Go Global! Don’t Underestimate Foreign Language Learning
Beth Cubanski writes about the important role foreign language learning has played in her life so far and her exchange student experience while still in high school. She’s currently a freshman at American U in Washington, D.C.
Read MoreInternational Travel: One of the Benefits of a Global Career
Although I speak and write often about the professional benefits of working abroad, an international career also offers a great deal of fun! One of the best perks for me comes in the form of travel. During the course of my three years in Hong Kong, my husband and I managed to visit most every […]
Read MoreLearning About the World through MUN
Guest blogger Kelly Crissy shares her Model United Nations experience over the past two years, including how it has helped her begin to understand the need for proper preparation for working cross-culturally.
Read MoreWomen Move Up By Moving Overseas
In honor of International Women’s Day’s 100th anniversary, Stacie Berdan celebrates the adventurous women who decided to take their career global despite the naysayers. She dispels the Top 10 common myths about women working abroad.
Read MoreBeads4Dreams: Little Bit of Global in Each of Us
Guest Blogger Susan Cannarella, an American shares her story on how she started a small non-profit making and selling jewelry made from paper beads handcrafted by women in Uganda as a means to support their families. All proceeds from the sale of this jewelry go to Kiwoko Hospital in Luwero, Uganda to benefit their HIV/AIDs program for children in the community. There’s a little bit of global in each and every one of us.
Read MoreCongress Should Stop Cutting Education: Foreign Language Programs Matter
As Congress moves to cut the Federal budget, our children will suffer again as Education takes another hit, including foreign language learning.
Read MoreHero: Life & Legend of Lawrence of Arabia Tops Off My Reading List
I love to read — have for as long as I can remember. And although I spend a lot of time combing newspapers, periodicals and blogs, nothing beats a great book to put things in perspective — to give me reason to pause and think. Since many people ask me and so many others “what […]
Read MoreGetting to Know You — International Style
School-sponsored International Nights can play an important role in helping children appreciate diversity and begin to be globally aware. They also help bring diverse groups together to embrace one another’s uniqueness.
Read MoreEdgewood and Zhongshan: Comparing “Safety Consciousness”
Business woman and mother, Rebecca Weiner describes her observations of children on playgrounds in the U.S. and in China.
Read More10 Ways to Increase Your Chances of Going Global
I give a fair number of speeches and participate in many career conferences and panels across the country — both on campuses and within organizations — and almost always the question comes up: What can I do to increase my odds of being sent on a global assignment? The answer is: Many things of course, […]
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