Oklahoma Christian University’s European Studies program is continuing to accept student applications for its spring semester abroad.
Professor of Music Heath Jones will sponsor the trip, which will leave Jan. 26, 2016 and last 90 days.
So far nine Oklahoma Christian students, 10 students from Rochester College in Michigan and 20 students from Lipscomb University in Nashville are on the roster for the trip.
“This trip is a wonderful way for students to learn,” Mendy Kooi, study abroad coordinator, said. “Every student should challenge himself or herself to include a study abroad experience as part of their time at Oklahoma Christian University. There is so much to learn about God and this world by choosing to study in another culture for a semester.”
This upcoming spring study abroad trip will be the second year Oklahoma Christian has offered it during the spring. According to Kooi, the spring semesters were partly made possible through the purchase of Das Millicanhaus – the Oklahoma Christian facility in Vienna, Austria.
Junior David Paul Kritz, who went on study abroad last fall, said studying abroad allows students to grow in more ways than academically.
“I think everyone who went on this trip grew a lot,” Kritz said. “The first way was spiritually obviously, we didn’t have a church when we went there. …We had been there for each other and help each other with homework and our faith.”
Kritz said the experience opened his eyes to new perspectives.
“It really displays perspective in our life for how big God is in the world and in everything,” Krtiz said. “That was possibly the biggest significance for me, the perspective of how small we are, and going over 5,000 miles away from home to do classes.”
Growth on these trips happens from being challenged, according to Kritz.
“It is hard to adapt to different language that we did not know very well,” Kritz said. “The culture shock experience and having to adapt made it challenging but rewarding at the same time.”
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