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Preparing for Brazil – Global Experience 2020

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Preparing for Brazil – Global Experience 2020

Not many folks would put Brazil as the top of their list of places to visit due to lots of negative media coverage.  However, if you take the time to speak with anyone who...

Smith MBA Global Experience – China and Vietnam

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Smith MBA Global Experience – China and Vietnam

The time is almost here – less than a month to go! One of the main reasons I chose Smith for my MBA was the Global Study Abroad Program. I did not have the...

Japan Singapore – Projects and Tourists!

Asia / Faculty-Led

Japan Singapore – Projects and Tourists!

The past few months have opened my eyes to business cultures in countries around the world.  In both Japan and Singapore there is a different business culture as far as we have read and...

Semester / South Korea

Making The Most of Free Time

Over the last 3 months, I have had a lot of amazing opportunities to visit different places outside Seoul while also engaging with many different cultural activities within it. Like any major city, there...

Smith MBA Global Experience – South Africa

Africa / Faculty-Led

Smith MBA Global Experience – South Africa

When we were presented with the choice of locations for our Global Experience, South Africa immediately rose to the top of my list.  The opportunity for a Global Experience course was one of the...

Travel Advice : What I wish I knew

Advice / Europe / To the Abroad Squad / Uncategorized / United Kingdom

Travel Advice : What I wish I knew

I am so grateful to have been able to experience a different country to this capacity. My Nigerian friends call me Omoniola the Ajala – which means Omoniola the Explorer in Yoruba (a Nigerian...

Semester / South Korea

Getting Around in Seoul

Getting around a new city can be daunting in any city as there is a lot of different modes of transportation to get around. In Seoul, like any other city, there are buses, taxies,...