How can I incorporate my international experience at Marquette?

There are plenty of opportunities waiting for you to use your newly gained cross-cultural interests and experiences at Marquette. The following are suggestions, but keep an open mind and feel free to try out your own ideas as well!

Student Organizations and Volunteering

• Volunteer to help out at study abroad meetings or to meet with prospective study abroad students (Contact Kristen Michelson, Study Abroad Coordinator for the Office of International Education)
  
  
• Take classes with an international component and continue taking classes in your second language
  
  
• Establish a study abroad alumni association (Contact Kristen Michelson, Study Abroad Coordinator for the Office of International Education)
  
  
• Become active in Campus International Programs
  
        - Volunteer at International Student Orientation
        - Volunteer with the ESL program
        - Participate in language exchanges
        - Work in the Office of International Education Program Center
  
  
• Help re-establish an internationally focused student organization, which would be open to all Marquette students interested in international issues and cross-cultural experiences
  
  
• Become involved in the Multi-Cultural Center: participate in activities with an international, multi-cultural or ethnic focus
  
  
• Share an apartment/room with an international student (Contact Daniel Bergen for information on the Global Village Ambassador Program)
  
  
• Become involved in student organizations with an international or
  language focus. Some examples include:

  - AIESEC
  - Amnesty International
  - Classics Club (Dr. Beall)
  - Classics Honor Society (Dr. Marquardt)
  - French Honor Society, Pi Delta Phi (Dr. Steven Taylor)
  - Irish Club
  - Italian Club
  - Spanish Honor Society - Sigma Delta Pi (Spanish - Dr. Carrillo)

Express Yourself...Creatively!

• Participate in photo/essay contests (for example, the Transitions Abroad study abroad/travel art/essay contest)
  
  
• Submit your pictures or writing to the Marquette Tribune or Marquette Journal.
  
  
• Write articles for magazines interested in study abroad experiences such as:

  Glimpse is a magazine which publishes personal experiences of your
  peers who are or have been involved in an international experience

  Abroad View Magazine publishes student pieces discussing study
  abroad issues, global awareness, cultural views and world conditions

  Transitions Abroad welcomes submissions from students

International Milwaukee

• Explore the rich ethnic opportunities in Milwaukee (including art, events, film, food, theatre, etc.) at onmilwaukee.com.
  
  
• Become involved in local organizations (e.g. Alliance Francaise, MPS' Spanish Immersion School, ESL volunteer programs, etc.) related to your host country and/or its ethnic heritage and language.