Shaqueline Oberdoerster

Contact

Position

  • Director of US Admissions

Hometown:

  • Detroit, MI

Education::

  • Master of Education in Urban Teaching from National Louis University in Chicago, IL

     

    Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education, Mathematics Concentration, from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI.   

     

    Studied abroad for one semester when I was an undergraduate at New York University in Prague, Czech Republic.

Favorite Lunch in the AUP Campus Area

Pizza at Sonata Trattoria, right down the street from the Admissions Office on Boulevard de la Tour-Maubourg

One place in Paris everyone should visit

I would absolutely recommend visiting the Musée d’Orsay. You think you know how you’ll feel when you see Van Gogh’s Starry Night Over the Rhone in person, but nothing can prepare you for the emotional impact when you’re standing right in front of the painting.

Advice for students thinking about coming to AUP or going abroad for college

Know early on that your experience is going to be vastly different than what your friends experience at college back home. This is not a bad thing! Ultimately, it’s going to be what makes you grow way outside of your comfort zone as a person and will set you apart when either applying for graduate school or for employment.