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From Boston to Buckingham: Spontaneity is My Middle Name
Ever since I was a little girl, my family was prone to last-minute planning and spontaneous getaways. Two working parents and a child with more extracurriculars than she could count (me) meant that vacation time was hard to come by at times, and planning ahead was mostly out of the…
Five Hours East: Internships Abroad
The program in which I’m enrolled includes a guaranteed internship. A guaranteed internship probably sounds like a great opportunity to anyone, but a guaranteed internship abroad sounds even better. Not only do you gain the experience of the internship, but you also get to be truly immersed in the country…
A Q&A with John Raftery, Adjunct Professor and Director of Brand Experience at Arnold Worldwide
Most students at the College of Communication will know John Raftery as an adjunct professor of advertising—teaching both graduate and undergraduate courses, such as Fundamentals of Creative Development and Brand Experience Marketing. However, when he’s not in the classroom, Raftery is Senior Vice President, Director of Arnold Brand Experience, the…
Begin your Holiday Celebrations Early in Los Angeles This November
It’s November, and the sun is still as bright and shining as ever—and that, my friends, is the one of the perks of studying abroad in Los Angeles. To those who plan to visit the west coast this month, and to my fellow Boston University LA students, here are some…
Blogs from the West Coast: Envisions Alumni Event
It’s funny. Despite all the hullabaloo surrounding Boston University’s strong alumni network (and the success of graduates across many fields), I’d never really believed it. I mean, I knew it on paper. I knew about Martin Luther King Jr. and Jason Alexander. I knew the University has been around for…
From Boston to Buckingham: Raise Your Glasses to British Office Culture
I began my internship this semester feeling more nervous about adapting to my responsibilities than about adapting to the work culture in London. Over the past two years, I’ve been fortunate enough to complete two other agency internships, so when I arrived at Higginson Strategy, work culture was the last…
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