Anja Rakotoarimanana's Journey to Oxford, England

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Multilingual business student Anja Rakotoarimanana explains to Professor Kalu Osiri how she made Nebraska her university of choice and then discovered the university’s longstanding study abroad program at Oxford.

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[00:00:05.570]Hello, how you doing today?
[00:00:06.870]I'm doing good.
[00:00:07.703]How are you?
[00:00:08.536]Fantastic.
[00:00:09.369]Well, will you please tell us your name?
[00:00:10.654]My name's Anja Rakotoarimanana.
[00:00:14.129]Hmm, where's that name from?
[00:00:16.079]It's from Madagascar.
[00:00:17.740]That's where I'm from.
[00:00:19.080]Wonderful, well, it's great to have you
[00:00:20.380]at the University of Nebraska.
[00:00:21.927]Thank you.
[00:00:22.890]And you're a student here at University.
[00:00:23.740]What are you studying?
[00:00:25.410]I'm a Junior, I'm majoring in Finance,
[00:00:27.440]and minoring in Economics.
[00:00:30.370]Fantastic.
[00:00:31.203]So you are from Madagascar in Africa,
[00:00:33.370]do you speak any other language?
[00:00:35.090]I do speak Malagasy, which is my native language,
[00:00:38.180]and I also speak French.
[00:00:39.928]That's wonderful.
[00:00:41.381]My question to you is how you wound up in Nebraska.
[00:00:46.810]How did you get to find us?
[00:00:49.510]That's a very good, well, a fun story to tell.
[00:00:54.180]My father's friend recommended the University to my father,
[00:00:58.570]'cause he studied in the US, and he told us
[00:01:02.010]that it was a great university academically,
[00:01:07.160]and also has a really, really good athletic program,
[00:01:12.540]so those were the highlights he told my father about.
[00:01:16.800]And we applied, and that's how I got here.
[00:01:19.330]I didn't really know where Nebraska was at first,
[00:01:22.210]but now that I'm here, I'm here to stay.
[00:01:25.090]It's a really nice place, with really nice people.
[00:01:27.740]That's wonderful, it's good to know.
[00:01:29.177]And so you're studying Finance.
[00:01:30.871]What's your level at the University?
[00:01:33.781]Are you a Sophomore,
[00:01:35.109]I'm a Junior.
[00:01:35.942]A Junior?
[00:01:36.775]Wonderful.
[00:01:37.608]Now, I see you wearing Oxford.
[00:01:39.410]Yeah.
[00:01:40.450]Would you please tell us a little bit about that?
[00:01:42.967]So I bought this sweater when I was in Oxford, in England,
[00:01:47.600]for a study abroad program, through UNL, and yeah,
[00:01:53.251]that's how I got it.
[00:01:55.130]Okay, so tell us a little bit about the Oxford program
[00:01:58.480]at the University of Nebraska.
[00:02:00.680]What are some of the highlights of the program?
[00:02:03.140]Well, basically we have to spend a month
[00:02:08.330]at the University of Oxford, specifically in Jesus College.
[00:02:12.910]We're being taught two classes by Oxford faculty,
[00:02:18.230]who are brilliant, and very, very humorous,
[00:02:22.940]and we get to experience a lot of the culture in England.
[00:02:28.230]We got to take high tea, go punting,
[00:02:31.547]go watch Shakespeare plays.
[00:02:35.540]We also went, well, we saw horse races
[00:02:39.450]and we could be on which horse was gonna win.
[00:02:42.166](laughing)
[00:02:45.120]There are a lot of things to do,
[00:02:46.470]and a lot of great people.
[00:02:48.382]It's a great opportunity to make connections,
[00:02:52.950]not only with the faculty, but also with people
[00:02:56.050]from UNL itself, and get to know more of who are
[00:03:00.030]at your university.
[00:03:02.470]That's wonderful.
[00:03:03.380]I know about 70 to 71 students
[00:03:06.770]from the University of Nebraska went to Oxford last year.
[00:03:11.911]Yeah. And you were one of them.
[00:03:14.430]That's wonderful.
[00:03:15.263]Now, what would you say to the student,
[00:03:18.570]who's still thinking about applying to Oxford,
[00:03:23.340]who's still on the fence, with regards
[00:03:26.740]to applying to the study abroad program.
[00:03:30.610]What can you say to them, so they could go?
[00:03:33.150]Well, they don't have to hesitate.
[00:03:36.400]It's a once in a lifetime opportunity.
[00:03:41.091]They're not gonna get that anywhere else, honestly.
[00:03:45.650]They'll learn so much about themselves,
[00:03:47.270]so much about other cultures as well.
[00:03:50.200]They're gonna be much more open-minded,
[00:03:52.300]than they are right now.
[00:03:55.010]And just experiencing life on your own,
[00:03:57.570]that's part of growing, so Oxford,
[00:04:01.960]at least for me, was the best place for that.
[00:04:04.920]Wonderful.
[00:04:05.753]Well, thank you so much for joining us today.
[00:04:07.370]Thank you.

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