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June 30, 2019
Travel

Book Review: The Strange Journey of Alice Pendelbury

I got lost in the lives of the characters of the novel, The Strange Case of Alice Pendelbury, by Marc Levin, France’s most popular contemporary novelist.

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June 4, 2019
Study Abroad

A Student’s Attempt to Understand the Complicated History of the Tiananmen Square Massacre

Guest blogger Betty Berdan shares the value to understanding another culture by trying to see a person, an event, history and a culture from another perspective.

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May 15, 2019
Travel

Traveling Through Rome…By the Book

Come journey through Rome as we “travel by the book.” I love to combine my love of travel and reading as I explore one of my favorite cities in the world—home to my best friend.

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March 25, 2019
Global Careers

IWE Interview with Stacie Berdan

IWE interviewed Stacie Berdan on her global career and message to empowering women.

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DYK: Demand for Language Skills Are on the Rise in the Workplace?

I am blown away by the recent news that has gotten little coverage: U.S. employers say they need and want MORE employees who speak another language in addition to English…yet colleges are eliminating their foreign language programs.

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April 2, 2017
Study Abroad

Preparing to Study in the USA

Succeeding at a U.S. college or university can be difficult if you don’t understand the system and educational culture. I’ve team up with IIE again to help international students: “Preparing to Study in the USA”.

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March 19, 2017
Travel

A Capital Trio: Vienna, Prague and Berlin Offer Tourists History and Charm

Less than 500 miles separate three of central Europe’s most popular and evocative destination cities.

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January 11, 2017

What Should Students Do With Their Language Skills?

If I had a dollar for every person who has told me that they wished they had kept up their foreign language either during or after college, I’d be a wealthy woman. But even without the cash, I can spread the wealth: If you have any degree of language skills, use them or lose them.

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July 31, 2016
Travel

To see the real Ireland, head west from Dublin

Veteran travel writer, Marshall Berdan, shares tips on the 10 sites to see in Western Ireland.

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