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BWR – Fall 2018

Be World Ready Although NC’s Fall Term is well-underway, students partaking in the Be World Ready program’s International Field Studies (IFS) trips are only just beginning their global learning adventures. This fall, over 80 students and staff will have the opportunity to explore destinations incorporating their chosen fields of expertise. The Be World Ready program …

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Building an NC legacy in Dominican Republic – How Niagara College is helping a rural Dominican community one international field study at a time

In late February, a group of 16 students and two faculty members journeyed to the Dominican Republic led by School of Environmental and Horticultural Studies professor Bill MacDonald for what was the College’s seventh international field study (IFS) on the island. Their mission: to continue building a steel framed greenhouse that previous NC groups have …

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Be World Ready: School of Business and Management students gain global skills in Ireland

Students  from the College’s School of Business and Management had an opportunity to build their global competencies on an International Field Studies trip to Ireland during mid-term break.

“I have always wanted to go to Ireland, but when I found out I could go with the school and I would be able to gain transferable skills for my schooling or my career, it meant the world to me,” said Morgan MacLeod, a third-year student in the Business Administration – Human Resources (Co-op) program. “I never realized how similar Ireland and Canada really were.”