The Cultural Exchange Program (CEP) is a semester-long matching program where participants are paired together to learn more about one another's cultures. At the beginning of each semester, students can submit an application to become a part of that semester’s Cultural Exchange cohort. Applications are carefully considered to match students with another partner based on preferences selected on their application. · Cultural Exchange Partners: Each participant is interested in learning more about any culture which is different from their own. Conversation takes place primarily in English. Note: While every effort is made to match CEP candidates, there may be times when matches may not be able to be made based on application preferences and/or applicant pool size. Participants will be added to a Canvas page, where weekly discussion questions are posted and resources on effective dialogue are made available. The Canvas page also provides space for CEP participants to engage with one another virtually.
Have any concerns or questions about the Cultural Exchange Program? Find out answers to common queries here.
Sometimes, peoples’ availability or bandwidth changes once the semester gets going. Email the Global Engagement team at [email protected], and we’ll pair you up with a partner from our wait list.
If you are the partner who can’t meet up, you can email Global Engagement to let us know of your withdrawal from the program—there are no negative repercussions for withdrawing from the CEP, this just helps us support both you and your partner as efficiently as possible.
Submit your application to be a part of this semester’s CEP program!