# Geeta Menon, Dean of the Undergraduate College, is quoted in a feature story recognizing Stern as a leader in global immersion programming for undergraduate students

1 Faculty News December 15, 2017 ![Poets and Quants logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_036687.gif?itok=YuUEYfSP)>

Excerpt from [Poets & Quants](https://poetsandquantsforundergrads.com/2017/12/15/b-schools-best-college-experience/2/) -- "'Right from the get-go, people come in knowing fully well that global is a big part of what we do. And they start thinking about it from the freshman year,' [Menon](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/geeta-menon) says. ... 'One of the things we’re really against is being a tourist,” Menon explains. “That’s not what it’s about. It’s about education. We take the coursework really seriously.'"

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