I am currently studying abroad in Florence through the Global Business Institute program. I chose Florence because it is a small intimate city that is filled with so much culture. I wanted to be surrounded by history and art. I also thought it would be rewarding and exciting to take Italian, I really enjoy learning…
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La Bella Vita
Dear, Pre-Departure Nico, you have no idea what you’re about to get yourself into. You decided to throw caution to the wind, pack up your life, and move to Italy for four months. Congratulations. You had assumed life would go on as normal, and you would just be in a new place. You were right,…
Skills Abroad
Throughout the duration of my time in Florence, I have been developing both hard and soft skills. In the internship class program, we learned about the differences between hard and soft skills and how it can be hard to define and explain soft skills, while hard skills are pretty self-explanatory. For example, hard skills are…
A Dream of Tuscany
Ciao a tutti! My name is Nico Marino and I am a junior Finance and Marketing major enrolled in the certificate program for leadership and ethics at the University of Pittsburgh College of Business Administration. Being raised by an Italian-American family, I have always wanted to reconnect with my roots in Italy, and now this…
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