education abroad<\/a> programs. She recalled her grandmother’s words before she left China: “The world has changed so much. Go see it for yourself.” Born in 1928, her grandmother had seen America as both adversary and ally through different chapters of history, yet chose to encourage connection over fear.<\/p>\n
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“This is what cultural exchange really is,” Jo told the group. “Not grand gestures or formal presentations, but spring rolls passed around a table”, which HE Zhimin has<\/p>\n
made that same morning for the Rotary visit. The event highlighted how genuine cross-cultural understanding happens through the everyday moments when people sit beside each other\u2014in living rooms, at community gatherings, and yes, in the back seats of local transit vans.<\/p>\n
The NorthStar Visiting Scholars Academy continues to foster these connections, replacing fear with understanding and single stories with fuller, more human ones. BSU’s International Program Center also offers many education abroad opportunities for students to go see the world while earning credits towards their degree programs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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