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Culture Shock: A Challenge Turned Chance With Gentry Toman
Toman, Gentry 童萱琪
Toman, Gentry
童萱琪
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Gentry Toman answers four questions regarding her study abroad experiences. She discusses her challenges, her favorite story, the impact study abroad had on her future, and the skills she gained along the way.
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Gentry Toman graduated from the University of Kansas in May of 2018 with an Anthropology B.A. and a degree in East Asian Languages and Cultures with a concentration in Chinese Language and Literature. After going to China as a tourist in 2010 with her Chinese class, she first studied abroad in Zhengzhou through the NSLI-Y program in the summer of 2012. After that, she received a scholarship to study abroad in Xi'an through her community college in 2014, and she later received the Chinese Government Scholarship through KU to return to Xi'an for the 2016-2017 academic year. She has traveled to many other Chinese sites including Qinghai, Suzhou, Guilin, Beijing, and Kaifeng.
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2018-06-13
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University of Kansas, Center for East Asian Studies
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China, study abroad, East Asia, Gentry Toman, Interview, Suzhou, Qinghai, Xi'an, FLAS, Foreign Language Area Studies, travel, Gentry Toman, culture shock, Chinese Government Scholarship, NSLI-Y, scholarship, Center for East Asian Studies
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Interviewee Toman, Gentry, “Culture Shock: A Challenge Turned Chance With Gentry Toman.” Interview by Beth Fentress. University of Kansas Center for East Asian Studies Interview Series, May 22, 2018.