If you have a sense of wanderlust and incurable case of the traveling bug, clear up your calendar and be ready Wednesday at noon.
The Study Abroad department will host the annual Study Abroad fair on Wednesday, on the south campus lawn to inform students interested in studying abroad about the different possibilities.
“We think that it’s really important that students have the opportunity to go abroad so they can learn as much about themselves as well as other people and other cultures and have other experiences,” educational abroad advisor Lauren White said.
The fair will be featuring about 50 booths offering a variety of different study abroad experiences, including opportunities to travel to a wide range of countries around the world and in a multitude of different ways, from student exchange programs to semesters at sea.
“If we have a fair, then there’s no way that students can miss us,” said Lauren White, educational abroad advisor. “A lot of times people don’t even know about the opportunities that are available.”
White said that although the most popular cities for California State University, Long Beach students to study abroad are London, Pairs and Rome, the department tries to match students with programs that coordinate with their major.
Every semester, roughly 100 students from CSULB participate in the foreign exchange program, with even more studying abroad through different study abroad programs, according to statistics released by the Study Abroad department.