Getting around in South Korea

Date January 27, 2020

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Lucas Clasen

All photos courtesy of Lucas Clasen

When I was in Korea and Japan, figuring out how to use public transport was a real challenge. Seoul, Korea had a pretty straight forward system, with the ticket machine and the location names being in English. In Wonju, where the university is located, the transit system is very different, and was very confusing to me. Nothing was in English, and there were no maps or guides to traversing the trains or buses around the city. Osaka and Kyoto were similar stories to Wonju, with hardly anything in English, especially with the ticket machines or transit maps, which very rarely used any English at all. As such, they needed to be translated.

Engineering Internship in China

Date January 14, 2020

Posted by Stephanie Trottier

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Engineering Internship in China

By: Casey Sanders

My name is Casey Sanders and I spent this summer in Shanghai, China as an application engineer intern at Emerson (Branson Ultrasonics) as a part of the COSE Internship SCSU offers. This experience was life changing for me, both personally and professionally. I am writing this blog post to share how I prepared beforehand and how I was able to make the most of my experience!

1 – Shanghai Tower, Shanghai, China
中国，上海，上海中心大厦

Professional Experience

We live in an international economy, there is no escaping this fact! If you know how to effectively collaborate across time zones you are a greater asset anywhere you go.

Presence

Date December 3, 2019

Posted by Stephanie Trottier

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Presence

Tessa Takash

On my fourth day abroad in Southeast Asia I left my phone on the beach while swimming and, surprise, it was stolen. After my initial mourning I adjusted to my technology-less life and found a silver lining: I learned how to be present.

Without my phone I:

Was able to make profound connections with my peers by tagging along on all of their adventures and asking them questions about their culture
Enjoyed sunsets on the Mekong River without feeling like I needed to capture the perfect picture (none could do it justice)
Took in my new surroundings – the vast arrays of fresh tropical fruits, the colorful knickknacks on every street corner, and tuk tuks blazing by
Put my control freak tendencies in check by letting go of planning every detail of my day
Got lost in the pure chaos of New Year’s Eve in Bangkok

Studying Abroad in South Korea

Date October 4, 2019

Posted by Stephanie Trottier

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When asked about the highlights of her time in South Korea, here are a few things Sabrin shared:

“They have the best fried chicken, and they deliver anytime, anywhere.”

“One of my highlights was traveling to Busan with my roommates.”

“When we got stressed, my friend would say, Let’s take a walk, and we’d end up at the karaoke places in town.”

We’ll let her photos do the rest of the talking.

Half of my heart is in Malaysia

Date September 27, 2019

Posted by Stephanie Trottier

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Half of my heart is in Malaysia

Written by: Anna Nelson, 2019

My semester abroad in Malaysia has been the most spectacular period of my life so far! Out of the nearly 60 exchange students at Taylor’s University, only two of us were from the United States. I think that set me up well to be able to branch out and get to know people from all over the world, since the exchange students tended to hang out with one another. There were a lot of international students who, while not exchange students, were welcoming and showed us around and they often took trips with us.

Before studying in Malaysia, I had never left the United States, but now I’ve been to a total of 8 countries! It’s been such an amazing experience. The world feels much smaller, now that I’ve been to the other side of it. I have friends on every inhabited continent, so I get to keep feeding the fire for more adventures throughout my life.