Chillin' in Chile for 2016
Sunday, January 10, 2016
I’m so excited to share all the ups, downs (& everything
in-between) of my yearlong adventure. My goal for this blog is to be completely honest about my experience
& encourage anyone reading this to go out and have a crazy adventure of
their own!
My name is Kelly Cavanagh & I’m from Long Island, NY. I
live in a beach town, where I work on the water every summer, but also get to go
skiing upstate every winter. I love my hometown and I’m already anticipating
some separation anxiety from real NY pizza. I’m also lucky enough to call
Columbia, SC my home, despite saying “coffee,” & “dog” differently than
most southerners. I’m a junior in the University of South Carolina’s Honors
College. I major in International Business and Global Supply Chain and
Operations Management, with a minor in Spanish. In March, I’ll be leaving the Darla Moore School of Business for Facultad Economia y Negocios (FEN.)
My freshman year, I was accepted into the two-year International Business of the Americas
(IBA) cohort program that USC offers. This past year, I took classes and
went on field trips with ten other USC students and one Universidad de Chile
exchange student. For the next two semesters, all twelve of us will study at FEN together. Not
only did this program provide a support group for the stress and questions that
come with housing & class registration, but also it’s comforting to know
that I’ll have some familiar faces so far from home.
5,126 miles away for
276 days… I’ve always believed that the best way to grow is to do something
that scares you a little. That’s what brought me to USC as a Yankee, and that’s
why I chose the IBA program. I wanted a whole year to immerse myself in a new
city & a new culture, so that I can truly call it my home. I can’t think of
a better way to spend 2016 & I can’t wait to make the most out of those 276
days.
As I said before, I want this blog to help aspiring
travelers, so I’m going to write about everything from visas & packing, to
my classes & weekend trips. Stay tuned for the over-packing, the language
mishaps & the mistaken directions that I’m sure will fill my blog. Hopefully,
I’ll even convince some of you to join the IBA program by the end of my two
semesters. Hasta liege!
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