{"id":192,"date":"2017-10-04T01:28:41","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T01:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bruno-grazioli\/?page_id=192"},"modified":"2017-10-09T19:46:01","modified_gmt":"2017-10-09T19:46:01","slug":"study-abroad-international-education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bruno-grazioli\/study-abroad-international-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Study Abroad &amp; International Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>I consider myself a\u00a0<em>product of study abroad<\/em>, as I spent long time in the U.K. and France during my university years as an English\/French double major. My career choices were strongly informed by my experience abroad and, as such, today\u00a0<strong>I\u00a0am a strong proponent of studying abroad and of helping students develop intercultural competence skills<\/strong> (see page on <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bruno-grazioli\/intercultural-communication-competence\/\">Intercultural Communication &amp; Competence<\/a>). At Smith I have been fortunate to find an Italian curriculum built around a rigorous Junior Year Abroad program, the oldest U.S. program in Florence and the second-oldest in Italy, which I directed in 2011\/12.<\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<h5>One of the highlights of the Florence program\u00a0was the yearlong (credit-bearing) <strong>internship in the early<\/strong><strong>-childhood education school system in Pistoia, where some students actively worked alongside Italian\u00a0<em>maestre<\/em>, shadowing and helping them once a week in the classroom<\/strong>. The video below shows students giving their final presentation and discussing challenges and rewards of their experience.<\/h5>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/237227055\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"JYA Pistoia Video\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h5>In 2009 I created a blog called &#8220;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/smithaly.wordpress.com\/jya-florence\/\">Smithaly<\/a><\/strong>&#8221; (which I managed until 2013) with\u00a0the intention to establish a direct line of communication and exchange\u00a0with students in Florence. At a time when Facebook had only been\u00a0around for a couple of years and Instagram had not been launched yet,\u00a0<strong>my hope was to inspire\u00a01st\/2nd-year students\u00a0who\u00a0were considering studying abroad by showing them the variety of learning opportunities the program in Italy offered<\/strong>, for example the annual charity\u00a0run &#8220;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smith.edu\/news\/2011-12\/corrilavita.php\">Corri la vita<\/a><\/strong>&#8220;. The blog also\u00a0became a place where information about events organized by\u00a0the Smith Italian Club\u00a0and others in the area could be advertised.<\/h5>\n<h5>In 2014\/&#8217;15 I returned to Florence for a 1-year appointment with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ceastudyabroad.com\/explore\/discover-the-city\/florence\"><strong>CEA Study Abroad<\/strong><\/a>. <strong>In my capacity as\u00a0Academic Director\u00a0<\/strong><strong>of\u00a0the\u00a0Florence center, I interviewed, hired, trained, managed\u00a0and\u00a0supervised a team\u00a0<\/strong><strong>of 12 faculty members teaching\u00a0courses\u00a0in a variety of subjects\u00a0<\/strong>(Italian language, literature\u00a0and culture,\u00a0but also Art History, Sociology,\u00a0Social History,\u00a0Communication,\u00a0Food Studies, Sports Studies,\u00a0Economics, Marketing Management, etc.)\u00a0and also maintaining working\u00a0relationship\u00a0with U.S. faculty\u00a0members leading their custom\u00a0programs inFlorence. <strong>I also served as Academic Dean for the 100+\u00a0students who attended the program each semester and, together with the Center Director, I worked on revamping\u00a0and repackaging the entire course offerings<\/strong>, which are still\u00a0advertised on the website (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ceastudyabroad.com\/explore\/programs\/florence\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a>).<\/h5>\n<h5>Below is the video I created about the 2014 edition of &#8220;Corri la vita&#8221;. This was used by the CEA Marketing Department for promotional purposes.<\/h5>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/107392146\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"CEA Florence at &quot;Corri la Vita&quot; (Sept 28, 2014)\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I consider myself a\u00a0product of study abroad, as I spent long time in the U.K. and France during my university years as an English\/French double major. 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