Last day in Europe. It's been fun and I want everyone to know it's worth it to go and study abroad. I want to end by saying the bike tour was the best.
Author: Jim Tanoos
James Tanoos, Ph.D., is a Clinical Associate Professor at Purdue University. He has worked in various roles in higher education for more than 19 years in Indianapolis, West Lafayette, Terre Haute, and Vincennes. He earned his Bachelor’s degree from Purdue University, his Master’s degree from Indiana University, and his Doctorate from Purdue University. Before he entered higher education, he worked as an intern for Volume Services, a supply-chain partner for the Minnesota Twins in Minneapolis, MN (1998), in marketing/operations for Conseco in Carmel, IN (1999-2001), and as the department head for the Sen. Byrd Amendment (Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000) in the US Customs and Border Protection office in Indianapolis, IN (2001-2005).
Jim taught graduate courses in each of the three higher education institutions in his hometown of Terre Haute IN: Indiana State University, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, and Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He was an Assistant Professor and Associate Professor (2006-2015) at SMWC, where he served as the faculty assembly president for two consecutive terms, and was an instructor from 2006-2015 at ISU via the College of Technology through the Corrections Education Program (CEP) at the US Penitentiary as well as via the Scott College of Business. A signature project at both institutions involved the integration of the Indiana Pacers collegiate ticket selling competition into his sales course curricula. Jim's background as an employee at Purdue University involves a stint as an adjunct in West Lafayette and Purdue Polytechnic Lafayette from 2004-2008, and he has also been an instructor in the Purdue Honors College, Purdue College of Education’s Gifted Education Research and Resource Institute program, and Purdue Polytechnic’s ProSTAR/D-Tech graduate program. He completed the Purdue Center for Intercultural Learning, Mentorship, Assessment, and Research (CILMAR) advanced intercultural-pedagogy grant (IPG) cohort as well as VEIL (Virtual Experiential Intercultural Learning) and COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning) projects where his students worked with undergraduate peers in the Netherlands and Germany. Jim is a GIL (Growing Intercultural Leaders) Level 3 fellow and has led Study Abroads to Europe since 2017 (non-pandemic).
He has published articles in more than forty-two international journals and has presented academic work at more than twenty-seven international academic conferences on a range of disciplines including international economics, supply chain management, educational pedagogy, operations management, and industrial technology, including the invited keynote presentation at five international conferences. Jim participates in editorial review for several global academic journals and is a peer-reviewer for the Higher Learning Commission in Chicago, IL., where he received a peer corps award for 10 years of service in 2023. He is a longtime avid fan of Purdue football and basketball (as well as IU basketball).
https://polytechnic.purdue.edu/profile/jtanoos
Day 11 – Study Abroad – Charles
Seeing and being able to utilize the bike lanes spanning all across the city was a real highlight to the trip for me personally. Having been my favorite method of travel back when I was younger it brought out some great memories going through the old neighborhoods and streaking downhill in the underground paths at [...]
Day 11 Cody Phillips
Today is the day before I go back home to Indiana. So this last reflection is just to let you all know this has been enjoyable experience going around Europe and making new friends on this SA. Cody Phillips
Day 11 Rotterdam – Kaitlyn Grace
Day 11 - Rotterdam The highlight of my day would have to be dinner at Rhoon Castle. The location was beautiful, and the dinner they served was delicious. I’m glad we had the opportunity to network a little bit with some of the Rotary members in and around our meal.
Day 10 Rotterdam – Kaitlyn Grace
Day 10 - Rotterdam Getting to Rotterdam was certainly taxing, what with all the train rides, but I’m happy to find that it’s a beautiful city. I’m artistic, so seeing all statues, installations, and paintings around the city was super interesting. The nightlife also seems really cool.
Day 10 Cody Phillips
Today I had a long train ride Rotterdam. Then had a city tour and food tasting of Rotterdam which was pretty cool. Also got to see the cube houses Cody phillips
Day 10 Rotterdam- Chris W
Rotterdam is a melting pot of cultures and is full of diversity because many groups of people have moved here and brought their cultures with them. This was very obvious when we took the food tour because the food origins came from a wide variety of other countries. Normally, once a food is brought into [...]
Day 9 Luneburg/ Hamburg- Zach Zumbuhl
Today was a side detour to meet up with a new friend. He lives in a quaint little town called Luneburg. This town like several other small towns is filled with locals who seem to slow down quite a bit compared to the hustle and bustle of Hamburg. This was originally a salt mining town [...]
Day 10 – Sean Taylor
We went and ate Dutch food today. Dutch food is pretty good.
Dsy 10 – Study Abroad – Charles
The sudden starts, stops, and blending between old and new architectural styles throughout the city caused by the bombings during WW2 gives it a very unique feel compared to the more consistently traditional styles of previous cities we have visited in Europe. Showing that the people are able to move with the times while still [...]
