate our scholars, for students to be able to share their experiences with family and friends so that everybody emerges with a much richer understanding of everyone's accomplishments. >> And I have to say that our world scholars are - look at that, there's Ali in the middle! Ali, clearly the hair is looking fabulous in the photograph. Our world scholars are super successful individuals. >> I'm going to give us a pat on the back because of all that we do for the students. But I also think it is an incredibly ambitious community of students that come into this program with a lot of ideas and goals and they're looking for a way to reach them. >> So we're here to support the students. They're there for one another. And not only are they successful when they graduate, but they are successful as undergrads. >> So world scholars - I just these analytics about a month ago. World scholars earn higher GPAs than the average peer at Delaware, they graduate at a higher rate than their peers and they are more likely to be employed. >> So we are super proud of our program. >> I know for Meghan and I, it's really gratifying because we devote a lot of time and energy to our students. >> It's not only us. You guys are super hard workers, but those are impressive stats. People always want to know about value. You want to know what your investment is and if it's worth it. So I hope I've just shared with you some reasons why I believe your investment would be worth it. The cost to be a world scholar, your tuition is exactly the same, whether you are on our campus or you are abroad. >> There is a one-time world Scholars program fee that all enrolling students pay during the semester in which you are abroad as a freshmen. And that one time fee includes room, board, international insurance, a number of activities and excursions, and it forms the foundation for your entire four years in the program. >> So we don't come back to you at a later time to say, oh, we need more money for this thing, or sure, if you want to participate, it's going to cost x. >> When you study abroad again in your junior year, there will be a study abroad program fee attached to that as well. All study abroad at Delaware has that fee, but it's only for that specific time while you're abroad. The additional world scholar fee is only embedded in your freshman year. And as I shared earlier, because you are admitted to the University of Delaware, all of the financial aid that you receive applies to your time abroad as well. >> So in your first year, half of your package will be split between fall and half will be split for spring. So as an enrolling student at the University of Delaware, This is what your fall costs would look like. >> This excludes any financial aid you might receive. >> So Delaware numbers on the left, non-resident numbers on the right, and we have a placeholder down there for program fee because we're going to show you what your spring semester is going to look like. And I'm sorry, I don't think there's anything I can do with all of the faces on the right. >> But you should be able to see all of the numbers. Basically what you're looking at is same tuition as I shared if you're a resident, you pay a resident rate; non-resident pays a non-resident rate. For students who are world scholars, in the spring, you would not pay the mandatory full-time fees. You would not pay on campus Room and Board. >> Instead, you would pay the world Scholars program fee that includes much of that. And as I shared earlier, the insurance excursions, etc. Students who do not enroll as World scholars but still choose to enroll at Delaware, those are your costs on the right, and you'll see that the difference is approximately $1500. >> So that's the budget that Meghan and I worked with. Actually, it's less than $1500 because a chunk of that goes to that first semester that you're abroad, but that's our budget for your entire four years in the program. >> The other costs you would need to think about would be round-trip travel. >> We do recommend a group flight, but you purchase that. >> Any expenses related to the visa, it's not super expensive to get a visa, but it is a cost. And then just as you would on our campus, you would budget money for textbooks and school supplies. >> Okay. So I'm going to stop sharing for a moment if it lets me do this. >> Sorry. >> Paul's chair. There we go. >> And when we come back- will it let me? I'm so sorry you guys. >> Vmm. Well, I'll leave it here for a moment then. How about that? Meghan you have access to the polls since your co-host, Do you want to? Well, we'll wait and do the poll at the end of this next section. I think we do - never mind about the poll. You can take that down and instead, Paul, I am going to turn it over to you. Meghan, can you - I can't make that go away. only you can. >> I think the poll is not currently visible to be audience. >> Ok. >> You can see it, okay? >> Because it's on my screen on all right. I'm not going to worry about then. >> Excellent, Paul. >> So I'm going to turn it over to you, but I'm gonna drive. >> So you just let me know when you want me to move to the next slide. Okay. You bet - next slide. Hola -everybody. You already found out I'm from Connecticut. I'm the luckiest person in the world because I, and I moved to Spain 20 years ago as a professor of British literature and got a job at St. Louis University Madrid campus. I've been there since, and I really wanted to introduce myself. But first of all, say congratulations to all of you and to your families. I think it takes a very special family, a very special student to choose this program, a very courageous student, very globally minded students. And that's an exciting, it's exciting to meet you. I wish I were there in person. I love my April visits to Delaware and i'm saddened that I can't be there. So I also want to just affirm and congratulate Amy and Meghan and everyone who's involved with the World Scholars Program. There is really no other program like this in the United States. I mean, this is an extraordinary initiative that is creating new kinds of graduates. I mean, it's an honor for our institution to be working with University of Delaware on this. >> It's a unique program. >> And I'm not just saying that it's come from. There's so many different study abroad experiences. There are other first-year programs. There's nothing like this. So you've really built an astonishing, impressive opportunity for for a very special group of students. I'm here to talk about Madrid. So maybe we can go to a Madrid slide and the, the, the point of St. Louis University Madrid campuses. You know, there's a couple of different identities. First of all, we're a Spanish institution. I'm not seeing the slides. Meghan, Amy, can you? Are there Madrid slides? Am I not sharing my screen? oh, it says it's paused- hold on one sec - I'll keep talking though because I can talk about pictures but when they come up. go to the second one. We we're a Spanish institution. We've been in Spain for 50 years. We offer american university degree programs, American-style teaching. That's why we're in Spain we're registered as a, an international foreign institution. We're one of six institutions in Madrid that does this. So we're