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expand their cultural intelligence for twenty-six years. Every year, the
make improvements that will better fit each individual students wants
plan to do the same thing, but, due to the fact that I have participated
faculty members with the program. Our staff in comparison to last year
opinion, has been from this increase. When traveling in large groups, it
can become difficult to monitor each student, make sure they are on
task with the program and accounted for in each city. Our staff has
body to and from each city, and the students have been better
informed with each transition than previous years. Since the program
propose a new concept to the students that would help their transition
to each new city or country, and help them get a better understanding
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of their surroundings. This project is
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especially helpful in countries where there is
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a strong language barrier, since majority of
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students participating are not bilingual.
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Countries like Spain, France, Italy and
project will focus on better preparing each student for the upcoming
city, and providing them with important information they may have
areas that may have been previously overlooked by the faculty and
staff.
possible project ideas that would better prepare each student for the
city the group plans to visit that week or weekend. Before beginning
this assignment, it was vital that this project showed students what to
expect before arriving to each new city, and key essentials they would
need during their stay. After much discussion, we were able to create
City Essential Guides for each city and country that the program
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abilities as staff. I was able to choose this project after our arrival
foods in that area, and our hotel address for those who choose to
travel out of the base city for the weekend. Since the creation of the
the United States, and can barely speak the languages of the various
can help them in day-to-day interactions with the locals in that area.
this reduces the chances that they will wander each of these cities, in
search of items they may need. Since most of the students traveling
with the program do not have international plans or cell phone service,
the group, without anyway of finding their way back to the hotel. These
guides also provide students with each hotel address in each city, and
that they could visit in their free time during the afternoons after class.
extremely convenient when taking a taxi or metro line back home after
a long day, and many of the students have agreed after using the
After vising Barcelona, Spain for the first week of the program,
projects for each class. Due to the fact that Chamonix is located in the
to locate the nearest hiking trails and popular tourist attractions in the
area. Emailing each student throughout the program was the most
the City Essential Guides for each city. Many students feel as though
they are better informed on basic necessities in each city, since the
guides have been implemented into the program. During weeks that
consist of multiple professional visits, and day trips, the students are
informed of the weather within the guides and daily schedules that
include wake up, breakfast, and departure times. This helps the group
trip have exceeded the expectations originally set for the guides, and
to create guides similar to the ones used this year. The guides have
simplified the daily tasks for many of the students, and as a staff, we
successful since they are an easily accessible platform that lays out
exactly what each weeks activities will consist of, and they explain the
Essential Guides for each city, and actually want to continue using
project, and they received the information for each guide multiple days
in advance before traveling to each new city. Due to the success of the
guides, how proactive the Intern staff was in completing each guide
and delivering them out to students on time, they were received and
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used for each city that we visited by Forum Nexus for the remainder of
Abroad program in many ways, and will continue to be used for future
gave them one information packet that contained all the information
they would need for the upcoming week. One Forum-Nexus student,
Mary Catherine White, from North Carolina State University said, the
Unifying the student body was the overall goal, since the Daily
Essentials Guides gave each of the students the same access to vital
information that helped them throughout the trip. These guides helped
project helped me connect with the student body over the course of
their needs. Overall, this project organized the program this summer,
and kept each student safe within these unknown cities and countries.
Appendix A
Introduction
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How the project was
chosen.. 2
Needs that were met by the
project.. 3
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Appendix B
Barcelona, Spain
Hotel Catalonia (July 6-13)
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Chamonix, France
Hotel LHeliopic Sweet and Spa (July 13-18)
Zurich, Switzerland
Crowne Plaza Zurich (July 18-22)
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Milan, Italy
UNA Hotel Century (July 22-26)
Rome, Italy
Hotel Universo (July 26-31)
Rhodes, Greece
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Appendix C
PowerPoint ranges from six to ten slides, and larger cities with more
centralized locations. Each guide was created before the start of the
program, since many of the interns and staff members arrived before
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