Tag Result For: lessons learned

  • Guest Blogger

Alum Spotlight: Brandy Yelton 11/10/20

Please introduce yourself! My name is Brandy Yelton. I attended the CIMBA program in the summer of 2003 and graduated from the University of Arkansas in 2005. What are you currently up to? After graduation, I moved to Houston and have lived here for most of the last fifteen years. The mountains of Arkansas are still “home”, […]

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Alum Spotlight: Remy Lewbel 09/30/20

Please introduce yourself! Hi, I am Remy. I attended CIMBA in June of 2019. I was a student from Western Michigan University and majored in Business Administration with a focus on Sales and Marketing. What are you currently up to? I am the owner of TREND45, a company that excels in networking, traveling, and content creation. […]

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Alum Spotlight: Tiago Schaffrath 09/11/20

Please introduce yourself! My name is Tiago Schaffrath. I love to learn and travel, and these passions have taken me some places so far. I’m a Brazilian who grew up in Paraguay. Then, for university, went to University of Kansas, where I graduated in 2010 with double major with Business & Leadership and Anthropology. I […]

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  • Allyssa
  • University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  • Spring 2020

Coronavirus and Lessons Learned 03/20/20

Coronavirus – it’s a hot topic these days and reasonably so. Hardly anybody knew what it was or that it even existed just a few weeks ago. Then it started to spread to South Korea, Japan, and of course Italy.  And of all semesters, of all years, of all countries, I decided to study abroad […]

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  • Megan
  • Western Michigan University
  • 2016 Summer

What I Learned through CIMBA and Being Abroad 06/27/16

Where to start? I learned something new every single day while being abroad. CIMBA is a program that encourages you to experience new things and learn from both success and failure. The major aspects the program and being abroad taught me was how to finance myself, embrace change, interact with people from different backgrounds, and remain […]

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  • Elizabeth
  • University of Iowa
  • 2015 Summer

I Am Not Afraid 07/06/15

Ciao! Now that I am back in the US, I have really been able to process my whole study abroad experience. It went by so fast and I learned so much in just four weeks. I traveled to various towns – big and small – in Italy like Cinque Terre, Verona, Rome, Asolo, Marostica, Cittadella, […]

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  • Katie
  • University of Minnesota-Duluth
  • 2015 Spring

Travel: The Greatest Teacher of All 05/07/15

“The best education you will ever get is traveling. Nothing teaches you more than exploring the world and accumulating experiences.” On my first morning back in the United States, I awoke feeling as though the entire semester had been a dream. Upon my return, people began asking me, “How was Italy?” Initially, I was stumped […]

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  • Katie
  • University of Minnesota-Duluth
  • 2015 Spring

Last, But Not Least: Lessons Learned From My Trip to Greece 04/13/15

If you asked me six months ago where I planned to visit during my semester in abroad, Greece definitely would not have been at the top of my list. However, when the chance came for me to visit this historic country, I knew I couldn’t pass it up. Aside from getting a glimpse of Greece in the Sisterhood of the Traveling […]

The Church of Panagia Paraportiani
Easter Sunday celebration in Mykonos
Whitewashed windmills at sunset
Little Venice
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  • Megan
  • Western Michigan University
  • 2015 Spring

10 Lessons Learned Studying Abroad in Italy 04/01/15

Here I am, ten weeks into the semester of a lifetime. Ten long, action packed weeks. It’s crazy to think that am only three weeks away from heading back to the states, and I can already tell my departure from CIMBA is going to be extremely bittersweet to say the least. I will be thrilled […]

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  • Cassie
  • University of Kansas
  • 2013 Fall

It's Not Goodbye.. It's "See You Later" 12/09/13

As I’m reminiscing about my last three months in Italy on the airplane back to America, I decided to write my last blog of the semester. However, instead of my usual blog of what I have been doing the previous week, I decided to change it up a little bit, and make it a little […]

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