GLOBAL CITIZEN

BY ANA GAJEWSKI SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR

Studying abroad is an experience that college students have the opportunity to take part in. Whether it’s a semester abroad or at sea, students can gain knowledge and experience through education beyond their college campus.

Senior Jordan White is taking the experience of studying abroad to a whole new level.

“Next year, my plans are to go to Italy and study for college,” White said.

White will be studying cross the globe through a unique opportunity offered by Creighton University.

“It is a program that I was accepted into that will allow me to study in a different country for all four years of college,” White said.

White was one of the 25 students out of 1,500 applicants accepted into the program. He will be studying international affairs and business.

However, he believes this will not be the only learning he will receive. Through his experiences, he hopes to learn more about the people and places around him.

“The fact that I’m going to have so much experience of being in places all over the world and experiencing so many different viewpoints and cultures and ideas and just all of that is going to be the biggest help,” White said.

Through this program, the location of freshman and sophomore year is predetermined. He will be in Bologna, Italy, and the Dominican Republic.

During his junior and senior year, he is able to pick where he hopes to study.

“I hope to spend my junior year in Australia, and my senior year in South Africa,” White said.

“If I go into constitutional or political law, then having a political science degree will definitely help with that,” Stocks said.

He plans to go into law to combine his love of the past with helping others.

Last semester Stocks took AP U.S. Government and according to Stocks, his semester project became the best thing he’s done for any social studies class. For his project, he interviewed Missouri state senator Greg Razer, a Democrat who represents Stocks’ district.

“It was interesting to hear his job and what he does for the state of Missouri,” Stocks said.

Stocks looks forward to furthering his education while focusing on his love of history and politics.

“I’m really interested in just diving into my major to really learn and focus on the things that I’m passionate about,” Stocks said.