Teachings around the world

By Beatrice McQuiston
January 22, 2013

Mixing educational studies and being able to explore the country at the same time is an experience that no one should hesitate to sign up for. This is why I think studying aboard is beneficial for all students to experience.

I have always been inspired to broaden my global perspective of the world and to challenge myself to learn about other cultures. As a communication major and business minor, I hope to connect my practical/economic oriented interests with my humanitarian interests when I study abroad in the fall at the Semester at Sea program.

With my academic focus, I hope that this program will support my desire to do something worthwhile with my education and steer me away from a narrow career of consumer capitalism.  My education will set a foundation for the rest of my life and I wish to be challenged as much as I can during my fours years of liberal arts education at Cabrini College.

I want to be successful in life, but success to me is not only doing something useful, but also doing something meaningful to impact the world.

Semester at Sea is a multiple-country study aboard program open to students of all majors emphasizing comparative academics, hands-on field experiences and meaningful engagement in the global community by exploring different countries in a semester-long time span.

We do not live in a bubble and our world does not simply revolve around our own country and the American culture that I have grown up in. The idea about learning and experiencing a new place in the world will hopefully make me a better communicator. This will allow me to become more relatable to other cultures and not as naïve as I am right now.

If I alter my global perspective so that I have authentic curiosity and consideration for countries other than my own, I will make myself more marketable in my field and grow as a world communicator.

Semester at Sea will help me in my journey to better my understanding of the world. I wish to live with intention and do something worthwhile with my Communication Studies and to expand my global perspective.

Benefits of Studying abroad:

  • Gain new perspective of the world
  • Increase language skills
  • Improve and learn decision-making ad problem-solving skills
  • Learn research methods and ethics
  • Test your interests
  • Make new contacts and form lasting connections

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