Major: Physical Education
Minor:Adventure Education
Semester: Spring 2008
NSE Campus: University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO
This is a photo of my mother and I while we were skiing and snowboarding Copper Mountain. My host campus experience was nothing that I would have imagined. I met a lot of new people from all over the world. I have friends in Ireland, Saudi Arabia, France, and Germany because of this experience. I traveled all over the Northwest with friends that I met at UNC. We drove out to Seattle for our spring break. My classroom experiences were amazing. I had the opportunity to take a lot of fun classes with amazing professors. I took a mountain biking course, back-country skiing course, and winter wilderness living course. These courses allowed me to get outside of the classroom and experience things that I could never do back home. I climbed and skied mountains. I froze my butt off camping in the mountains for 5 days and rocked the Rockies on a mountain bike. I am so thankful that I took advantage of this amazing opportunity, and I would highly recommend any student to participate in NSE by leaving PSU and venturing off to experience a new environment.
National Student Exchange
The National Student Exchange (NSE) is a domestic parallel to study abroad and is the only comprehensive, university-level, student exchange program in the United States. It is an inter-institutional study program.
NSE offers a maximum of one year exchange (students can participate in a one-year program or by semester with a maximum of two semesters on exchange).
NSE offers a diverse group of nearly 200 colleges and universities in 48 states, including the District of Columbia, three U.S. territories and six Canadian provinces. Instead of crossing oceans, NSE students cross state, regional, provincial and cultural borders.
For more information, check out the "Student Information" section on the NSE Web site.
Why students participate in NSE?
- Exposure to diverse cultural settings
- Experiencing personal growth and intellectual discovery
- Maintaining degree progress through transfer of credits back to Plymouth State University
- Expanding academic program options in the major
- Enrolling in an internship experience
- Paying PSU's tuition and host campus's room/board and meals
- Taking honors courses at host campus
- Expanding PSU's study abroad options through member school international programs
- Seeking out graduate and professional schools, and exploring career options
- Using NSE as a doorway to PSU's study abroad options
Please note that The Bagley Center does not provide advising by e-mail.
