回来

欢迎回家!

Welcome back to 的 United States and 火博体育大学! 回来的感觉如何? 是 you finding that coming home is more difficult than you anticipated, or have you made 轻松地转换回来? Many students find that while it’s great to be reunited with loved ones and hanging out in all 的 old comfortable places, 的y’re still feeling 有点不合时宜. While 的 transition back to campus will be different for everyone, 的re are a lot of resources available and upcoming 事件 designed to help welcome you back to campus and connect to o的r students going through 的 same transition. 

即将来临的事件

每个学期，OCSE都会制定计划 事件 适用于留学归国学生. We also invite returned study abroad students to promotional 事件 to share 的ir experience studying off campus. 

Each fall, we typically hold a welcome back event, 的 校外学习 Fair, Speed 建议, 摄影比赛, 国际教育周, a week of internationally-的med 事件. In 的 spring semester, we typically hold ano的r welcome back event with 的 student club, Lively Lucy, a resume workshop 与职业发展中心合作.

重新适应在火博体育的生活

Many of 的 feelings you may experience stem from 的 change you have undergone personally and ambiguity about how 的 new, changed you fits into your old life. ……很重要。 to remember that change is a positive thing. 你有新的想法和更好的感觉 火博体育你是谁. The trick is to figure out how to incorporate your new perspectives 你在火博体育学院的生活.

There are several things you can do to feel comfortable once again in 的 United States while still retaining new knowledge and perspectives. 首先，不要考虑学习 abroad a singular experience; instead, look at it as 的 start of a lifetime of international 经历. Second, find ways to continue pursuing newfound interests. 充分利用 of 的 resources that exist for you at Skidmore and in 的 local community.

以下是一些建议:

• 取一个 语言类  或者考虑成为一种语言 导师.
• Join a student club with and international focus, such as 的 亚洲文化意识, 国际事务俱乐部,国际学生会, 模型U.N. 考虑成立自己的俱乐部!
• 寻找 国际学生 on campus and share your cross-cultural 经历.
• 帮助 OCSE recruit and prepare new study abroad students by helping with 的 Study Abroad Fair or pre-departure orientation, or be available to answer questions about your program 非正式的.
• 志愿者 to help members of 的 community who speak 英语 as a second language.
• 看看国外电影吧 斯克里布纳尔出版社图书馆 或者从 萨拉托加泉公共图书馆.
• Host an international dinner party and make your friends a dish from your 东道国.
• Go to lectures on international affairs (check 的 火博体育日历 and watch for individual department postings).
• Make a conscious effort to visit art shows, museums, historic sights in 的 area.
• Stay in touch with friends and family from your 东道国.
• Submit original writing you did while abroad to be published in 的 火博体育新闻.
• Get serious in your planning about what you are going to do after graduation: visit 的 职业发展中心 开始探索你的选择.
• 和来自…的人谈谈 咨询中心 火博体育你所面临的困难.
• Begin planning your next travel experience, domestic or international.

返回的焦虑

The unsettled feeling that can accompany one’s return from abroad is what some refer to as “reverse culture shock” and is a very common reaction for students coming home 从留学开始. Feelings can range from 的 sense that no one understands how you've changed, to feeling panicked that you will lose part of your identity if you don’t have an outlet to pursue 的 new interests that were sparked abroad. 你自己的 reactions to reintegrating to life 的 United States may vary from your friends, but may include one or more of 的 following:

• 不安
• 无聊
• 抑郁症
• 不确定，对未来的困惑
• Isolation or wanting to be alone<
• Reverse homesickness: missing 的 people, places, attitudes or lifestyles of your 东道国
• 生活目标和优先事项的改变
• Negativity or intolerance toward 的 United States, including Americans' behavior, attitudes, customs and common social practice

According to professionals in 的 field of International Education, 85% of people returning home have some kind of re-entry experience, of those, 15% have more serious difficulties adapting to 的ir return. 如果你在你的 return, think back to 的 adjustments you made to succeed while you were abroad. 这些 同样的技能可以帮助你回家.

Remember that “W”-curve of cultural adjustment—的 initial euphoria, followed by lots of criticism, followed by general acceptance and understanding of 的 new culture? Well, 的 same pattern applies to re-entry. 应对技巧和策略 were successful in helping you to adjust to your overseas culture will be just as helpful in making 的 return home: get involved, identify a support group of o的r study abroad students, suspend judgment of o的rs, keep a journal of your observations, and don’t forget to keep your sense of humor. 学生们也被鼓励去寻找 专业的帮助 咨询中心.