CEA is a company made up of passionate travelers and global citizens. We live for visiting new places, love experiencing foreign cultures, and dream about life-changing adventures. Consequently, our work reflects who we are as people and how we see the world.
Almost every CEA employee has studied, worked, or lived abroad. Our goal, therefore, is to help college students have the kinds of amazing experiences that we, ourselves, have enjoyed. Due to our collective passion for what we do, service is what makes CEA stand out from the rest of the crowd in the study abroad arena. We pride ourselves on being proactive with student interest, following up with student needs, and providing full student support in every stage and facet of the study abroad process.
Now that you know why we’re here, I’ll explain a little bit about exactly what we do. Currently, CEA offers hundreds of programs in 25 cities throughout Europe, Central/South America, Asia, and the South Pacific. Students on our programs have many choices regarding the exceptional academic institutions they attend and the unique courses they take. For example, students in a Renaissance course at the CEA GlobalCampus in Florence were able to visit the off-limits restoration laboratories in the Uffizi and watch experts repair famous works of art! I’m confident that practically any student can find a CEA program that is perfectly suited for him or her. Plus, CEA works closely with students and home institutions to acquire program pre-approval and ensures that all students receive transcripts for their course work upon completion of their programs.
However, CEA is not only about academics. We want our students to have the experiences of a lifetime and make memories they will never forget. So, we have a CEA office with onsite staff located in every one of our host cities. These members of the CEA family support our students 24-hours a day, letting them in on local secrets, meeting them for dinner, and organizing activities to get them involved in the local culture. We’ve certainly seen pictures of more than one of our staff members taking salsa lessons with students in Buenos Aires or making exquisite French chocolates with students in Paris. The most fun is usually had on the group excursions organized by the onsite staff during semester and summer programs. In fact, I’ll never forget the pictures a CEA Rome student sent me after her excursion to Pompeii or those of the CEA London student who visited Stonehenge!
So, if you are the kind of student who wants not only to see the world but experience its wonders too, I’m positive that I can help you. There’s just one catch- you must promise to send me a postcard once you get there!