{"id":512604,"date":"2022-09-01T13:35:29","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T17:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/magazine\/?p=512604"},"modified":"2022-09-30T20:58:30","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T00:58:30","slug":"think-and-do-on-a-global-scale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/magazine\/think-and-do-on-a-global-scale\/","title":{"rendered":"Think and Do on a Global Scale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Jess Clarke<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A 4,000-mile flight from Raleigh to Madrid gave Emily Haddock an unavoidable opportunity to become more independent. When her plane landed in Spain, the Poole College business administration student had a lot to navigate: finding an apartment, buying a SIM card to use her cell phone, and applying for residency to stay longer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her education as a student in Poole\u2019s International Business Dual Degree (IBDD)<\/a> program began as soon as she arrived in the Spanish capital for a two-year study-abroad program. Her time there so far has been \u201chands down the best year of my life,\u201d says Haddock, who\u2019s pursuing a minor in Spanish. Choosing to go beyond her comfort zone through travel \u201cI can confidently say is the best decision I have ever made.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n

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Emily Haddock is earning dual degrees while living in Madrid, Spain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n

She\u2019s gaining more than important life skills \u2014 she\u2019s earning marketable academic credentials. When Haddock finishes the program, she\u2019ll have a business degree with a finance concentration from NC State and a degree in international business management and administration from Madrid\u2019s Universidad Pontificia Comillas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The IBDD program is among the increasing number of study-abroad options for undergraduates and graduate students through Poole\u2019s Global Programs Office<\/a>, established in 2011. Since then, the office has developed global education opportunities for a year, a semester or a summer with partner schools in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some options don\u2019t require travel, including virtual internships and the Global Seminar Series, which allows students to work on cross-institutional teams with world-class business schools to address actual business challenges for an organization.      <\/p>\n\n\n