Berry College senior Caleb Pick has always had a keen interest in studying abroad. Now thanks to the Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarship, his education will span oceans and continents once again.
Pick, the son of Jeremy and Karen Pick of Asheville, N.C., will be traveling to South Korea for six months to study the Korean language. This will be the fifth time he has studied abroad since coming to Berry.
“I never imagined that I would have the opportunity to participate in so many different international programs during my Berry years,” said Pick, who will graduate Saturday with a degree in international relations. “The international experiences I have enjoyed have been truly life-changing.”
Three of Pick’s study abroad experiences were during the same year. His journey began in spring 2007 when he traveled to Veritas University in San Jose, Costa Rica. Next, he set out to Seoul, South Korea, where he spent the summer at Seoul Women’s University through a Bahrom International Program scholarship. To close out 2007, he spent the fall semester at Ajou University in Suwon, Korea, through the International Student Exchange Program. That brought an end to the calendar year, but not to Pick’s adventures abroad. Soon he was accompanying other Berry students to Guanacaste, Costa Rica, where they taught English in primary schools throughout the region as part of a program sponsored by The Fundación Progreso Guanacaste, a nonprofit organization started by H.G. Pattillo, former chairman of the Berry College Board of Trustees.
Pick hopes to one day work with the U.S. government to improve relations with other countries. He plans to attend graduate school in Washington, D.C., when he returns from Korea.
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