Tindall's Travels in Thailand

Rotary International Exchange

Posted April 1, 2008

Public relations professor Natalie Tindall just returned from a month-long cultural exchange trip to Thailand. The Rotary Foundation’s Group Study Exchange (GSE) program is a unique cultural and vocational exchange opportunity for businesspeople and professionals between the ages of 25 and 40 who are in the early stages of their careers.

“I was really lucky to be able to participate at this time,” said Tindall. “I am grateful that Dean Foote and the college places such importance on international exchanges.”

The purpose of the Group Study Exchange program is to promote international understanding and goodwill through personal connection. While abroad, team members stay in Rotarians’ homes and have the opportunity to meet their professional counterparts. They also give presentations to Rotary clubs and other groups about their home country.

While in Thailand, Tindall and her fellow group members visited many cultural sites as well as toured a Thai prison and several other municipal facilities. The group also had the opportunity for some cultural sightseeing in Bangkok, the Grand Palace and Khon Kaen and Laos. Tindall even found time to get up-close and personal with an elephant. “I saw some amazing things. It is really an experience I will never forget,” says Tindall.

For more photos from Tindall's travels, go to her homepage.

For more about the Rotary International's exchange program, go to www.rotary.org.