an official university in Spain, we have our employees - about 30% of our students. Here we go. Thank you. >> Perfect. We all live in Spain Spain is our home. So 50 years in Spain, part of an American university called St. Louis University. It's a Jesuit University. It's the first university west of the Mississippi, it has a law school, business school, it has a medical school. So we're also part of this big American institution. That means we have the US accreditation that American universities have. That means our programs are aligned along with American universities - it brings a lot of positives. It means we're not quite as exotic as the Sorbonne or Oxford. But we also have what's familiar. We have the kinds of support systems in place that help American students and international students who want liberal arts, American education, succeed. So 50 years in Spain, 200 in the US - we're also part of the Jesuit university tradition. >> We've been - the Jesuits were founded by St. Ignatius of Loyola, who was from Spain. And we have spent, and so we're as part of that tradition. It's a tradition that, Fair enough, it's linked to the Catholic Church, but it's also profoundly linked to promoting social justice, to making our students aware that there is a world could be better. And our goal for the World scholars when they're visiting us and all of our students, is to help them achieve their career goals and academic goals. But to be doing it to make this world a better place. So I think the values of the World scholars and the global goals of our campus and a Jesuit institutions match very, very well. You can see we're right smack dab in the center of Spain. I wanted to point out one thing about this slide, which is Madrid itself may not be as old or it wasn't. It's not a city as old as Rome or London or Paris even. It was founded on a, by the Moors. Okay? So it was a fortress to fight against those, those Christians that were trying to drive people out of Spain. So it has a kind of a tenth century city. It became the capital of Spain, the court city of Spain in the 15th century. And it was chosen by Isabel and Ferninand to be right smack in the middle of Spain. The first picture, just to let you know, is, is Puerte de Alcala It's a monument next to Ritero Park. These puertos, there are a couple of them in Madrid, and I think that the students identify them as these landmarks in the city and they know where to meet because you meet by the Puerto del Sol, for example, or the Puerto del Toledo. They're actually the city gates when we were a late medieval city. That's the edge of the city. Alcala was the University City to Toledo was the seat of the church. Madrid was the seat of the court. That's why we have the castle and where it's still where the Congress and the president of Madrid live. So we're smack in the centers of history in Spain and smack in the center of the country as well. Let's next slide. This our admissions staff likes to show to one. We've already heard about, the wonderful transportation system. We are up by there's a little red box at the top, a diamond where where it at the Gutman al Bueno Metro Station. Probably about 40 minutes to walk to the center of that. Ten minutes to walk to the residence - 5-10 minutes, walk to your residence. which is right also in our neighborhood, but we're, we're in downtown Madrid. I think people who experience Madrid also find it a walking city. A city that's comfortable to walk through, but also has great transportation. >> Next slide, so some more numbers. >> But for two things that aren't on this slide that I want to mention is we have 15 undergraduate full degree programs. We have communication and computer science, economics, Marketing, International Business. What's important about these programs are the same as in St. Louis. It separates us from study abroad programs because we have to. I'm going to ask you to go back to the previous slide. It separates us from the other study abroad programs because it does force us to be aligned and have our courses in place. And this is why the University of Delaware can recognize our courses.. our biology, our chemistry, our math courses are vetted by the faculty as well. One number that I, I would like to add to this side next time you can see how many students are on our campus. And that's, that's, that's what we had last semester, about 821, in the fall. We're up to about a 1000 now in the spring. We have a 110 faculty, I think up to full-time faculty there are about 50 or 45, which is a large number for this, this particular student population. And a 95% of them are PhD, they are doing research. They are meeting the same credentials that our U.S. faculty in St. Louis and sometimes exceeding them. I'm very proud of our faculty. We are repeatedly getting, winning grants and getting recognition at the university level and external level so that you're working with the top rate faculty. also at our campus in Madrid. Next slide - where the campus itself, there are three parts of three major buildings. We have science labs, we have our own library, we've dining facilities. The yellow building, Padre Rubio Hall is basically lots of classrooms as well as some study spaces and our student life offices. My favorite memory from last fall, and it really is one of my favorite memories of the whole semester. Meghan, you were there was on the top of Saint Ignatius, Saint Ignacio Hall. That Hall has our dance studio, library, cafeteria, my office, but it was the group of World scholars after their reception on the roof top of that building, watching the sunset. And it was a magical moment. I think a lot of the world scholars suddenly realized, wait, they are no longer in Delaware. That rooftop has a view of the Guadarrama, mountain range and we were watching the sunset together, it was a spectacular evening. And it's a lovely campus in a residential part of the city. I think students find it attractive and a comfortable place to study. >> Next slide, students have their own reasons for coming to Spain. >> I, I, I went to London when I was a student in Paris and it's great to be overseas when you're young. It's, it's, it's, it's an amazing experience. Madrid offers some pretty wonderful things as well. Like you, I'm from the New York area. My landmark might my measure for a city is New York in some way. So it's a grid and it's grit, and it's busy-ness and its diversity. Madrid has a lot of that. I often say the differences. You know, New York is the city that never sleeps because people are working so hard and so intense. Madrid is a city that never sleeps because people want to stay up late and keep talking. It's because the sun sets so late and you eat dinner so late, and you don't want to go to bed because you want to socialize and get to know people. It's a, it's a country, Madrid itself filled with complexities and conflicts, okay, that go back to, you know, five to six hundred years. It's also though a country that knows that it's friendly and it's welcoming to people from outside of Spain. Tourism is an important industry and it's a country that, that I think people do find very welcoming. I feel I'm one of the luckiest people in the world that I was able to get a job as an American