By Jackie Mosley | Assistant Features Editor

The chance of the average college student being able to visit three countries in three months are very slim, but not at APSU. A program is now available to take students across multiple borders for free. Thanks to Global Govs Passport Series, students can hypothetically visit three foreign countries this semester on campus.

Student Life and Leadership and the Office of International Affairs are sponsoring the Global Govs Passport Series. These two departments are working together to host a semester long program that supports international affairs as well as student participation on campus. The object of this program is to give students a chance to learn about other countries and their cultures under convenient and inexpensive circumstances.

During September, the featured country is Rwanda in honor of Paul Rusesabagina’s novel, “An Ordinary Man,” which was assigned to be read in all APSU 1000 classes. October will feature Puerto Ricco and November will feature Russia. December will not feature a country, but the winner of the Global Govs Passport Series instead.

A list of events will be held on campus each month in honor of these countries. Along with a visit from Rusesabagina, September events include a speaker from Rwandan parliament, and a showing of the film Hotel Rwanda, all preceded by the Global Govs Passport Series Kick-Off that was held on Sept. 10.

Students who attended the kick-off received a “passport” to bring to all Global Govs events. Each event attended is worth one stamp on the passports.

“Attendance at these events makes students eligible to win prizes at the end of the semester,” said Brie Vogt, coordinator of international education.

Students that acquire at least one stamp per month will be eligible to enter the grand prize drawing in December. The winner will receive $600 towards a domestic roundtrip flight. Students can consider this prize as an incentive to attend the cultural events on campus and get involved with organizations.

The Global Govs Passport Series gives students a motivator to attend international events. For more information on this program, visit the Office of Student Life and Leadership in UC Room 211 or the Office of International Education in Browning 109.

– Jackie Mosley, Staff Writer

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