Sometimes it can be intimidating to spend time in a place you've never been before. Whether you're concerned about not knowing the language or nervous to learn how to navigate a new city, Living & Learning Programs are designed to provide students with an opportunity to study abroad and feel confident and supported in a new place!

Season 2 of the Living & Learning Podcast was created to be a helpful resource for students considering the life-changing opportunity of studying abroad.We want to make it easy for you to find the perfect alumni story to answer your questions and give you some insight into the real life experiences of our study abroad and study away alumni!

Carlos, a Southeastern University alum, traveled to Europe for the first time to spend a semester in Rome, Italy and spoiler alert … he loved it. From venturing to Greece, Malta, Spain, and more to connecting with locals over coffee culture and playing a lot of soccer, his advice to anyone thinking about a semester abroad is “Just do it!”

Jinamai Joseph is a student at Southeastern University studying Accounting with a minor in Data Analytics and Information Systems. For eight weeks, Jinamai got to live in a neighborhood of Rome called Pigneto and intern with People's University of Torpignattara. In her role, she focused on marketing the Torpignattara neighborhood, encouraging visitors and tourists to experience more than just the recognizable Centro Storico (historic downtown of Rome) and dive deeper into the rich culture that exists throughout the city in areas like Torpignattara. 

Macy Guest is a business marketing student at Southeastern University who studied abroad with Living and Learning in Italy in the spring of 2024. She’s passionate about traveling, experiencing new cultures to expand my worldview, running, and hiking. Macy shares about her time in Rome and how she was able to take it all in.

We love our current staff and we are so excited to welcome new members to the team! Check out who’s new and get to know all our staff on our Meet the Team page.

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An internship is great for gaining hands-on experience in a field that you are interested in, but what are the benefits of doing an international internship? Students should consider doing an international internship for the following reasons…

Our neighborhood of Pigneto, is already becoming home to our students as they explore the stores, do their grocery shopping, meet the local vendors, and learn to practice the Italian language.