Medicine Hat College students get the opportunity to study in Asia

“I’m really excited and I feel very lucky to be able to get to do it because it’s not it’s like a once-in-a-lifetime chance,” Stern said.

“It’s really exciting it’ll be great to be able to be immersed in the culture because that’s the best way to learn it.”

These students will be studying in either South Korea, India or Japan.

Stern will be heading to Dankook University in South Korea and was able to get a scholarship for her studies which will include include teaching english as a second language and learning korean.

Stern said it will give her a stronger idea of working with different cultures.

“Their different customs and something that we think is appropriate or is okay might be completely not okay for them, it’ll help with the diversity that I’ll be working with,” Stern said.

“I work for Learn as well so it’ll also help me teach English as a second language.”

Stern and the other four students heading to South Korea will be living in dorms during their four weeks there from July to August.

Medicine Hat College students meet ahead of their travel to Asia for studies. (Medicine Hat College)

Medicine Hat College also highlighted three other students.

One of those students also travelling to South Korea is Mason Pocsik, a first-year university transfer science student at the college.

It will be Pocsik’s first time outside of North America, also on a full scholarship for the studies.

“Travelling has always been a big interest in my life and learning about other cultures has also interested me a lot,” Poscik said in a statement.

“Learning all the different traditions they have that I don’t really get to see much her in Canada.”

Poscik will be taking courses in intercultural communication and social media on a global context to help immerse himself in the culture.

“What really interested me in these courses is for one of the group projects, we actually get to go and make a short You Tube video talking to vendors and locals about what lif is like in South Korea,” he added.

“That was a big interest for me because I really want to learn about their culture and I thought that was a really great way to do that.”

Poscik also sees the benefit in learning to work with other cultures as it relates to his future career path.

“Since I’m trying to go into the sciences, I could end up working with people all around the world. This could allow me to meet other students and professors who I could then work with in a future career,” Pocsik said.

“It’ll give me a better understanding of how to work with people of different cultures, who have different ideas, and overall just have a completely different upbringing than myself.

Jaxon Jangula is a second-year bachelor of education student at Medicine Hat College travelling to India in June to take part in two month internship program after receiving the Shastri Alberta Students to India grant from the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute.

“I expect to gain a broader global perspective about the world,” Jangula said in a statement.

“In the past when I’ve travelled, I feel like I’ve come back knowing myself a little bit better, and I definitely expect more of that as well,” he added.

“As a teacher, I want to inspire my students to dream big and try new things. I can’t think of a better way to do that than by traveling, going to a foreign culture, and embracing it.”

First-year art and design student Zachary Fischer will be returning to a country he was born in and spent the first couple years of his life in Japan.

“I don’t really know much that much about Japan, so I’m excited to take that opportunity to learn more,” Fischer said in a statement.

Fischer is looking forward to eating Japanese food, learning the language and meeting some new people during his two weeks in Japan.

As an artist, he also expects the experience will transfer over to his painting, drawing, sculpting and digital design as he continues his program at Medicine Hat College.

“I think it will maybe give me inspiration for new projects and definitely give me a new perspective on life.”

by Jesse Gill

Medicine Hat College students get the opportunity to study in Asia

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