Category: Fisher College of Business

After overcoming the overwhelming feeling and initial hurdles starting his Student Exchange Program at Curtin University, Australia, Sam Shook discovered the beautiful scenery Australia has to offer and all the things he could accomplish abroad.

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.

From drinking bubble tea to even belting out, "Let it go!" during karaoke sessions with friends, Haoxuan Zhang shares with us his experiences meeting people and making new friends while study abroad at Rikkyo University. Reflecting on his own experience as an international student at OSU, he shares his message to all Buckeyes: The cultural differences looks scary, but it's not --- If you are a Buckeye who loves sharing and living life, then you should go on Student Exchange!

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.

Polina Elagin, reflects about her time spent abroad at Rotterdam School of Management (RSM), a Student Exchange Program located in the Netherlands. Although she initially was hesitant about her choice to study overseas, she quickly learned to adapt to her surroundings and fully appreciate all of the new experiences she was able to have.

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".