Imagine you were giving the opportunity to move to Prague and had to, at a moments notice, had to find a place to live, open a bank account, obtain a loan and start a business to support yourself, and find ways to invest your money. That is the puzzle that the 2019 Cohort had to solve during their Culture Immersion Exercise. The Cohort visited the offices of International Study Programs (the architects of this international tour) to participate in a practic...

Bright and early, the 2019 Cohort walked to the Radisson Blu Alcron Hotel to meet with the General Manger, Michal Chour. The Alcron is a historical hotel in the City of Prague. Built in 1932, it remained independent during the German occupation of Czechoslovakia only to be seized by the communist government after the war. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the hotel returned to private ownership and closed. In 1996, it changed ownership and the ne...