and live in this wonderful place. And I love sharing it with other people who come to visit. My predecessor too, I used, I enjoyed giving tours of Madrid and walking around and sharing it with people. But when my predecessor pointed out to me to "you know Paul, you don't really need to do that." You know, everybody who comes to Madrid discovers their favorite part of it. And it doesn't take very long to really, within a day or two, people discover what they like about Madrid. And I love some of the comments we heard earlier today. Next slides are, I think just of course, we've already heard about the oceanography course. Of course, for visiting students, we create courses that introduced them to Spanish culture. that even taken further afield, we have, depending on the Shakespeare, course takes students to London. We take advantage of our European location. Archeology courses. Take them to sites close around campus as well. >> Next, next slide. >> And what we we're doing our best. We are an American university in Spain. In some ways our campus, I think students will attest. >> You'll hear a lot of English. >> You'll also hear Arabic and French and German. But we're introducing the American university culture to a group of international students, including our study abroad students from St. Louis and from other universities. But we do provide sports. I think there was a, a world scholar who may have been an archer, in archery? We try to match students with their, if they're professional or, or semi-professional, we try to get them into the sport to the program at a master's level in Spain so they can compete. There's actually the Delaware students are often very active in our theater and dance performances. And plenty of opportunities to serve the community, from teaching English to, to participating in campus ministry activities. And that's similar, of activities you can do in or around Madrid. >> I think there may be one more slide, yes. >> And beginning of the term, we organize some, some day trips to introduce to the nearby cities. But this is also something that students can discover on their own. Your Metro pass, it actually brings you to Toledo on a bus. It's covered in monthly 20-year-old student metro fee. But we do organize some initial trips so to help the students get to know each other and get to know the other new students and to get to know a little bit about Spain's culture. I think the next slide is going to be our calendar - just to point out our spring semester. The first day of classes is the 13th. Usually, the world's scholars come a few days before that, and we have two nights of orientation in addition to a night of sort of settling in and our exams end on the 12th of May, we'll make sure that's in writing so everybody can see the dates and the planning well before. So that's my talk, I hope it wasn't too fast. >> And if I skipped anything important, students help me, and fill in what I left out because I know there's so much. I think that was great - thank you, Paul. >> All right, so I have stopped sharing. >> That made me very, very stressed out - the sharing of my screen. So now. that is over with. It's great to see so many people here. This is really awesome. So what I want to be able to do now is hear from current students and our admitted students. >> I imagine that you guys have lots of questions and we want you to be able to ask those questions. So I can either start by throwing a softball or if any of the students in the room would like to ask, they're welcome to do that too. >> Let's see, well, you know, we've got the poll. >> Meghan was probably trying to tell me that - weren't you? And I wasn't looking at you. Alright, so we're gonna do another poll. >> Everybody on alert answer these questions. >> Now that you've heard about Spain and you're dreaming about your semester there. >> What are some of the things that you're most excited about doing and exploring? >> How are you hoping to engage with St. Louis University and in the city of Madrid? And understanding that you can pack a suitcase, a carry on, and a backpack, what is one thing, you know for sure that you're going to bring with you? >> I see that our engagement rate has decreased a little bit. >> Alright, good. >> Glad to see more answers coming in. I think...Okay. >> Anything and everything. Excellent. Yeah. It's kinda hard to choose sometimes, although I have to say, cafes and restaurants would be at the top of my list. >> Alright, that's good. >> That's a lot of answers. I'm going to end the poll and show you what you guys said. >> So the majority of you are game for everything and anything. >> Excellent attitude, we like that. >> And pretty even in terms of how you want to get involved - absolutely - going on university sponsored excursions. And your program fee includes two day trips automatically plus a cooking class where you learn to make paella. Plus an opening and closing celebration. >> We also have an optional trip to Morocco that a lot of our students take advantage of and SLU hosts all kinds of day trips as well. So that's great. >> There will be lots and lots of options for you. And then what are people - who all these people with cameras - excellent! >> And photos of family and friends. Okay, nice. >> Nobody's bringing comfort food with them. >> I had a lot of people voting for peanut butter last night. All right, very good. >> So now that we got that going, I am curious to hear if any students in the audience have specific questions that they would like to ask. I am looking at some of the questions that came through earlier in the chats. >> People are asking about departure dates. >> Yes, it's January. We'll have exact dates for you soon. Are you required to fly home with the group? Thank you. Back. >> You can stay longer if you like. The value of being on the group flight is that you get to fly with me or Meghan or one of the university representatives for people who want that, People absolutely want it on the way; maybe less so by the time you finish your semester, you're feeling very independent and yes, families may meet you. Is global politics class similar to AP comparative gov? >> I do not know. Anybody remember their AP comparative gov from high school? And if this was the same? This is a course where you learn about institutional organizations around the world. >> Diplomacy. >> I don't know. >> There we go, Matt. It's more like international relations. Thank you, Matt. That was a good answer. >> And so I'm just going to chime in just to reduce some confusion because we've got some answers coming through the chat as well as answers Amy is sharing. I think - let's let Amy talk through the questions. >> And then Amy can answer them or she can invite current world scholars to respond to them. >> Just so we're not doubly answering or causing confusion. No, no, I like it! Wow 45 new messages! there's been a lot of chatter. >> I couldn't see any of that when I was sharing my screen. So this is exciting. I don't have to go through, everybody can see all the chat, right? >> So I don't have to read them out loud if people can see them. So let me just open it up. What are other questions that - let me see - we'll invite current scholars to answer that question. We