International Student Contacts
Students from South America
Name: Pablo Thaler
Known as: Pablo
Class Year: 2007
Major: International Relations and International Business and Management
E-Mail: pablitothaler@hotmail.com
Lived/Studied: Buenos Aires, Argentina. Arrived to the U.S. in Sept. 2003 to attend Dickinson College
High School: ORT Argentina
Why Dickinson? Great school, great level of support
Comments: Dickinson is a wonderful place to be yourself and to grow. If you are an active person, you will see your impact on the campus. Its a marvelous experience of Liberal Arts education.
Advice: Trust on what a Dickinson education has to offer, and strongly believe in what you can offer in return. Be an actor.
Favorite Thing: The size, its people and their warmth despite of the cold weather (compared to Argentina's of course)
Other Interests: Arts, drawing, crew-rowing, education, politics, foreign affairs.
Pablo Thaler, 2007
Name: Daiana Beitler
Known as: Daiana
Class Year: 2007
Major: Sociology and International Studies
E-Mail: beitlerd@dickinson.edu
Lived/Studied: Uruguay
High School: Escuela Integral, Montevideo, Uruguay
Languages Spoken: Spanish, Hebrew and English (and very soon, also basic Tamil)
Why Dickinson? I chose Dickinson because of its outstanding education and its globally engaged campus.
Advice: My advice is to put yourselves out there, and fully experience Dickinson's possibilities. Even though it might be hard at the beginning, this is a life-altering experience that will make you grow intellectually and also emotionally.
Favorite Thing: The library is the best place on campus. It is really well-equipped and has an exceptional range of resources for research.
Study Abroad : Madurai, India
Name: Aline Scop Plavnik
Known as: Ali
Class Year: 2009
Major: Undeclared
E-Mail: scopplaa@dickinson.edu
Lived/Studied: Brazil, Argentina, USA, and Bolivia.
High School: Tarbut (Buenos Aires, Argentina) and "A.Liessin" Scholem Aleichem (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).
Languages Spoken: Portuguese, Spanish, English, and (some) Hebrew
Why Dickinson? They gave me the golden opportunity to study in the U.S., which has always been my dream.
Comments: When I first visited Dickinson, it just felt right, because I could picture myself here. Now I know that the feeling was right, it really does feel like home.
Advice: This is a great place to spend the best years of your life.
Favorite Thing: Everything, it’s perfect!
Daiana Beitler, 2007
Aline Scop Plavnik, 2009
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