My journey to a virtual internship working in Argentina from home starts with my decision to move away from home to go to college. I’ve always known I wanted to see different parts of the world, so I started with making the move to Alabama from New York. This move took me out of my […]

Ever since learning about study abroad my Freshman year of college I’ve wanted to do it, and in the Fall of ’19 I was able to study abroad in South Korea. It was after I went to a study abroad fair and learned about all my options when I was a junior. I found an […]

My journey to South Africa Before even leaving America, I specifically chose a window seat so that I could sleep against the side of the plane for the nine hour plane ride to London Heathrow. Getting on the plane, I found that  my seat is SO far back on the plane that the walls bow […]

I know it can be scary not knowing what to expect when you go abroad. But after enjoying my study abroad trip so much, I thought I could offer some advice to students studying with CIS Abroad specifically in Italy. So here are my 4 tips to make the most of studying abroad in Italy […]

CIS Abroad is offering a NEW Jewish Immersion study abroad program in Argentina for Jewish students that want to connect with their community abroad.

As my semester in Hawai’i comes close to its end, I have a lot of experiences to reflect on. Coming into study away, I was nervous—more than I should have been. Even on my plane ride to the tropical islands, the worst-case scenarios were running through my head: What if I get lost? What if […]

“Hello! My name is Katherine Kirchner, and I am from Columbus, Ohio.” This is how I start many of my days working at a Hawai’ian fishpond called Pae Pae o He’eia. With this, I introduce myself to the new volunteers each day and to the fishpond itself. My internship at Pae Pae o He’eia Pae Pae o […]

This summer Calla is doing an internship in Ecuador with CISabroad. She studies Psychology/Pre-Nursing at Michigan State University. You can read more about Calla’s adventures in Ecuador here. I’ve been living in Riobamba, Ecuador for six weeks now and, for three and a half of those weeks, I have technically been living alone.  While this […]