started with that. Mantra's question would be a good one to start with because that's kind of where we left off with the chat. About what are some common activities that students partake in outside of class? And I thought that would be a great question for students to answer. If you want to chime in. >>I love it. >> So if the current scholars, if you guys want to unmute - Ali, the alum, you can unmute too if you want to jump in. >> Whoever wants to answer that question, each of you could say one thing that you took advantage of while you were there, whatever it is. I took advantage of museums. >> You can go to museums for free or at least cheaply in Madrid. >> And so I would go with friends to El Prado and Reina Sofia So yeah, usually, like every month, I think another really awesome thing about having there's ambassadors through SLU you know, you meet them at your orientation and they're really helpful and really good resources. Because I know at least with my class, a lot of us, you know, we would go out for lunch with them, you know, sometimes we would see them in the little courtyard area. >> We grab them and go see new stuff with them. >> So they're really awesome for helping you figure out how to navigate the city. And I actually did travel with some SLU students rather than just UD students. So, you know, a lot of them are either European or they want to see Europe just as badly as you do. >> So they're definitely a great resource if you want to branch out a little bit, but still want a student to help you out with those kind of things. >> So it's really great. >> My year there were a bunch of students who did a lot of different things. >> I think some people, I know I was in Rome, but there are people who are involved in different shows. We had friends who were on the basketball team, so we used to hang out with them. >> We actually made some of our really good friends because through the wait at the door, when you set up, you could like look out your window and then have somebody else's apartment window across so you could scream out the window than we actually made friends with people through the window. >> And we got to really meet other JCU students there. >> So I think that there's a lot of opportunities for different ways that you can get involved. But I mean, I just met a lot of other JCU students in addition to my friends from the program, just through literally like being neighborly and getting involved in some extra curriculars that way. For students set up on a budget and kind of just want to like visit around the city, >> One thing that I really miss was just being able to go with like a few friends and just pretty much like wander through the city. >> That was never something that I could do here at home cuz like I live in Dover Delaware >> So it's like a small town, like stubborn. >> So, you know, it's not walking distance. >> I have slight obsession with going see the sunset. >> I remember one time in particular we were by the royal palace and like a lot of times during like evenings or even during day, you'll see like street performers. >> There's somebody playing like classical music like on a harp. >> And this is like during evening time. >> It was like sunset. So we kinda just set out a blanket and we just kind of hung out. I brought cards - it's just a great time to just sit and just enjoy the evening. >> So that's also a really good thing. >> I think it's also really important to point out that it's super easy to walk around Madrid. I know Paul mentioned it's about 40 minutes to the center, but our dorms are a residence hall is another ten minutes closer, so you can walk straight down the road 30 minutes. And you're in the center of Madrid. >> And it's honestly, walking there, it's so easy because it's such a walking city. >> And you know, you get to see so many things on the way, you might stop finding new cafe. >> There was one time my friends and I were just getting off at random, random metro stops, you know, and it's easy to do. >> We found a flier for a it's like a it was like a scavenger flea market kind of thing. >> And we just ended up going to it and it was the coolest thing. >> We found. So many cool things. >> You know, it's, I think the main thing you really have to do is just explore the city and just walk around, especially when it's nice out. >> Take advantage of the nice weather. >> I mean, Madrid's always nice, but take advantage of the nice weather. >>What? >>No, I was saying it's all really good advice. And I was wondering if we could transition to the next question. >> Yes. >> So I can see here I'll just answer a couple. >> Does the fee include the airfare? Did I already say that to and from home? It does not that's, that's on you. But I saw Meghan mention something here about points. If you have points, you can use those to purchase your flights. Someone asked about housing, is it recommended to room with the world scholar in the fall? >> And Beth answered, it's required. >> But that's because typically world scholars are abroad in the fall. When you are abroad, you will be rooming with a world scholar. When you are on UD's campus, you may not room with the UD world scholar. And It's possible for you to ask for one when you complete your housing application for the University of Delaware, which you should do if they haven't prompted you already, you can indicate a roommate choice on the application. The person you're picking is your roommate has to list you too. If both of you select one another as roommates, the chances that you'll be matched are much, much higher. And for the time that you're abroad, we have an application that gets at some personality characteristics. We try to match students based on things like - Do you like to stay up late or get up early? Is your room considered public space or private space? All of those questions. But we also understand that during the fall, while you're on campus, you'll be meeting one another. And it is very possible that you'll be able to choose your roommate for your spring in Madrid and the residence hall in Madrid Alfaro is a beautiful building. In fact, Caitlin's class was the very first group of students that ever lived in that building. Not just World scholars, but anybody lived in that building. And it's two students to a room with a shared bathroom. >> It's pretty nice. >> And I want to add, too... don't stress if you don't, if you are thinking, oh my gosh, I need to meet a world scholar to recommend or request them for housing in the fall. >> Don't panic or stress about that. >> There are so many students who apply to live on campus and just go with a random roommate and it's, it's okay. So I just wanted to kinda take the pressure off because I've gotten a lot of questions about that lately via email, and you definitely don't need to stress about that. Housing will ask you lots of questions, like Amy said, and take care of you. So. >> Good point. >> Very good point. Do you mind if I jump in on what Meghan was saying when like about like roommates? >>Go for it. >>For me, like when we went abroad in Spain a lot of times, like we didn't know until much closer up. >> But like I can assure you, like a lot of times, like you don't really have anything to worry about. >> Like