My experience in Vienna, Austria has set the tone for what I want the rest of my life to look like. While living in Vienna, I had the opportunity to travel to (Budapest) Hungary, (Zagreb) Croatia, (Munich) Germany, (Paris) France, (Florence and Venice) Italy, and extensively within Austria (Graz, Wachau, Hallstatt, Innsbruck, Salzburg and Zell…
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Note to Self
One thing I’ve gained while living in Austria is a better of sense of what it means to ‘be an American’ from an international perspective. Before leaving home, I thought that I was well-aware of how other countries viewed America and Americans. Fat, lazy, uneducated and self-focused. I really believed that it was all…
Lessons Learned: 2 months in Vienna
The soft skill that I am developing the most throughout this program is patience. Despite living here for 2 months and feeling well adjusted, I still find that simple, daily tasks take me much longer to complete here logistically than back home. For example, something as simple as grocery shopping, getting medicine, ordering food…
Adapting to Life in Austria
Despite the rest of this blog post, I want to start by pointing out that, overall, assimilating to life in Austria has been less difficult than I expected. Almost everyone here speaks English fluently—thank god—my A1.1 level German hasn’t been getting me very far. The first thing that comes to mind that I’ve had trouble…
Academics in Austria
Hallo blog! Wie gehts? Danke, sehr gut! Und ihr? I just finished my first German class! The A1.1 level within the pre-semester program for exchange students. I can’t believe how much I learned within just 2 weeks. Inspired by my progress, I signed up for a semester long class- level A1.1+, in addition to the tandem…
First Week in Vienna, Austria
Hello! My name is Frances (Franny) Adams and I am a Junior majoring in Finance and Business Analytics and minoring in Economics! This semester I am studying abroad in Vienna at WU or the Vienna University of Economics and Business. I chose to study at WU largely because of its location in Central Europe and…
International Programs
I definitely see myself working and living abroad in the future! Our experience with DoOrder was overwhelmingly positive and both parties benefitted greatly from the project. I hope to do Plus3 at the end of my freshman year, study abroad for a semester, and intern at a business abroad over the summer either my sophomore…
Personal and Professional Takeaways
Professional Development Throughout the Haller Global Honors Fellowship, I visited about a dozen companies and was able to develop an understanding for the type of work environment I hope to have in the future. I would love to work in an environment similar to those at Thinkhouse and FirstSip, both were marketing agencies that focused…
Thinkhouse
Overall Impressions I was impressed with both Thinkhouse’s overall business model and physical office space. Their involvement in a multitude of large businesses and successful marketing campaigns is inspiring, especially considering the youthful foundation of the business. Thinkhouse is an independent marketing firm which allows for great flexibility in making business decisions. Their uniquely youthful…
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