Florida State University newsletter about St. Lawrence College business students participating in the Disney exchange program.

1. Inside this Issue
A Wonderful Week at FSU!
A Wonderful 1
Week at FSU Well, our students from St. Lawrence all arrived safely to FSU for our early
summer session, and we welcomed them into the Center for Global
The Peer 2 Engagement building. We gave them a thorough orientation to life, studies, and
Mentors Be- work in the United States, and to making the most of intercultural interactions.
came Our I think they really enjoyed themselves. They made friends with their FSU peer
Best Friends
mentors, and developed great relationships with their roommates and
What Your 3 classmates from all around the world.
Students Did
The Week at 4 I think that the students really got a lot out of their class, too Service Leadership
FSU with Dr. Robert A. Brymer, of FSU’s Dedman School of Hospitality. And, the
week ended with a fish fry at the FSU outdoor facility called the Reservation,
followed by a closing activity. Quite a number of students told me, during their
closing activity, that their favorite aspect of the week was the opportunities they
had had to engage in rewarding cross-cultural interactions with students from
other cultural backgrounds, as well as the Center for Global Engagement staff
and their teacher. That was music to our ears, as that is what we are trying to
achieve at the Center for Global Engagement...
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2. The Peer Mentors Became our Best Friends!
One of the wonderful aspects of our FSU Special Academic Summer Programs is the
relationship that develops between your students and our FSU students who serve as peer
mentors. Students often tell me, that the “peer mentors became their best friends.” And, I
fully expect Colleen, Amanda, and Austin (pictured below, from left to right) to maintain
their relationships with many of your students into the future. You might even see some of
the peers coming over to visit your students at home one of these days.
Because the peers live in residence hall rooms on the same floors with your students and
spend time with them in the afternoon and evenings when all of the class work is done; and
because they eat together, and play together, and share openly about their life experience;
our peers develop very close relationships with your students. The peers share with your
students about their perceptions of US American university culture. And they get an
excellent opportunity to learn from your students as well about life at universities in other
parts of the world.
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3. What Your Students Did at FSU
Upon arrival to Tallahassee, they spent over a week with us on the lovely FSU campus
before heading to Orlando to begin their Walt Disney World International College Program.
Arrival Day and the first weekend at FSU
Arrived, checked in and emailed home to let family know they had arrived safely
Took an FSU campus tour
Relaxed and enjoyed free time
Learned about what to expect in Orientation
Monday through Friday
Attended an American Etiquette workshop and
Welcome Luncheon with the VP for Student Affairs
and Cindy Green the Director of the Center for
Global Engagement.
Took their Service Leadership Class
Went on Field trips to the lovely
Sandestin Beach and Resort and
Southwood Gold Club
Ate at the Suwannee Dining Hall and at
Fresh Foods
Completed J-1 Orientation
Attended a Cross-Cultural Seminar
Shopped at the FSU Bookstore
Learned about what to expect at Walt
Disney World
Saturday and Sunday
Attended a Closing Activity and Farewell
Fish Fry at the Rez, FSU’s lakeside
recreational facility
Went to an FSU baseball game
Ate a yummy sushi dinner and showed off
talents in the CGE TALENT SHOW!!!
Departed FSU for the Walt Disney World Resort, and arrived there safely in the company
of Special Academic Programs Director, Laura Dobson and Jessica Driemeier.
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4. The Week at FSU
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