my roommate from Spain, which I didn't get to meet any like World scholars really like before going abroad personally. >> But she ended being like my best friend and we still talk about it all the time. >> We did a bunch of excursions together and it was like a really great experience to be able to do that with someone that you're close to. >> You can talk at the end of the night. >> And I like things that happened or even being on campus. >> Although I was unable to spend as much time as I would like my roommate. >> We ended up doing some great things too. >> So the was matching was definitely in my favor definitely, I met some great people through just going random. >> So don't, don't be fearful of that. >> Awesome. >> Is it advantageous to be able to speak English? >> Matt Gray responded, definitely it's always advantageous if you know something of the local language, but it's not required. Who wants to share stories of being able to speak the language? >> Caitlin? >> I was going to show the opposite. >> I don't speak a lick of Spanish. >> I studied abroad in Italy. >> I don't speak any Italian and I was up 100% fine. >> However, I will say the students who do know a little bit of Spanish probably had a little bit more of an immersive experience. >> If any of the other students want to speak to that. >> I can second. But yeah, I mean, I speak, I've taken Spanish since middle school. >> You know, it's definitely helpful. >> And, you know, my Spanish has definitely improved since my freshman year, but I think it's it definitely helps, you know, being in that setting. >> I mean, I studied abroad in Taipei, my junior year - this past fall. So, it's the same with that. >> You know, being in the set, actual setting and having to kinda being forced to learn the language and speak more of it, it's definitely helpful. >> So if you don't speak Spanish right away or you don't speak a ton of Spanish, you'll definitely be able to pick it up and learn more because you also might be taking Spanish classes at SLU. And I know for a fact that my Spanish teacher did not speak any English at all, and we didn't learn that until the very end of the semester. So they're definitely really helpful in helping you learn how to speak Spanish and speak it properly. >> It maybe with a little Spanish accent too. >> If you want to, you want one of those. >> They definitely have those. >>Awesome, good answers. >> I don't see any more questions in the chat, but we would love to answer any...Meghan? We missed a question. >> And what could we hit it because it's an important one. So Marlena A***** asked is the passport deadline. What is the passport deadline now that we're spending spring abroad? And I wanted to acknowledge that because that is another frequently asked question we're getting. Right now the passport agencies are closed unless there is a need for life or death circumstance to receive a passport first. So for students who do not currently have a passport, you won't be able to apply. We will be asking you to apply for your passport once that agency reopens. We don't know exactly when that will be, but if you do need to apply for your passport, we'd recommend just monitoring the passport agency website. And then once you can get your documents in to do that, we'll ask you in the summer to gather documents needed for your visa application. So for the visa, you'll submit your passport as well as additional documents and yeah, you'll have time in the summer to gather that and then you'll probably end up bringing those documents with you to campus in the fall, submitting them to us, and I'll actually go to New York City on your behalf to submit that documentation and apply for your visa. So it's really important to understand that the Spanish consulate, they will only accept the visa applications in one batch. So when we do provide you with instructions about the visa, pay attention to that. Really focus on what is needed and be in communication with us if you have any questions or concerns. And we'll check everything to make sure, is as well as possible, that there's no issues. So there's no challenge in getting your visa, but no need to get your passport right now because you cannot. >> But when the time comes that that does open back up, definitely apply for your passport. Thorough. Very thorough, Meghan, thank you. >> Let's see - who else? >> When will you give us dates to buy tickets to Madrid and back? We will be sharing those with you late summer. I don't imagine we're going to share them with you much earlier than that. We want to make sure that the academic calendar is confirmed. We have already begun conversations with Student Universe, which is the travel group with whom we work on recommending group flights. So we've already begun the conversations, but we won't share that information with you until later in the summer. What else? >> I believe that we will fly American if that's helpful for anyone. The direct flight that we typically use is from Philadelphia directly to Madrid. So if you're trying to kind of strategize about airline points and you want to take the group flight as of right now, I'm 99%. sure we'll work with that American flight in particular, just so you have that on your radar. >> Good point. >> Yeah, it's really nice. Madrid and Rome round-trip direct flight, typically we fly out of Philadelphia International Airport. So another value about booking the group flight is that we all meet together at the airport. For parents. it's an opportunity to say goodbye. >> It's not the same thing as dropping you off at your residence hall, but it is a really celebratory, wonderful time and we head through security together. >> And usually it is a Sunday evening flight. >> We get in Monday morning and we hit the ground running. So yeah, that's a really nice perk about flying American. >> Any other questions that the students want to ask? >> Do we pay room and board in the fall? >> Yes, you do. You will pay your charge will be for tuition, room and board, and the comprehensive student fee at the University of Delaware, correct. >> And then you would pay the program fee in the spring. But some of you talked about your year three. >> We spent a lot of time talking about freshman semester abroad, but part of the world Scholars Program, it's a four-year experience. So those of you who have gone abroad for a second time, Where did you go and why? >> And Matt, you are planning your junior experience abroad so you can tell us what you're thinking about. >> So Ali, Why don't you go first? >> Sure. >> So at my junior year, fall, I went to Tel Aviv, Israel. I'm a triple language major. So I felt that when I went to Italy and got my Italian figured out and I had a good knowledge of Spanish, I needed to get Hebrew on my list, which is my third language. I needed to work on increasing my fluency. >> I also happen to have a lot of family in Israel, so it was a nice kind of colliding of my worlds. >> Seeing my family and also learning a language is kind of strategized. But I had a really wonderful experience there. >> It was very different from Rome. >> I think the biggest difference for me was that I was used to going with a group of my UD colleagues and I was going kind of on my own. >> I