BGSU Education Abroad: Dr. Mason Wirtz - Salzburg

Dr. Mason Wirtz ’19 ’20, a two-time BGSU alumnus who is now a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Salzburg, said studying abroad was an invaluable experience during his college career.

Regardless of profession, careers are often filled with new challenges to be navigated – something study abroad students are forced to do each and every day as they learn about a new culture.

“That is the case in so many careers: you have to be resilient and stress-tolerant, and those are things you are forced to train in study abroad,” Wirtz said. “There’s no way to get around in a foreign country without being able to roll with the punches, take things as they come and build up a certain stress tolerance. In that case, study abroad was a better teacher than any classroom could have been.

“It's overall an extremely enriching process that shapes your career and the rest of your life.”

Through BGSU Education Abroad, students can go abroad for the summer, a semester or even a full academic year, and it may be more affordable than you think. Students can choose from hundreds of international academic programs in more than 50 countries.

Learn more about some of the most popular education abroad programs here:
https://www.bgsu.edu/international-pr...

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