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Anne's Blog

Getting Ready to Study Abroad

As the semester is coming to an end I am trying to finish up papers and get ready for tests before winter break. I am studying abroad over the winter break in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. I am really excited to finally be studying abroad before I graduate in the spring.

I am going on a Global Seminar through the Learning Abroad Center, which means that I am going with about 25 other students and a professor from the University of Minnesota. My trip will be more focused on Marketing and have more of a business and cultural aspect to it. We met this week for our Pre-Departure Orientation and discussed travel schedules, safety and health tips, and general topics about the trip. It was really nice to meet our professor who is leading the trip and learn about his teaching style before we went, as well as meet some other students who are also going.

Another nice thing was that we received our syllabus and can start on homework and have an idea of the readings that we’ll do once we are there. I think that this will really help when we get there, since we’ll have a better idea of what to expect from pre-departure stuff. Anyway, I am really excited to be studying abroad, and can’t wait to share more about the experience after I’m back!

 November 29th, 2008
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  • Class & major: senior; public relations and political science, South Asian and Middle Eastern studies minor
  • Hometown: Lincoln, NE
  • Groups or activities: Alpha Omicron Pi Sorority, PRSSA, Order of Omega, CLA student ambassador
  • Best thing about being a CLA student: You take a wide range of classes on a variety of topics. The cool thing is that many of my classes are inter-related and touch on similar themes with different perspectives that are really interesting.
  • Favorite place to study: Walter Library because it's a convenient place on campus to get things done.
  • Why I chose CLA : I really liked the political science deparment and was impressed by thte School of Journalism and Mass Communication. They offered the specific public relations track that interests me.