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