NSU Horizons Spring 2014

13 HORIZONS By Michelle F. Solomon S ara Gawish studied Shakespeare in London and Spanish in Spain the summer before she graduated fromNova Southeastern University with a double major in marketing and management. “When you travel, you realize how much there is to learn and how to relate to people from all backgrounds,” she said. Now, in her job as a sales associate with Entertainment Cruises in Hoboken, New Jersey, Gawish said the experience continues to resonate. “It helped me to become more worldly and inquisitive. I want to talk to international visitors, find out more, and have conversations with them. It also gave me a level of under- standing I didn’t have before.” Pharmacy student Danielle Lerch had an eye-opening experience in Slovakia when she learned “a completely different side of pharmacy” that she said “broad- ened her view of the profession.” Alixandra Tucci, a junior finance major at the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship, not only received on-the-job training during an internship at an investment manage- ment firm in Fort Lauderdale, but she received a part-time salary. “Getting paid when you’re a college student is always helpful,” she said. As a university that began by training people who already had real-life and work experience under their belt, it’s no sur- prise that NSU focuses on the future of its students’ careers by providing myriad opportunities. Study abroad programs, paid and unpaid internships, and clinical