September 14th is the day, 14 students at Anderson University have been anxiously awaiting; with laptops in hand and bags carefully packed so not to weigh over 60 lbs, they fly into another hemisphere, another season and a new world to study abroad for the fall semester in Australia with the CGE Global Connections Study Abroad program! Accompanied by Dr. Danny Rhodes, who will serve as the CGE resident faculty member, business course instruction and coordinator of faith-based initiatives, the students will all be taking 12 or more hours and many will be working 20 hours per week to complete an internship. The multi-disciplinary internships will provide students with the opportunity to experience the "land down under" first hand, as well as learning to navigate Sydney a city of 4 million people and negotiate the individualities of a new and diverse culture. Classes will be held on the ACU campus in North Sydney and the internships sites are located throughout the greater Sydney area. All students will have the opportunity to participate in faith-based activities with the IBM, the local Baptist community and even through the celebrated Hillsong Church, which is within walking distance of the residence condominiums. As the pilot for the Global Connections Study Abroad program, Anderson University will serve as the flagship university for Sydney again next fall and the program is open to students from CGE schools as well as those from non-CGE schools. CGE schools will set their own price for the study abroad programs, matriculate the participating students and pay the program cost to CGE. Student from non-CGE schools will be required to enroll in the CCSA flagship school and pay an additional study abroad fee. More information on the Global Connections Study Abroad program is available at cgedu.org
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