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Myth No. 1: Study Abroad is only for language students While there’s no doubt that many people go abroad to improve their skills in a second (or third, or forth) language, that is by no means the only reason to go abroad! Lots of programs have classes in English, in destinations where English is the […]

Get to know your Connect-123 Team! Here’s an interview with Buenos Aires Program Coordinator, Paula Carrettoni. Describe your role at Connect-123: I am a Program Coordinator at Connect-123 Buenos Aires. I look after placements in a variety of areas, including, among others, health care, education, social work, human rights, law and journalism. I also look […]

Having worked with international interns for the past 6 years, we’ve learned a thing or two about what it takes to be successful at an internship. Here are some of internship best practices – follow these guidelines and you’re sure to have a meaningful and enriching experience! Prepare! Treat it like a real job! Participate! […]

Former Connect-123 intern Hugh Blaney spent some time getting caught up with us three years after completing his Cape Town education internship. You were an intern on our Cape Town program back in June, 2009. Why did you decide to intern in Cape Town? Africa was always a continent that intrigued me. When I got […]

Hannah Buck is a Connect-123 Barcelona journalism intern this summer.  Click here to learn more about Hannah, and keep reading for her account of the San Vino festival! I kicked off my first festival – the one and only wine fight on a mountain in Spain, San Vino – by lugging lots of heavy boxes […]

Journalism intern Hannah Buck shares her plans for the summer in Barcelona. About two months ago I had absolutely no idea how I would be spending summer 2012. I had just finished a teaching assistantship in the south of France, and after a year of constant travelling and new experiences I was slowly becoming conscious […]

It didn’t take much to persuade us that it made sense to exhibit at the recent Global Internship Conference in Berkeley, California. This was 2012’s most targeted event for the community of education abroad professionals, university career advisors and fellow service providers that Connect-123 belongs to. And yes it’s California. In June. Easy decision! So […]

Happy Independence Day to all of our US-based readers! Fourth of July is basically synonymous with parades, fireworks and most of all – cookouts! But barbecues are most certainly not just an American tradition – many different countries around the world cook meat over an open fire, and as you might guess, each tradition comes […]

Connect-123 intern and guest blogger Catherine Ternes is a junior at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. She is currently finishing up her 5 month long stay in Buenos Aires, where she has been working as a research assistant for two different non-profit human rights organizations. Read all about Catherine’s adventures in Buenos Aires on her […]

OMG what is that? People here eat that?! But no one does this back home! How do they not have this, and what on earth are they saying? They look so different, can you believe these people think this is acceptable? Help, I wanna go homeeee!!!! If you have ever said or thought any of […]