As we leave Ireland, let’s focus on takeaways for your personal and professional development from the Ireland part of the course. In terms of professional development, maybe it was a company or organization that you enjoyed seeing and might want to work with again or perhaps one of the contacts you met on the various…

As you start your studies in Pitt Business, you will see that a great deal of emphasis is placed on your professional development.  A big part of this is the process of networking and actively following up with professional contacts to generate opportunities for professional development in the future.  This blog post from Pitt Business Career Services…

After this experience in the Haller Global Honors Fellowship, I can definitely say that I am interested in studying abroad again.  This has been an outstanding program and I have opened my world view as I immersed myself in the Irish culture.  Whether that be a Plus1, Plus3, or GBI, I would like to do…

As mentioned in the video 80% of the world’s top tech and pharmacy companies are located in Ireland.  Dublin is a city that is a hub for technology and a gateway to Europe.  Many companies have their EMEA headquarters in Dublin for this reason.  Dublin is a young and cosmopolitan city, which makes it an…

In preparation for your site visit to the Guinness Enterprise Centre, we will hear the following theme throughout the presentation (which is part of a quote in the article above) – “the power of entrepreneurship and the impact that it can have on the community, which benefits everyone.”  In short, individuals and organizations who are…

Cliffs of Moher/Galway:  Give us your observations on what stood out to you during your tour of the Cliffs of Moher and the City of Galway. The sheer size of the cliffs blew me away.  I never realized how large they were until we walked up to them in person.  Pictures don’t do them justice. …

Our only Sunday spent in Ireland is interesting, as we will tour the Kilmainham Gaol, which was once used as a prison for Irish rebels during the British colonization of Ireland.  We will then do a bus tour across the City of Dublin in which we will examine monuments and site from the history of the City…

Today you are on a day long visit to Glendalough and the City of Kilkenny.  This is an excellent opportunity to write a short paragraph on your travels to the Irish countryside with some observations on how Glendalough and Kilkenny differ from your experiences in Ireland in the large city of Dublin.  So – for this…

On Friday we will spend two hours with Professor Darren Kelly on tour of Dublin’s Docklands.   As he explained to us, Dublin’s Docklands are Ireland’s “Silicon Valley” – meaning an area of Ireland in which technology companies concentrate their offices and headquarters due to the presence of employee talent that supports high technology and a favorable geographic…