Laurent Maehr

I am one of the exchange students here at Penn College. My major is international business. And, well, what can I say? I like it here. My university is a partner of Penn College. It’s FHV, University of Applied Sciences in Vorarlberg. That’s the western-most state of Austria. The exchange program has two positions available for students at each institution. For the major I have, international business, it’s required for us to spend one semester abroad.

I came here for various reasons, of course. It’s for my degree, international business – I took courses that relate to that. But I also came here because I’ve always wanted to come to the United States one time in my life. It’s something new. To discover, to learn more about the world, as you say. That’s why I’m here.

I think you never learn enough. It opens your mind; it widens your horizon if you travel to other countries and see how the people are there. You don’t need prejudice; that’s something you just don’t need. Learn about the people first before you judge them.

I miss my mountains. Otherwise, I like it. The people are nice. You can live here, definitely.

That’s a good question. My dream job would be being a game developer – to develop video games. That’s my greatest hobby, and I always wanted to spend more time there.

I think Cost Accounting is nice. The teacher, Joann Pacenta, is pretty good. I like her.

Kaiserschmarrn – that’s typical Austrian. It’s like mashed pancakes, in a sense.