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ROSS S AY H E L L O T O A few weeks studying with Jacksonville University’s Center for Global Teaching & Learning in Sorrento, Italy, has given Breanna Anderson a taste for traveling and studying in Europe. “I am hoping to get my master’s in business administration in London, England. Not everything is planned out, but I know I want to travel and learn more,” said Anderson, a political science major with business and communications minors. And that’s just what Dr. Annmarie Kent-Willette, Executive Director of Global Teaching and Learning had in mind when she established the Center and secured a partnership with the Sant’Anna Institute. “For me, study abroad is an integral part of education, necessary to prepare students for life in an increasingly global community,” Kent- Willette said. Travel and study abroad have been a part of Kent-Willette’s world for as long as she can remember. To this day, she still has a childhood scrapbook full of postcards from family and friends travelling the world, including study abroad students her extended family hosted during their time in the United States. So, it’s no surprise that she incorporates travel into her career as professor and chair of communications. F E AT U R E S 31