wanted an unaffiliated program, meaning that my program was not one that the university makes up itself like. >> It's not a university study abroad, but it still counts. I got all my credits and everything. But it's not made for the University. >> So I had to kinda go through the loopholes, of getting the transfer credits approved and things like that, which it sounds very stressful, but it's really not. >> It was a wonderful experience. >> It was kinda like the icing on the cake for the world scholars experience. >> And it was just really awesome. >> I'm actually planning on moving to Israel after that experience. So hopefully in the next, whenever this coronavirus situation gets better, I'm moving - so kind of a big step. But it kinda got me there. So yeah. >>That's great. >> Caitlin, How about you? >> So I am a Nutrition and Dietetics major, which is a fairly restrictive major. There are a lot of very specific classes that I need to take in a particular order in order to graduate. So I knew, starting in my freshman year, that I needed to do some serious planning to make sure that I could do another full semester junior year. And I saw Meghan dropped the link to our database in the chat. When I was still in Madrid, my freshman fall, I was planning for junior spring too because I wanted this fall semester and the only program that worked for the credits that I was able to like move around was Rome, Italy. >> And oh darn, I have to go to Rome. It's my only option, and it was absolutely wonderful. >> I got to go with actually two of my very best friends from Madrid. >> It was just a fluke that we all ended up in the same program. >> And I took amazing classes, mostly electives. I took Psych, I took Econ, but my favorite class that I took was an on-site class that was art history. And every week we met at a different landmark in the city to talk about the architecture. >> So I gave a presentation on the Pantheon inside the Pantheon, like these are experiences that you really can only get when you study abroad. >> So that's one of my favorite things. that you get these really cool hands-on immersive experiences. Great - Beth, you went to Taipei? >> Yeah, I did. >> I'm in the same situation as Ali. >> I kinda with Caitlin as well. I wanted to do something different. I knew from my freshman year that, I mean, I sort of looking at UD programs and I was like, you know, I really want to do something cool. >> I wanna do something unique for me. >> And I'm also, you guys saw I'm an International Business major, but I'm also a triple Language major. so I'm in the College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Business. >> So that makes it really hard to get all my classes in in a timely manner and hopefully still fingers crossed, graduate on time. But I you know, I like Caitlin. >> I had to really plan and make sure I got my classes and so I could do that full semester abroad. >> And, you know, it was difficult. >> It wasn't fun but doing all the transfer credits and stuff. >> It definitely made it worth it. I'm still working on my Chinese credits to transfer, but that's another problem, but it's definitely doable. And with good advisors and stuff and luckily, I have an amazing advisor. >> So she definitely made that really easy for me and she's very helpful. >> But, you know, I always knew that I wanted to improve my Chinese and I knew I had to go somewhere where I could do that. >> So for me Taipei was like the only option because I had two teachers - two professors my whole life. >> I mean, out of my three Chinese professors that were from Taipei, and I was like, What is this place? >> Where is this place? >> And I'm sure you're all seeing tons of stuff on coronavirus about the amazing president over there. >> But that's another thing. >> So it's just, you know, Taipei is amazing and there's so much to do over there, and it's such an amazing culture. >> And it's just so different from, you know, even just Europe. >> You know, just the contrast is amazing. >> So it was for me when I needed to do, especially to further my education and make me super global rather than just kind of global. >> Yep. >> Awesome. Mantra asks for your junior year, do you travel abroad just a semester or a full year? It is required that you spend a semester abroad. However, we absolutely do have World scholars who have done back to back semesters or studied abroad multiple times. So it is possible, but it's not a requirement. Matt, where you heading next year? >> Argentina. Hopefully. My plan is to improve my Spanish in Argentina. So i'm going to an intensive program and then enrolling exclusively Spanish classes. So I'm really excited about that and I hope it goes through. My junior year I then want to go to Catalonia and study separatist politics. >> I'm taken an independent study on that right now at University of Delaware and it's so fascinating. I think that if I didn't do World scholars, I wouldn't have pursued Spanish. I originally came in wanting to do accounting, but having world scholars completely changed my mind. And now I'm really passionate about what I'm doing and I'm grateful that I'm in the program. >> Awesome. >> Thank you, Matt. >> Danielle wants to know if you can study abroad more times than the required Freshman and junior semesters? Yes, with the permission of your family and in working with your academic advisor because you want to be sure that the courses that you're taking apply to your studies and that you are earning the appropriate number of credits at the University of Delaware to allow you to graduate with a UD degree. So stay in touch with everyone. But there certainly are world scholars, we have world scholars who studied abroad every year. We do have a winter session at Delaware. So that is a semester when you don't have to be on campus, you do not have to enroll in courses. Many students will use that as an opportunity to fit in a course that they're not looking forward to taking. So they can just focus on that. Some students participate in research or work on campus and will be on campus over winter session. >> But 80% of the study abroad that happens at the University of Delaware takes place over winter session. >> So that's another opportunity to do it. What else? >> What other questions do we have? Anything for Paul Vita from St. Louis University, Madrid? >> Yep. >> If anybody's an honor student, you can apply for $3 thousand. >> Yep. >> Matt is a member of the Honors Program. If students have any questions, I know that we do have some honors admits in the room as well with us this evening we get a lot of students who ask, Is it possible to do both worlds scholars and the honors program? And yes it is. I don't know if there are any follow-up questions to that, but you can do that. And I also see that we have someone in the room who is admitted to the community engagement Scholars Program. You can be a scholar or Fellow and a world scholar and accomplish all of those things. And you can graduate in four years trying to cram all of this in. We have had World scholars who have graduated in fewer than four years. >> Someone asked an AP question earlier. >> If you're coming in with a lot of AP credits or college credits, you might be able to graduate even