It’s already the end of September and I feel like I just arrived. Well, they do say that time flies when you’re having fun. I’ve definitely been enjoying myself here thus far and feel incredibly grateful for this opportunity to live and work in Nigeria. Since arriving in July, I’ve developed my work plan for […]
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A year in Nigeria
Arrival in Kaduna I still find it hard to believe that I’ve finally arrived in my new home for the next year: Nigeria. After an extensive application, interview and screening process as well as a slight entry Visa delay, I’m happy to be settling into life on the African continent. I graduated from Florida International […]
IMBA Study Abroad: Fourth and FINAL week in France—Living in the Moment
Welcome back to the cross-Atlantic journeys of Florida International University’s (FIU) International MBA 2010 class attending EDHEC’s Corporate Strategies for Europe program, and along the way learning a lot about ourselves. When you last read of our sojourn, we had been enjoying our first week in Nice, sampling the flavors of local cuisine, beginning new […]
IMBA Study Abroad: third week in France—change is in the air
We now rejoin our globe-trotting IMBA students as they prepare to further expand their views, rumple their passports and discover the realities of global currency exchange . . . the hard way. This week we find ourselves again enjoying the pleasures of TGV trains, short intra-EU nation jet hops and the vibrant southern coast of […]
IMBA Study Abroad: second week in France—the heart of a union
Welcome back to the continuing adventures of FIU IMBA students traveling far and wide in search of higher education and global perspectives. This week we finish up our week in Lille, visit Brussels, take our final exams for the first module and prepare to travel south to Nice. Rush, rush, rush We all had a […]
IMBA Study Abroad: first week in France—bringing in the sun!
Arrival We arrive! Sunday May 16, 2010 marked the arrival of the first group of Florida International University (FIU) students to attend EDHEC Business School’s Strategies for Europe program. By plane and train we all found our way to the town of Lille, France, our new home for the next two weeks. Waiting for us […]
IMBA Study Abroad: Last week in China!
This is our last week in China! We went back to the Jimo market to do some last-minute souvenir shopping. There was a man at the exit who sold watches and also happened to carve seals. I picked a beautiful white seal, wrote down my Chinese name, and watched as he drew it on, carved, […]
IMBA Study Abroad: Fifth and sixth weeks in China!
This week we had a very special Taiji class: the professor taught us a sequence of movements with a sword! He brought his own custom-made sword; it was beautiful and pretty heavy. Curiously, people walked by very close to us even though we were flinging a sword around and there was more than enough space […]
IMBA Study Abroad: Fourth week in China!
This week we had a little adventure: We had our hair cut in China! Gasp! We were worried for no reason at all. The salons in China are very nice, and the hairdressers are funny and polite. Our haircuts turned out great, although I must warn you that the blow-drying is definitely sub-par, just in […]
IMBA Study Abroad: Third week in China!
This week the school organized a trip to Laoshan— Lao mountain. It is a very famous mountain and is known as one of the birthplaces of Taoism. It turns out that Laoshan is not just the mountain; it’s the entire area around it as well. It’s huge! First we climbed the mountain, all 1132.7 meters […]