This is the third year of the 10-month Customized Agriculture Education Program, which is the largest annual project for ILTC.

“Two themes of this year’s program are tradition and change,” the director of ILTC Brad Bodenhausen said. In the orientation, Bodenhausen said ILTC will continue the tradition of providing intensive English language instruction, academic internship, and coursework at Missouri State for all the participants.

However, the wider variety of participants’ majors makes the program more challenging this year. “We will try our very best to meet your needs, but I also want to encourage you to be open and curious about all the different experiences. Think about how you can push yourself to make most of the opportunities you have.” Bodenhausen said.

We hope our new international bears will enjoy their new 10-month life chapter.