Polk State Students Learning About Art, Culture, Themselves in Marseille, France
Polk State Humanities Professor John Barberet and Art Professor Holly Scoggins are leading a group of eight students on a study-abroad trip to Marseille, France. There, the students are earning credits in art and humanities,…
Polk State Students Give Presentation on Polk County Business Opportunities to Brazilian CEOs
Business Professor Herb Nold is currently leading a study-abroad trip to Brazil, where his students will present to the G100, an organization of CEOs, and meet with other business leaders to explore international business opportunities…
Brazil Day 1: Exhaustion, Traffic, and Brazilian Cuisine
Business Professor Herb Nold is currently leading a study-abroad trip to Brazil, where his students will present to the G100, an organization of CEOs, and meet with other business leaders to explore international business opportunities…
Panama Academic/Trade Mission: Scouting Opportunities for Local Businesses
Polk State’s trip to Panama has been described as an academic/trade mission. The first of those two adjectives is easy to grasp: students learned about international business by meeting with Panamanian firms and touring the Panama…
Panama Adventure: Punctuality, Formality Just Some of the Differences Between Doing Business in Panama and the States
Polk State’s students are in Panama to business — and they came prepared to do so. During their stay in Panama, students are on a fact-finding mission to develop a presentation they’ll give to the…
Panama Adventure: “Academic/Trade Mission” Teaching Students Complexities of International Business
Polk State Business Professor Herb Nold describes this trip to Panama as an academic/trade mission — and for good reason. Nold is leading a group of three Bachelor of Applied Science in Supervision and Management students during…
Day 3: “I Did It!”
For her fellow travelers, the half-mile walk to a waterfall in the Panamanian jungle was just a quick, easy hike. For Ketsia Diaz, it was a chance to prove to herself, and everyone else, that…
Day 3: A Tribe and Lessons In Empathy
Today, the jungle. While the Bachelor of Applied Science in Supervision and Management students, rested from the previous day’s adventure on the Panama Canal, headed for a tour of Panama City, another group of…
Day 2: The Panama Canal and Plans for International Expansion
The second day of Polk State’s Panamanian adventure began with early-morning transit from the City of Knowledge to the Pacific end of the Panama Canal. The travelers boarded their ferry at 7:30 a.m. and spent…
Panama Adventure Day 1: Exhaustion to Excitement
It was an early morning for a group of Polk State business students and employees bound for Panama on Friday. Still blurry-eyed, the travelers arrived at the Orlando International Airport around 4:45 a.m., gathering at…