Category: Global Short Programs
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Hi, I’m Sabrina Ferro and I am a 4th year Civil Structural Engineering and BCII student who recently participated in a virtual internship at the Technical University of Berlin. The internship is called Space Mission Design, where a group of students from different places around the world gather as a team to design and manage…
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The Global Short Program was a virtual internship elective that I participated in, which gave me the opportunity to expand my connection and understanding of the Indo-Pacific region as well as increase integral interpersonal skills such as strengthening leadership. The international component of the course was my online connection to a language school and architectural…
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Although short, the 3 months I spent at FPT Software (FSoft) provided a once in a lifetime opportunity which allowed me to not only immerse into the Vietnamese culture, but I was also given a place to improve myself and my abilities. Just before I had commenced my virtual internship, I too had my own…
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Taking part in this virtual global short program with Arkblu Captial allowed me to learn unique aspects of skills from another culture I wouldn’t have been able to grasp conventionally. This included holistically understanding and using skills of patience, time management, and adaptability by viewing them through a different lens. This is something I wouldn’t…
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Having fallen in love with my experience engaging with the Global Short Program (GSP), which I undertook in San Francisco in 2019, I decided to partake in not only one more program but two. My most recent experience was participating in a Virtual Global Short Program over the summer session of 2021/22. This program was…
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During Winter of 2020, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, I undertook a Virtual Global Short Program through Aarhus University in Denmark. I spent two weeks in classes, five nights a week for three hours, and completed three projects and one final exam in my third week of the program. The classes were made up of interactive group work,…
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How does one undertake a virtual internship? Am I going to make an impact at the organisation? Will I be able to experience the culture of Indonesia fully? These were just some of the questions that I had before I embarked on one of my most fulfilling experiences since beginning my studies. As part of…
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Sleeping in, chilling out and doing nothing for a month and a half? Or doing classes five days a week during the uni break? The better option might seem obvious, but it’s a bit more complicated than that. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us have experienced more stress and disappointments than…
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Kimberly is a Global Short Programs student and New Colombo Plan Mobility Grant recipient. Kimberly undertook the Virtual Public Health Study Tour in January 2021. This interview has been reposted from ACICIS. Q: Why did you decide to undertake this virtual program? Studying a Bachelor of Health Science and majoring in Global Health, the ACICIS Public Health…
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I have had one of the best trips of my life in this winter of 2019. That’s all because of a 2 week program in the University of Navarra, Spain. My project was learning how to run and function basic robots using programming. It was essential to know about Python (programming language) to operate the robots. Our…
