Europe

Ben Futterman attending Trinity College Dublin on the Student Exchange Program, explains the difference of U.S. and Irish college life and difficulty of adjusting in to a different culture. He shares his experience to help future students be prepared for their experience abroad.

Are you interested in Business and Fashion?? Then participating in the Student Exchange Program to Bocconi University, might be a path for you! Madison Kelly shares her experience studying in Milan, Italy and share some of the fashion related activities she has been involved in. From classes like "Management of Fashion Companies" and "Entrepreneurship and Strategic Innovation in the Fashion Industry", to going to the Armani museum and the Milan Fashion Week,!

Growing up in the Midwest for most of her life, Polina Elagin writes about the wonderful cultural events she has been able to experience through her Student Exchange Program at the Rotterdam School of Management (RSM) in the Netherlands. From walking around the Christmas Night Markets to getting a first hand look of the Dutch holiday, " Sinterklass", Polina walks us through the cultural events she encountered while overseas.

Can't decide on where to go on the Student Exchange Program? Well, Madison Kelly is here to tell you why you should go to Bocconi University in Milan, Italy. Business, fashion, food, culture, the university... there is an endless list to why she fell in love with Milan, and why she thinks you should go to Italy!

Your not alone of feeling that the process to travel several miles away to start life in a new country daunting. Madison Kelly felt exactly that way, but through trial and error, living in the dorms, participating in a Italian crash course at Bocconi University, staying positive and keep trying, she have found footing to call her new city her home.

While spending her semester at Ecole de Management Strasbourg in France, Anatarra Anandan took time traveling through the country of France. She shares her highlights of her weekend trip to one of these French cities, Nice. As a self proclaimed foodie and travel bug, Anatarra shred her expert advice on what you should eat/do while traveling in Nice.

Diving into a new education system in France on the Student Exchange Program, Antaraa Anandan writes about how she has been able to adjust to the differences between her classes at Ecole de Management Strasbourg and OSU. The thing she enjoys the most is how diverse her peers are in the classes, coming from Argentina, Japan, around Europe, and many more from around the world.

Did you want to learn about Dutch buisness etiquette, and excuses they use when they are late to meetings? Polina Elagin provides us tips on how to navigate it. By gaining insight from a local manager, Polina learns about the differences in the work place between the US and the Netherlands.

Antarra Anandan describes the obstacles she has been confronting abroad and shares tips to overcome them through personal reflection and pushing outside of her comfort zone! Through her good, bad, and ugly experiences abroad in Strasbourg, France on the Student Exchange Program, she sums up her semester abroad experience as "Gratuity".