The Innocents Abroad

I have always known that I want to study abroad. My mother grew up in Brazil, Chile, and South Africa because of her father’s job, and I have been taught from a young age the importance of understanding and embracing other cultures. While I have been fortunate enough to travel around Europe, I…

With the development of society and technology, more and more students around the world are able to study abroad. As a result, the students who come from different countries can bring different cultures together and then the educational institutions should take advantage of them. But there are different cultures which can bring some mistakes or problems to education, and they can’t fix these problems by themselves. So that it can be a good problem for us to talk about. The cultural diversity…

As I sit here, typing this essay, I look out onto the quad, watching my fellow students, professors, and other Loyola community members make their way to their next destinations. While some walk alongside their fellow students or professors, I can’t help but notice that the majority are otherwise engaged. Most of them walk with their heads down, mouths shut, phones out, and earbuds in, completely engrossed with the phone in their hands and almost oblivious to the world around them. These types…

I am double majoring in International Business with an emphasis in Spanish and Management. I am planning on studying abroad this summer in Austria. After graduating college, I plan on going to Law school and getting a MBA. With my degree, I plan on working for a multinational company, such as for Intel or Viacom. I want to work as a global business manager and eventually want to be a CEO of a company. Currently, only 11 women are CEOs for the Fortune 500 companies and I want to change that and…

after taking care of a family member. After participating in one of Arcadia’s preview programs abroad, I developed a whole new appreciation for travel and how life experience can significantly mold a person’s outlook. I want to be able to take the time to study abroad and immerse myself in an academic setting of my choosing, since I’d never had that opportunity in the past. I feel the experience to study abroad is imperative to developing good cultural competency skills, which in the field of…

I would like to study abroad because I feel it will broaden my horizons, on top of helping my understanding of many different cultures. I hope to expand my different styles of learning, and be able to adapt to life in another country and living completely independently and self-sufficiently. I have always been fairly shy, and I think that studying abroad will help me come out of my shell, and my comfort zone, even more than I have at university in Liverpool, and improve my levels of…

Describe how your education abroad program of choice will benefit you as you complete your MTSU degree AND in your future vocation or chosen field. College is a time to broaden your knowledge of your desired career options, as well as to experience new and exciting adventures related to those aspirations. The idea of going to another country and gaining the experience of learning in a foreign land is very phenomenal to me. I am a first-generation college student, and before coming to college, I…

Studying abroad is a gift. This gift not only gives students incredible experiences and stories, but more importantly, a new perspective, a new worldview, and a new appreciation for other cultures and people. When I daydream in anticipation of setting off to South Africa, which is quite often, I think about the natural beauty, the ocean, the animals and the people. Not only that, but I ponder what I will be like when I return. What lessons will I have learned? What will my perspective on the…

Studying abroad is an interesting and controversial topic among college students. Some may ask what is studying abroad? Studying abroad is a chance to travel the world and see the places that one desires to see, while also taking classes at a nearby college. Most of the classes offered in the studying abroad programs are offered at the local colleges in that area as well. Depending on the program the student chooses, they may have the option of staying in a dorm at the perspective college, or…

psychology courses that are essential to my graduation. Learning will not take place in the classroom only; Budapest’s history goes back hundreds of years, although often disregarded in the typical history book. This led me to choose Budapest as a study abroad location as it is a city off the beaten path. I have a desire to learn about all cultures, and Central Europe is a region I have yet to explore. A semester long program appealed to me over a full year program because I will be graduating…