When you are thousands of miles from home in a new country, how do you break out of the “American bubble” and actively integrate in the host culture? In this post, we’re checking in with our students to see how they have explored different avenues for cultural immersion in their Global City.
Here are just a few examples of how you can learn about cultural traditions, meet locals, and go beyond while abroad!
Continue ReadingPosted in: Cultural Insights, Local Culture, Why Study Abroad, Cultural Immersion
Will you represent your study abroad city as one of our official CAPA bloggers or vloggers for Spring semester 2019?
Each term, we select a team of student bloggers and vloggers to share their study abroad experiences on the CAPA World blog. Depending on your program length, each student on our team of storytellers will receive a grant of up to $500 along with up to $150 as an explorer fund to help you create awesome bi-weekly content for the CAPA World blog. You can choose to blog or vlog, and this year, we're also opening two positions for Instagram TV vloggers in London and Florence.
Besides helping finance their adventures, previous CAPA bloggers and vloggers have loved the experience for a bunch of different reasons. Without further ado, here are 9 reasons to become a CAPA blogger or vlogger:
Continue ReadingPosted in: Official Bloggers and Vloggers, Scholarships & Financing, London, England, Barcelona, Spain, Florence, Italy, Shanghai, China, Dublin, Ireland, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sydney, Australia
We are excited to introduce you to our Institutional Relations Team, who work closely with colleges and universities across the country to develop outcome-driven and impactful study abroad programming. These are some of the CAPA staff you will see on your campuses, or at upcoming conferences this fall.
Continue ReadingPosted in: CAPA Staff
At CAPA, we seek to foster increased student diversity and to provide all participants with the opportunity to explore, challenge and redefine their identities in distinct ways. Launched in Spring 2017, The Diversity Advocates Program (DAP) is an extension of this philosophy and provides resources for advocates to pursue diversity initiatives of their own within their global cities.
Posted in: Study Abroad, Diversity Abroad, Scholarships & Financing, Money
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CAPA Study Abroad Ambassadors Column
Thoughts on Education Abroad Written by Dr. Michael Woolf, Deputy President for Strategic Development at CAPA The Global Education Network
Connecting Global Cities Written by Colin Speakman, Shanghai Resident Director at CAPA The Global Education Network
Meet Ellen Anderson, Official CAPA Vlogger for Fall 2018—London
Meet Lorenzo Corrazin, Official CAPA Blogger for Fall 2018—Sydney
Meet Maya Crawford, Official CAPA Blogger for Fall 2018—Barcelona
Meet Rachel Epp, Official CAPA Vlogger for Fall 2018—Shanghai
Meet Christopher Halka, Official CAPA Blogger for Fall 2018—London
Meet Maisie Haney, Official CAPA Blogger for Fall 2018—London
Meet Jessica Kisluk, Official CAPA Blogger for Fall 2018—Dublin
Meet Connor McGlone, Official CAPA Blogger for Fall 2018—Florence
Meet Martyn Megaloudis, Official CAPA Blogger for Fall 2018—Sydney
Meet Payton Meyer, Official CAPA Blogger for Fall 2018—Florence
Meet Daniel Powell, Official CAPA Vlogger for Fall 2018—Shanghai
Meet Casey Rhode, Official CAPA Blogger for Fall 2018—Dublin
Meet Genevieve Rice, Official CAPA Blogger for Fall 2018—London
Meet Amaia Rioseco, Official CAPA Vlogger for Fall 2018—Barcelona
