A dozen Coastal Carolina University students participated in the Field Methods in Oceanographic Analysis: Study Abroad at the Scottish Marine Institute faculty-led program for three weeks, studying at the Scottish Marine Institute (SMI) in Oban, United Kingdom. SMI is a world-class research and teaching center with areas of emphasis in Arctic Seas, Dynamic Oceans (climate research), and Marine Renewable Energy. Students completed a 3/1 credit MSCI laboratory course while abroad, learning how to work with oceanographic data: how to acquire data (online or shipboard sampling), process data using appropriate software, and present data to a scientific audience. Each student chooses a type of data to process, interpret, and display in an oral presentation at the end of the course. This program leverages the local setting by inviting guest lecturers to introduce students to the types of data they use. The group compared and contrasted data from Long Bay with data from SMI, and students took a sampling cruise aboard one of the Scottish Association for Marine Science research vessels to participate in the collection of physical measurements in Loch Etive for analysis.

The Coastal in Tuscany faculty-led program is a repeating program that allows students the opportunity to learn about Italian language and culture over the course of three weeks in May. Twenty Coastal Carolina University students participated in the program this past Maymester. The program is based in Arezzo, Italy, one of Tuscany's most scenic and historic walled cities. As a historical site, Arezzo dates back to the Iron Age and became an Etruscan center of considerable importance during the period prior to the establishment and expansion of the ancient Roman Republic. The city's continued cultural heritage is manifest in noteworthy Roman, medieval and Renaissance architectural and artistic sites and objects. Coastal's program is based at the Accademia dell'Arte's Villa Godiola in Arezzo, an American artistic and educational center that provides housing, classroom space, support services, and meals. During their stay in Arezzo, students become familiar with Italian social and other practices of daily life, including travel, dining out, shopping and more.

The Business Studies in Europe faculty-led education abroad program at Coastal Carolina University teaches students how the basic principles of management are applied in different socioeconomic environments. Eighteen CCU students took the education abroad trip this past May for credit. They learned about different cultures in Europe (French, German, Czech and Finnish) and how they adapt to the business environment in which they operate. Students also learned about Europe's history, culture and economy and how businesses in Europe are adapting to the integration of the European economy and to the recent financial crisis and recovery in Europe. By traveling abroad, students gain a global perspective, visit multinational companies to examine their operation and work with European students in global teams.

Coastal Carolina University's Department of Marine Science offers an exceptional opportunity for field experience in Biology of Sharks at the Bimini Biological Field Station (BBFS) in the Bahamas each May. The Maymester course features lectures, discussions, analysis of research papers, frequent field trips, video presentations, and personal encounters with several species of large, actively feeding and free-swimming sharks. Students have a chance to earn up to four credit hours for their graduate or undergraduate program. Seventeen CCU students participated on the trip this year during the May semester. Biology of Sharks is the course that keeps on giving: after graduating, many students return to the Bimini Biological Field Station as volunteers or interns, and several have earned paid positions at the lab.

Ten Coastal Carolina University business students will travel abroad to Spain during spring break to compare and contrast business practices in foreign markets around the globe. The students will visit two major European cities, Madrid and Barcelona, and learn socio-economic techniques.

Eight CCU students are participating in a CCU course titled "Global Perspectives: Migration," through which they are participating in the 2019 International Student Festival in Trondheim (ISFiT) in Norway's historical city of Trondheim from Feb. 7-17. This year's event brings together about 500 students from 145 countries to deliberate on the issue of global migration through workshops and plenary sessions, amid other cultural events culminating in the awarding of the Student Peace Prize.

The Education Abroad unit in the Center for Global Engagement at Coastal Carolina University took five students to attend the Lessons From Abroad conference in Greenville, S.C., on Sunday, Oct. 14. Sponsored by the South Carolina Association of International Educators and hosted by Furman University, the conference assists college students with the process of transitioning back to the United States after an education abroad experience. The conference also helps students to reflect on their time studying and living in another country. The five CCU students who participated in the conference are: Hannah Hamelman, a senior history major from Conway, S.C., studied abroad with Narxoz University in Kazakhstan, Spring 2018. Kyle Johnson, a senior communication major from Longs, S.C., studied abroad with Exeter University in the United Kingdom, Fall 2016, and Deakin University in Australia, Spring 2017. Troy Kinner, a senior art history major from Myrtle Beach, S.C., studied abroad with Osaka Gakuin University in Japan, Fall 2017. Victoria "Tori" Schroeder, a junior public health major from Cherry Valley, Ill., studied abroad with Veritas University in Costa Rica, Spring 2018. Zahra Slimani, a freshman interdisciplinary studies major from Myrtle Beach, S.C., spends each summer abroad in Morocco with family.

Eleven Coastal Carolina University students traveled to Arusha, Tanzania, for more than three weeks over the summer in order to advance their studies in public health and statistics.

12 CCU students learn about coral reef ecosystems at the University of the West Indies Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory in Discovery Bay, Jamaica.

Seven Coastal Carolina University students traveled to South Africa this past May for the South Carolina to South Africa program. The program provided a foundation for education by evaluating the history and diversity of the multilingual nation. The immersive experience taught students the languages, cultures and disability services in South Africa.

Seventeen Coastal Carolina University students in the "From Castles to Corporations: Global Strategy in the United Kingdom" program studied international business and strategic management from May 10 to June 3 in Harlaxton Manor, England.

Students in the Field Methods in Oceanographic Analysis: Study Abroad at the Scottish Marine Institute (SMI) program spent three weeks studying oceanographic data analysis at the Scottish Marine Institute in Oban, Scotland.

Twenty-Eight Coastal Carolina University students in the Coastal in Tuscany study abroad program spent the month of May in Arezzo, Italy, learning about Italian history and culture.

Eighteen Coastal Carolina University students spent the month of May on studying business in European countries including Czech Republic, France, Germany, and Finland.

Twenty Coastal Carolina University students spent nearly a month on a study abroad program in Nicosia, Cyprus, and Athens, Greece, to study culture, history and security in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Eighteen Coastal Carolina University students spent the month of May on a study abroad program in Bimini, Bahamas, to study shark biology at the Bimini Biological Field Station Foundation.

Eight Coastal Carolina University students, all intelligence and national security majors or political science majors, spent a week in the country of Georgia for a collaborative summer school program with Ilia State University to study security in Eurasia.

Fourteen Coastal Carolina University students and two faculty members spent their winter break watching preparations for Carnivale in Trinidad, playing and listening to calypso music and attending a Hindu wedding ceremony. The group had just returned to the area the night before classes resumed on Jan. 8, and spirits were still high from the Wintermester study abroad trip to the Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tabago. Students were able to earn three credit hours for successfully taking World Music, Understanding Other Cultures and Independent Study. Gillian Richards-Greaves, assistant professor of anthropology, and Jesse Willis, assistant professor of music and director of percussion studies, accompanied the students, instructed them and gave hands-on assignments.

Nineteen students and five faculty leaders recently returned from a study abroad trip to Arezzo, Italy. This was the third annual Arezzo trip where students were able to reside and study at the Accademia dell'Arte in Arezzo. From Arezzo the students traveled to various Tuscan towns such as Assisi, Orvieto, Cortona, Florence, Siena and Rome.