Farewell to our Spring 2010 Exchange Students
11 Jun 2010 | Posted By: Maria Markenroth
By Leticia Lövkvist and Vaida Vysniauskaite
It was time again for the traditional “goodbye meeting” with JIBS’ exchange students who have just finished their semester abroad at JIBS! Meeting the students as a group for the last time is a great opportunity to provide them with important information they need to know before going back to their home countries and universities. During the meeting the students received information related to academic matters as well as advice on how it is to return home and to prepare for the re-adjustment process. In addition, students were encouraged to join JIBS Alumni association and come back to JIBS to participate in JIBS’ summer programme and/or master programmes. The meeting ended with a lucky lottery where students could win nice prizes, followed by the traditional “Swedish fika”. Please see below some of the pictures taken during the meeting as well as short interviews done with our exchange students.
We have asked the students what their most memorable experience from the exchange semester at JIBS was…
“I have never experienced cold, it was exciting for me to play with snow.” Taichi Takahashi (Kansai Gaidai University, Japan)
“Living in Vilhemsro was perfect. I have also got a Swedish contact family. It was the best five months in my life.” Selin Zeybek (Bilkent University, Turkey)
“During my studies at JIBS I had the opportunity to take four courses and what made them so special was the cultural richness I gained from having teachers with different nationalities and ideologies and at the same time the experience of working in teams with people from all over the world with their own thoughts, values, beliefs and ways of thinking. The accompaniment and guidance provided from the International Office was the key element in the process of adaptation not only with the courses but with the life in general.” Angelica Maria Echeverria Monsalve (Universidad del Norte, Colombia)
“I liked the intercultural environment and really appreciated the fact that the university is accessible 24/7. I think it is very helpful for studying.” Nicolas Wook (EM Strasbourg, France)
“There are an abundance of books in the library. We can find all the information we need there. Another thing about studies at JIBS is that the school emphasizes teamwork. We do the assignments with other people and learn how to communicate with our teammates and combine different ideas together. These are the key points in our future jobs.” Li Shen (Shanghai University, China)
“Courses I took at JIBS are all very well organized – not only well presented in a succinct and interesting manner but succeed in designing seminars and assignments.” Liu Liu (Tsinghua University)
“In the courses that I joined we had guest lectures and student lectures, the classroom is the stage for entrepreneurs and students which is a great way of organizing business courses. My self-learning ability and communication skills have increased tremendously.” Xin Li (Nankai University, China)
“The snow, the mix of culture, the Swedish food. I also got to visit Stockholm. Jönköping is a really good place to study.” Alberto Alan Malfavon Molina (ITESM Campus Monterrey, Mexico)
“Meeting new people from all around the world, getting to know different cultures – that is what I will bring back with myself as the most memorable experience from exchange studies at JIBS.”
JirĂ Hofman (University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic)
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