After three weeks of learning, bonding and enjoying American culture, a group of Swedish exchange students wrapped up a three-week cultural exchange pilot program at Santa Rosa Junior College for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Simona Stefanescu, one of the SRJC exchange coordinators, said she was thrilled to see the Swedish exchange program return. In 2020, she initially set up travel arrangements and matched students to their host families, only to cancel just weeks before their scheduled departure date due to travel bans.
Since 2003, students enrolled in their third and final year of an entrepreneurship program at Sven Eriksonsgymnasiet, or the Sven Erikson Gymnasium, a college-preparatory secondary school in Borås, Sweden, have travelled to Santa Rosa to be integrated into SRJC business, marketing, and entrepreneurship courses, where they would meet SRJC students and connect with mentors…