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The independent student news site of San Marcos, California

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Student reminisces on study abroad experience

Mackenzie Waldron, Assistant Features Editor March 31, 2017

Sanam Abedini, a senior at CSUSM, studied abroad in Uppsala, Sweden for a full academic year from fall of 2016 through the spring of 2017.     What was the most influential thing that you took away from the study abroad experience?   I found out who I am. I found that I can be...

Cassandra Steppat during her study abroad trip in Europe.

Study abroad, experience a new way of learning

Briana Osuna, Student Life Reporter March 9, 2016

CSUSM offers various programs that allow students to travel overseas and study in another country of their choice. There, they have the opportunity to experience a new way of learning. Cassandra Steppat spent an entire semester in the medieval towns of Belgium Europe. She had never traveled before...

International Beat: Traveling through Europe

March 31, 2014

By Emma Grace Fairchild One of the first things I noticed upon my arrival in Stockholm was the trend that everyone I spoke with had previously done a lot of traveling. While it seemed most of it was contained within Europe, there were also many people who frequent parts of Africa, the Middle East or...

International Beat: A Semester in Sweden

March 31, 2014

By Emma Grace Fairchild When I landed in the Arlanda airport in Stockholm, Sweden, all of it kind of hit me - I was in Sweden, I was staying here for months, I was studying abroad. Four weeks later, I feel like I've been here for much longer.  Sure, I still get lost, and even yesterday I bought weird...

Photo of last year's group. Courtesy of Dr. Klaus Schryen.

Going global creates future leaders

January 1, 2014

By Katlin Sweeney  Editor-in-Chief  Students that are seeking to expand their horizons and dive into new cultures feel right at home in Global Business Management. GBM is designed for students that want to build a career in business with a global perspective. Students can either go down the marketing...

CALIFORNICATION: A semester abroad

December 8, 2010
The first thing I noticed is that everything in the U.S. is way bigger: the cars, the roads, the malls, stores, portions of food, etc. The Mexican influence here can be compared to the Indian influence back home; we have loads of Indian food places while barely any Mexican places whatsoever.
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