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Future-Focused Friday: Things That Helped Us Go with the Flow This Week 🌊

With everything going on in the world, this week we’re honing in on "going with the flow"—a skillset IES Abroad students learn many different ways during their time abroad, and a way of moving through the world that we could all put to good use right now. Feeling (or getting) lost doesn’t have to be a bad thing!

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July 24, 2020

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Future-Focused Friday: Things That Helped Us Crack the Cultural Code This Week 🕵️

This week we’ve been thinking about how emojis mean different things in different cultures, which has us thinking, studying abroad in a new culture has so many layers outside of simply learning the language: new symbols, gestures, and expressions to understand.

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July 17, 2020

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Future-Focused Friday: Things That Highlighted Our Connectedness This Week

This week we’ve been thinking about our connectedness a lot. In fact, it’s one of the biggest things study abroad teaches us: we have so many more commonalities than we do differences, and that our shared human experience on a global scale is real.

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July 10, 2020

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Future-Focused Friday: Things That Happen When You Take The Leap

This week we're spotlighting the experience of finding your independence, which is pretty much a guarantee when you study abroad. And whether you go abroad in search of becoming more self-sufficient, or it's thrust upon you by chance after getting lost in your host city, finding your inner strength is a real confidence booster.

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July 3, 2020

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Future-Focused Friday: Things That Added a Pop of Color to Our Week

We know it's been a tough time lately, but remember, you can't have a rainbow without the rain shower! It's time to get out (as much as you can) and open up your eyes to the simpler things that can brighten your day. For us, a pop of COLOR is one of those simpler things. Tune in to our newsletter this week as we dive into the color edition.

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June 26, 2020

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