sooner. What other questions do we have in the room? I know we have one more poll. One last question for the students in what are some of the globally focused minors that students have done? Excellent question. >> Who would like to answer that? >> Caitlin. I saw Ali unmuted herself too...I don't know - Ali do you wanna go and then I'll go? Sure sounds great. >> So I was a triple Language major, so technically I didn't need to have requirements. The requirements are kind of like if you don't have a globally focused major you can have, you don't need to have a globally focused minor. But in addition to my globally focused major, I was also Latin American Studies and Jewish Studies minor. >> So I had triple language, so I was Spanish, Italian, and Hebrew. >> And then I had Latin American Studies and Jewish Studies, which sounds like a lot, but a lot of the courses overlap. >> So it sounds like a tremendous amount, but they all kind of, you kind of figure out the system and it's not so, not so hard to add on. >> I'm a Global Studies minor, which is kind of one of those where it's like here's a list, pick three congrats. There's your minor, which is really great for someone who has a restrictive major like myself. Because when I could really tailor the classes to what I wanted. I took a music class in Spain. I took a piano class and that counted. I'm in a class right now called Food Geographies that looks at issues of food justice. That technically wasn't part of this minor. But I emailed my advisor and said, "can you like force it through?" And she said yes, absolutely. So global studies is a really great one. >> If you are kind of like, I don't know, whatever, global studies, because then you can pick through that list to make it more relevant to what you wanna do. >> That's great. >> And honestly, there are so many minor possibilities. And the goal for me and Meghan when we work with you is that you choose something that you love, that you, you pair it with your major in a way that you are getting a truly custom experience and that you're enjoying what you're studying, that it makes sense to you, it's applicable to your, your goals. So we'll work with you. But we are, we are very flexible. It could be anthropology, it could be environmental studies, global health, a language. >> It's all over the place. >> Paul, there's a question for you directly from Mantra. She's got good questions. What do you think are some absolute musts for students to do in Madrid? Also, how is the dress? Well the students can answer the dress part. People mentioned the Prado already. >> I would say you have to go to the room and see the van der Weyden paintings and the El Bosco paintings in the Prado. >> And I actually agree with Lauren, or I'm forgetting who was talking - walking through Madrid is something you don't get to do in very many cities in the world, including the safety of it. >> I should mention that if you're with a couple other friends and have your wits about you, you can really walk 24 hours a day throughout the center of Madrid, walking home while it's a very, very safe city. So I'm putting a little safety message in there too. But it's a, I think discovering the city, whether it's on a Sunday going to El Rastro, the flea market, whether it's it's just discovering the different parks or taking the circular bus around just to see you get a sense of the city. >> There's a river walk. >> We have a kind of very small river. In the mountains there's a fantastic Roman road you can cross over the mountains. >> So they're just wonderful things to, to experience. >> Maybe the students can answer the, the dress question. >> I will say, unlike a university campus, you can't wear your pajamas to class. >> Okay, There's not a lot of sweatpants. Maybe there's some. >> What do you guys feel? >> What's the, is there a difference in dress between college in the US and in the city of Madrid? Maybe you can give some tips on that. >>Absolutely. >> I mean, obviously there's some days where you roll out of bed and you just want to throw a sweatshirt on and you can do that. >> But I recommend keeping it to a minimum. >> You know, a lot of the students come from really European places or they're prepared to dress like a European. >> So I highly recommend sitting on Google and Googling how to dress like a European over and over again until you get some sort of idea. You know, It's gonna help just because you don't want to stick out like a sore thumb. I'm if you want to stick out like a sort thumb, be my guest - wear some pajamas to class. >> But, you know, it's - I think it also helps you get the experience. if you do try and dress a little bit more like a European or a person from Madrid - a Madrileno? I think it is. >> Yeah, my rolling of the n doesn't really work there, but I think it's definitely part of the experience. So yeah, everyone's well dressed and if you don't have like a wardrobe, you can go to El Rastro, which is just like a flea market. >> And pick up some clothes for really cheap. >> They had that on Sundays in Madrid, so it's really easy to dress nice, it's not too expensive. >> I know when I was looking up different tips before I was going abroad, one of the things that I found on some different websites where they like you can't wear jeans and like, I don't know, like you can wear jeans like that's definitely like acceptable. We're just careful particularly about like different, like rips, like still make sure that it's like tasteful. >> I mean, you can still bring your comfies look like, especially like slippers for when you're like walking around in, for example, the residence hall those come in handy a lot. >> But in regards to like everyday walking around, I just really enjoyed being able to dress up because like here on campus, you know, it's more common to do like sweatpants, so it puts you out your comfort zone. >> But I enjoyed it. >> So that's a good point. >> I think we had a similar question last night and I would say keep your flip-flops in the residence hall; they're not for walking around the city and just kind of elevate your dress a little bit. They're. still dressing like teenagers, but not so much the sweats, not so much pajamas, just a little bit nicer. I feel like a lot of girls wore sun dresses. But that's also because in the fall, when you first get there, it is hot. So we're going to have to do a little bit of research for spring to see what the seasons feel like. >> Oh, it's going to great just to let you know. Spring is it starts kinda cool. >> February, you get a day that's tells you what it's going to be like. And spring, you also get that amount of sunsets. We have a March week travel time. So there's a, that's one of the things we'll have to talk about. >> There's a break in the middle of a spring that's little later that spring break. >> We don't have all the holidays yet because the community, the province doesn't identify. >> There's also will be there are kinda two nice holiday breaks in the spring. Laura asked about music opportunities and it's true - SLU had some really great opportunities for students interested in the arts. A variety of dance classes. You can do group or private music instruction. So what are some of the instruments, Paul? We have an