We arrived in Qingdao after a three-hour flight from Hong Kong on a cool airline called Dragonair. Their seats are upholstered in blue leopard skin, which I found hilarious, and the service is phenomenal. As soon as we landed we had a taste of the swine flu craze in China…two men, dressed entirely in white […]
Tag: Study Abroad
Students cruise to international business understanding.
On land and sea, 41 students from the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU) experienced the business and cultural environments of Rome, Sicily, Athens, Ephesus and Crete . . . while continuing their coursework, taking one or two classes. “During our three days in Rome, we visited the American University of Rome […]
IMBA Study Abroad: Mediterranean Cruise, Livorno and Pisa
This day we decided to relax and take it easy after the stress of the Rome ordeal. We docked in Livorno, Italy, and had the option of visiting Pisa and/or Florence. We decided to pick just one and went to Pisa by bus. It is a little town surrounded by a wall that looks like […]
IMBA Study Abroad: Mediterranean cruise, Civitavecchia and Rome
Our next stop on the cruise was Civitavecchia. We docked at the port and took a train to Vatican City. It was packed, as I expected, and not open to the public for a while because the pope was leaving or had an appearance, I’m not exactly sure which. When we finally entered St. Peter’s […]
IMBA Study Abroad: Mediterranean cruise, Napoli and Capri.
We went on a Royal Caribbean 7-night Mediterranean cruise. It was fantastic. We boarded in Barcelona, spent a day at sea, and then stopped at Napoli, Civitavecchia, and Livorno in Italy, and Villefrance and Marseilles in France. The ship is enormous and definitely engineered for fun 🙂 We left our bags and immediately explored it. […]
IMBA Study Abroad: Barcelona, Day 2
After no sleep for sooo many hours, I decided to rest instead of going out to a bar opening with Monica and one of her friends from here. We originally wanted to take the tour bus around the city bright and early but we were very tired. I went out on my own to explore […]
IMBA Study Abroad: Deborah & Barcelona
Hi, I’m Deborah Zinn. I’m an FIU International MBA and MS HR Management joint-degree student from Caracas, Venezuela. I chose FIU for my studies because of its reputation, the diversity in its student body, and the options the graduate school provides. The most important ones for me are the possibility of pursuing a joint degree, […]
Study abroad program immerses students in several different cultures in one country.
Oxygen may be in short supply in parts of Peru, but enthusiasm among those who participated in the recent study abroad program to the country was abundant. “I saw one of the Seven Wonders of the World, Machu Picchu; I got to see how different companies work; and I got to take two classes that […]
Study abroad participants give thumbs up to trip Down Under.
Eighteen students taking management courses in the College of Business Administration continued to take classes and explored Sydney, Australia, with side trips to New Zealand and Fiji between August 13 and August 27, 2005. J. Randall Martin, lecturer in the Management and International Business Department and coordinator of study abroad program, spent a year […]