You’ve probably always heard that the Spring semester is THE time to study abroad. We get it- studying in the spring allows you to have a full semester on campus and to start your school year off in a familiar place. And you might not even know that studying during the fall semester is possible. […]

Travel with Scott Tayloe, Chief Strategy Officer, CIS Abroad, as he travels to welcome our students to Italy, January 12th – 22nd, 2022.  The Final Countdown The final day has come. I texted a colleague to say I’d just taken my COVID test and with a negative diagnosis came a one-way ticket back home. “Wow, […]

Travel with Scott Tayloe, Chief Strategy Officer, CIS Abroad, as he travels to welcome our students to Italy, January 12th – 22nd, 2022.  The Same Life-Changing Experiences; Just Different.  Over the past 18 months I’ve repeatedly been asked by students and parents “When will study abroad reopen?” To be honest we technically never closed.  While […]

Travel with Scott Tayloe, Chief Strategy Officer, CIS Abroad, as he travels to welcome our students to Italy, January 12th – 22nd, 2022.  Flashback to March 2020 For so many of us in international education we vividly remember the events of March 2020. We came together as an industry to get our students home. It’s […]

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 […]

It has officially been 4 months since I stepped on a plane in Boston, MA and headed towards London, England for one of the most amazing experiences of my life. London is truly such an amazing city, and I have loved every moment of living in it. That’s why I’m sharing my top 4 reasons […]

I was 100% nervous arriving in Thailand Arriving in Thailand, I did not know what to expect. This was my first time out of the country (disregarding Mexico and Canada.) Running through my head, I was thinking about who would be in my program cohort. I was also nervous because I was the only one […]

“Remember, no matter how strong or fast you think you are, the Japanese grandmas will always be stronger.” Mount Atago Mount Atago, the tallest mountain of Kyoto, sits in the quiet town called Kiyotaki. This mountain is especially interesting, because unlike its neighboring mountain, Mount Hiei, there is no cable car to the top. Therefore, […]