Icelandic mezzo soprano, who teaches voice. We teach the Spanish guitar. >> And we have a wonderful Italian pianist. We have a choir, and we now have a chamber ensemble as well. >> So bring your instrument. If you don't have an instrument, we'll help find you one. If someone plays the cello or the, we couldn't find a saxophone, or a harp, but we got some instruments. >> But if you have an instrument, bring it. >> Okay. >> Did anyone study? >> I know Lauren, you took dance. >> We teach both Spanish dance and Latin dance, both introductory and advanced, as well as modern dance. >> Are you able to join the school sports teams? That's a great question. >> So how does that work at SLU, Paul? >> Yeah, the, the, the main sport team is we call it football, but it's soccer, and there's two squads. >> It is pretty competitive. >> Okay. >> They're there. I don't know how many on the team. Caesar, who's a former professional basketball player, organizes sports. So that's the only official SLU sports team. There's sometimes some pickup other soccer games on it if we also connect, and it's a wonderful way to integrate with the Spanish communities and to learn Spanish. We connect student athletes are students that are really into and want to practice sports like twice a week on a team, whether it's American baseball or rugby or volleyball with a Spanish league. And we can put them in there. For example, for swimmers we're able to place, they can train with the, some of the people that went to the Olympics at a, at a Spanish pool. So we'll connect athletes to the community, but they're not always our own students. Ok, there we don't have our basketball team or a football, American football. We do have some soccer teams and it's pretty competitive. But if you're good, I'm sure you got a shot to be on it. >> Sometimes we have a women's soccer team and we need that. So women out there, come on, help form that for us. >> We also have had World scholars bring really unique sports with them abroad. So we've had, last year we had somebody who was on the US Youth Olympic figure skating team in Madrid and he competed professionally or para-professionally. We have had horseback riders ride at different worlds scholar sites. So really whatever your passion is, that's kind of like, I guess my, one of my biggest advice for students in navigating the culture shock and really trying to kind of be who you are at home. But abroad is, is packing, whatever that thing is that you love to do or that you do to just relax, recharge, have fun. Try to bring that with you abroad. Explore how you can do that abroad. And that will help you feel restored and help you meet people - you're an expert in whatever that thing is. So you know, you'll feel confident doing it abroad because that's what you love. So when you're thinking about packing, it's not just your cloths of course, but you want to really think about like who do you want to be abroad and what are the things you want to take with you in that experience and we'll help you figure out how to do that. You'll have Delaworld leaders this fall who are going to help with pre-departure orientation. And they'll talk to you about different ways to get involved abroad. But where they're every step of the way. And there's lots and lots of opportunities while you're in Madrid to get involved. >> Awesome. >> Okay, so we're just about ready to wrap up. I've got a final poll I'm going to launch. It's a question that's going to help us figure out how you're getting ready to go and, and what we can do to help you. I also want to let you know that we have a Facebook group for all world scholars who are enrolling this year. So students who have deposited you will be receiving invitations soon to join. We know that incoming world scholars and families are really anxious to meet one another. So you're welcome to use the chat here. If you want to exchange insta accounts, you can do that. And I'm going to go ahead and launch this poll. We will stick around for a few more minutes. If there's something that you weren't able to ask in the group. You're welcome to ask us when the others have departed or if you think of something after tonight, you can always email Worldscholars@udel.edu. So here's the last poll for this evening. How are you preparing now for your time abroad? You got a lot of time ahead of you. I know that you're still working hard in high school. You're getting a lot of stuff done, but you've got plenty of time to daydream and think about the future. So what are you doing to get ready? And then when you think about how we can best support you, what are some things that you're hoping we can help you with this summer and into the fall. >> Some people are not voting, it appears, but that's okay. >> No pressure if you don't want to vote. Should I end the poll? >> Have you guys had enough? >> No? People are still voting, Okay? >> Okay. >> And there are the results. So the winner, you guys are reading up on your freshman site exactly. What don't you want to know about Madrid? There's all sorts of interesting things to learn about the city, the country of Spain, and of course, St. Louis University Madrid. Looking into other travel destinations. You're following us on social media...great. Working on your language skills, lots of travel research, and you're talking with family and friends and you're working hard and saving money. Let me just tell you that once you're over there, all of your major expenses are covered. You're going to want some spend money in your pocket. >> You're going to want to take advantage of the crazy deals from Ryan airline. >> And you're going to want to jump on a flight somewhere. If the spirit moves you, you're going to want to roam around El Rastro, which is my favorite place to shop on the weekends. And just the outdoor markets where you can go and sample olives and cheeses - you're going to want some of that spending money. So working hard and saving now is good. How can we best help you prepare? So we will be helping you explore your freshman site, getting to know, learning about it and things that you should be doing. Paul or another fine representative from SLU will be on campus in the fall, helping us help you some more. Academic advising for sure. And we're going to connect you directly with your advisor in your major and your college. Health and well-being abroad. This is a topic that's very close to Meghan's heart. One of the things we always tell students is to bring with them something that makes you happy and healthy at home. So it doesn't mean something physical necessarily. But if you know that you love to listen to music, you know that yoga helps you relax, whatever it might be. Bring that thing with you because it'll help you feel good when you are abroad too. And we'll help you prepare for all kinds of situations so that you feel confident and comfortable. Post language boot camp, all right, we can put together some language groups. Meeting other worlds scholars, for sure and Visa and passport guidance. We will be doing that. So great evening, great information. Thank you so much for joining us. >> I'm gonna un-mute everybody so we can all say a big good bye and thank you.
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