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Culture & Career Exploration

Current or former Exploratory students will have the opportunity to travel to abroad to participate in a culture and career exploration trip. During the Spring semester students will register for a course to engage in career exploration and preparation for the trip.

The Spring 2026 experience was to Florence, Italy.
Plans for the Spring 2027 experiences to Florence, Italy and Curitiba, Brazil are underway.

A group photo of Exploratory students with Dr. Laura in front of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy.

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A city scape photo overlooking Florence, Italy.

Exploratory students arrive at the KSU Florence Center.

A small produce market in Florence, Italy.

A group photo of Exploratory students with Dr. Laura in front of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy.

A photo of the Ponte Vecchio in Florence, Italy.

Exploratory students get a tour of Florence from Dr. Andy Wyatt

A student poses for a photo on a bridge with the Arno River in Florence, Italy behind them.

A group of students take a selfie with the Arno River in Florence, Italy behind them.

Four Exploratory students sit on top of a ledge overlooking the Arno River in Florence, Italy.

Four Exploratory students take a photo in the mirror while in Florence, Italy.

A student sits on the ledge of the Arno river in Florence, Italy.

Exploratory students take a photo in front of the lost & Found in the airport.

A small street side produce market in Florence, Italy.

A photo overlooking Florence, Italy from a high view point.

An Exploratory student wears a virtual reality headset at the Galileo Museum in Florence, Italy.

Students hard at work in a cooking class in Florence, Italy.

Two students take a selfie with their cones of gelato in Florence, Italy.

A KSU professor talk with a student in front of an exhibit in the Galileo Museum in Flornce, Italy.

Exploratory students learn to make pasta in a cooking class in Florence, Italy.

4 students sit on a bench in Florence, Italy.

Exploratory students participate in a food tasting at Mercato Centrale in Florence, Italy.

Exploratory students making food in a cooking class in Florence, Italy.

Exploratory students grouped together as they explore the streets of Florence, Italy.

A student poses for a photo on a bridge with the Arno River in Florence, Italy behind them.

Exploratory students sit around a table eating the food they made in a cooking class in Florence, Italy.

A group of Exploratory students take a selfie in front of the Trevi Fountain in Rome, Italy.

Students stand under their umbrellas on a rainy day in Rome, Italy.

The Exploratory students stand outside the CUE on Kent State's campus before leaving for Florece.