CSUF’s short-term Study Abroad trips are the ticket for busy students

Vanessa Lara heard about Cal State Fullerton’s Study Abroad program during her freshman orientation.
She was intrigued, but didn’t think it was for her. Study abroad was for juniors or seniors and involved trips that could last months and cost a lot of money, she thought.
Then Lara found out about the week-long trip to Mexico for freshmen — one of the first times CSUF has had a Study Abroad program for first-year students. In late 2018 she traveled to La Paz with 19 other stude