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Samantha Finegan
  • Class of 2013
  • Palm Springs, CA

Palm Springs Student Samantha Finegan Studies in Italy Through USD Program

2011 Nov 30

University of San Diego student Samantha Finegan of Palm Springs is studying in Rome, Italy this fall.

Modern Rome, the political capital of Italy, is filled with unforgettable architecture, art, culture, and fashion and serves as a hub of international business and diplomacy. The academic program in Rome is offered in conjunction with CEA Global Education. Students take courses at the CEA Global Center as well as at John Cabot University that are designed with components that expose students to the language, culture, business, politics, and history of Rome. Students are engaged in academic visits to galleries and museums, the city council chambers, local businesses, food markets, artisan's workshops, as well as first-hand encounters with artists and architects, local business people, writers, curators and Italian students.

Finegan is majoring in business administration and plans to graduate in Spring 2013.

USD is ranked first in the nation for the percentage of undergraduate students studying abroad, according to the Institute of International Education's latest Open Doors Report. More than 71 percent of all USD undergraduate students study abroad.

The University of San Diego is a Catholic institution of higher learning chartered in 1949; the school enrolls some 7,800 undergraduate and graduate students and is known for its commitment to teaching, the liberal arts, the formation of values and community service. The fall 2007 establishment of the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies brings the University's total number of schools and colleges to six. Other academic divisions include the College of Arts and Sciences and the schools of Business Administration, Leadership and Education Sciences, Law and Nursing and Health Sciences.