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| Students "hangout" (via Google) with their counterparts in Bosnia & Herzegovina in preparation for international internship exchange. |
By Bri Perkins
In May of 2017, five students who currently attend
(or have attended) the Dayton Regional STEM School (DRSS) will be participating
in an international internship experience in Mostar, in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) this summer.
The five students are Victoria Cockrell, Gloria
Campos, Bri Perkins, Austin Davis, and DRSS alumna Bethany Wilson. These
students are a mix of DRSS sophomores and juniors, and Bethany is a freshman at
Sinclair Community College, having graduated from DRSS in 2016.
The students who are attending are excited about
the internship. “I’m most excited about the entire thing. It is going to be
really cool to go out of the country with my friends from school and gain a new
experience. It will also be interesting to live in someone else’s house who are
native to the country,” says Gloria Campos, a junior at DRSS. Other students,
such as Bethany Wilson are “excited about furthering my education in CNC
machining and leaving North America for the first time.” During the internship,
students will get the chance to work with INTERA Technology Park (while in BiH) and The
Entrepreneurs Center (in Dayton) to discover more about entrepreneurship and even more
possibilities. For example, Victoria Cockrell might get the chance to visit a local marketing agency while in BiH.
Not only are American students getting to go to
Bosnia and Herzegovina, but Bosnian and Herzegovinian students are also getting to come to Dayton.
They will be staying in some of the American students’ homes, just as we will
be staying in some of their homes. This allows for students from both countries
to fully immerse themselves in the other culture.
Recently, students
from both the United States and Bosnia and Herzegovina got the chance to meet
each other via Google Hangout. The two student groups talked about what they want to do
in each other’s countries, their favorite hobbies, and even their favorite
colors. This was the first time the students have had the chance to meet each other.
Mateo Cubela, a Bosnian and Herzegovinian student, said, “I am looking forward to going to the
World A'Fair [in Dayton].” While both American and Bosnian students are in
America, they hope to do things together, such as visiting the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland.Editor's Note: If you are interested in helping to sponsor a trip for the visiting students from BiH during their stay in Dayton, please contact DRSS Community Outreach Director, Arch Grieve, at arch.grieve@wright.edu.
