Samford students think outside the box for Jan Term
Brittney Harrison
Issue date: 2/3/10 Section: Expressions
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It was only a couple days after Christmas when senior accounting major Jared Salmon met up with his peers in New York City to board the 11-hour flight to London.
While in London, the students stayed in the Daniel house, which is owned by Samford. The European style house was quite narrow, topping off at four stories. Despite its size, the building housed many students.
The three credit international business course that Salmon took aimed at taking full advantage of the sights and sounds of London; and that's exactly what the students did!
Having spent the fall semester researching and prepping for their business trip across the Atlantic, Salmon and his classmates were able to travel around London for an entire week before focusing on the academic aspect of the trip. Westminster Abby, the Tower of London, the National Gallery and Big Ben were just a few of the familiar attractions Salmon had the chance to see.
By week two, the class was split into several groups to conduct further research on international business firms. During the week, each two-person group took trips to various firms throughout London. After each visit the students gave presentations regarding their particular business.
Unlike the classroom setting at Samford, Salmon had the privilege of giving his presentations in the comfort of the Daniel house den.
With the weekends off, excursions to neighboring cities were quite common. Some students even went to Dublin, the capital and largest city in Ireland. As for Salmon, he spoke highly of his trips to the Castle of Windsor and Oxford University over a weekend.
Similar to Salmon, senior history major Taylor Strickland also began 2010 in another country. Strickland and several Samford students deported Atlanta January 1 on a four-hour flight to Santa Ana, Costa Rica.
During his time in Costa Rica Strickland stayed with a host family. Living with a host mother and sister who spoke little English and host brother as his only translator, Strickland's Spanish-speaking skills were certainly put to the test.
Taking Spanish 202 at the Conversa Language Institute, Strickland had class Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 1p.m. with a small coffee and fruit break in between.
"It was a lot different than Samford," Strickland said. "The instructor rarely wrote on the board. Instead we just spoke in Spanish a lot, which gave a better understanding of the material."
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