My
name is Casey Eisenberg and I am a third-year student at Pitt with a major in
Business Information Systems Major, a minor in Spanish and a certificate in
International Business. I am a part of Alpha Kappa Psi, a professional business
fraternity where I served as IT chair for my second and third semester. I am
also a part of the club hockey team which practices twice per week and has two
games on weekends. Hockey has been a part of my life as long as I can remember,
my dad put me on skates at a very early age and I have played ever since (Go
Blackhawks). In my free time I love to listen to podcasts such as the Joe Rogan
Experience as well as hang out with my friends. Professionally I have had two
internships, one at Timber Hill Group working in the industrial real estate
sector and last summer I was an intern at Medline Industries in the healthcare
product industry. My goal is to go into IT consulting in the future and
eventually become a senior consultant or even CIO. I leaned toward this career
path because it seemed to give me the opportunity to work with technology and
travel around for work. From my internships I have learned that I hate
stagnation and prefer to have a more variable job. This stems from my love for
travel and seeing new things. Before my program I had traveled to Central
America, India, England and Israel so I really wanted to explore Europe more
and see some of the great history that they have here. The program I chose is
called Business, International
Studies & Communication Courses with Locals in English and is taught at the
University of Carlos III. I chose Spain as my location because I wanted to
improve my Spanish but still be able to travel around Europe, so Spain was
pretty much my only option. The two cities that I was debating between in Spain
were Madrid and Barcelona. I ended up choosing Madrid because I am not familiar
with the Spanish dialect that they speak in Barcelona. At the university I am
taking Spanish History, Managerial Accounting, Terrorism (Class taught in
Spanish) and Media Technology. I chose these classes to give me a wide variety
of cultural information about Spain including its economy, history and
politics. These classes should also hopefully improve my Spanish skills as well
as provide me with more skills that I can use in my future internships/jobs.
Personally, I would like to get really immersed in Spanish culture. From late
meals to nap times during the day it sounds like the Spaniards have a lifestyle
that could better suit me. I would like to meet some locals and make some
international friends to travel with since I am coming here with nobody that I
know. Along with hockey I also enjoy following soccer so I would love to go to
a few games while in Madrid. I am very excited for this experience and what I will
learn from it.
