LET’S TALK WAKE TECH TRAVEL: Recent Episodes
Jeff Myers
The travel experiences of Wake Tech students, staff, faculty and community members PLUS other travel and study abroad topics
Australia and New Zealand meet and greet is full of excited students who have waiting a long time for this. Hear their excitement!!!
Wow is this 2023 Greece and Italy group excited about going abroad. Wait until you hear them at the meet and greet event 2022
Finland and Estonia are two countries you have to visit. The air quality, the water, the smiles, the food, the quality of life are amazing.
Ciara, Luxor, Aswan Egypt was life changing in every way for our Wake Tech participants. Egypt is a place of history and has the sites that you will see nowhere else in the world.
What a beautiful city in Colombia. Bogota, high in the mountains is cool, wet, beautiful and safe! Went there in June 2022 for five days and am glad I did.
Yaroslav is a Ukrainian student from Wake Tech who gives me his outlook on what is happening in his country
Yaroslav gives his views on Putins war on his country and what he thinks is going to happen next!!!
Guatemala City is not nearly as scary as the news has made it out to be. This four day trip was a 10 outta 10 and you will see why.
My trip to Sophia Bulgaria was incredible. A very affordable, beautiful and interesting city. My trip included seeing Sophia, going to North Macedonia, taking a communist tour and just relaxing and taking in the sights.
My solo trip to Tlblisi Georgia was incredible!! I would give it an A plus!!! Hear about my trip to the Caucasus mountains, my wine tour and just the overall impressions of this great country! Oh yeah, there is a George Bush highway!!!
My trip to Colorado and Wyoming was a replacement for my cancelled Equador trip due to Covid. It was certainly not a disappointment!!!!
Update on Jeff’s South and Central America trips cancellations, trip to Denver, Maddy Halls time in Austria and our new Accounting 121 course being taught in Salzburg 2022
Skylar Owens changed her major from pre-med to international business after her study abroad trip in 2019 to Salzburg Austria. Hear what’s she is up to!
Enny is a student from Nigeria who attends Wake Tech. She comes from a beautiful country that has changed dramatically in the last 20 years. She talks with me about her experience in America and what she misses back home.
Coming to America from another country to go to school is harder than one might think. Our culture is much different and for a lot of international students, the task of making friends with Americans is impossible. Francis talks coming to America from Ghana and explains the difficulties `
Silvia Ying is our new Wake Tech president of the international virtual club. She is from China and is right out of high school one semester ago. Silvia is very outspoken and outgoing. She has already done a great job building up the club. Hear her interview on the podcast
Nick was the student who went to Austria to learn German and wear the traditional Austrian clothes. You should see Nick in the Lederhosesn!
Henton Morton has been to 23 countries, 20 cruises and is definitely a world traveler. Henton is a Senior Detective in Raleigh and has been on our Wake Tech Board of Directors for the last two years.
Kyla Sanderson, a recent graduate of UNC Charlotte in Marketing landed her dream job a month after graduation. Kyla went with Wake Tech back in 2018 to Salzburg Austria and was part of a large group. She loved the trip and made a ton of friends. Congrats Kyla!
Ms. Rodriguez went with us to Austria summer 2019. She now wants to travel the world and is planning to head to Thailand for her 21st B day! Hear her take on traveling and what she is studying to complete her 4 year degree.
Mexico City offers more than you can imagine. A city with 22 million people, pyramids, museums and biking incredible restaurants. Yes, it is safe. I will tell you all about it.
Back in 2016, I visited a place I always wanted to see since the fall of Communism in 1989. Romania is beautiful, affordable and has a mix of the present and past. It’s a place you want to go for sure.
Katherine López became a lot less shy after her trip with us last year to Salzburg. She has not only come out of her shell but can talk travel with anyone anytime! Katherine graduated from Wake Tech and is now pursuing a degree in International business and then going into law. Katherine is so excited to talk Salzburg and about the friends she made abroad. Hear her story!!!
Cathy Rowley, our first non traditional student who joined us back in 2017 to Salzburg Austria. Cathy fit into the group just like everybody else on the trip. Cathy just returned from a March 2020 trip to South Africa! She loves to travel.
Griffin Lafayette talks about his 2019 Salzburg experience. Definitely a life changing event for him. Griffin made a lot of friends and is looking forward to heading to Australia and New Zealand in 2021 with Wake Tech.
My trip to Panama in 2018 was enlightening for sure. The Panama Canal, new town, old town, a new subway system, a shopping mall one mile long, great people and inexpensive. Here my take along with Tyler Clark’s take on why Panama should be on your travel bucket list.
Nick Ssad, a former student of mine at Wake Tech talks about Syria, his home country. Syria has been in a civil war since 2011 and the war has forced millions of Syrian people out of their country. Nick came to the USA in 2012 and is one of the millions who had to give up his country and relocate to another country.
Getting Study Abroad on your resume, making life-time friends, getting something to be motivated about and building up CONFIDENCE are the main reasons why a college student should study abroad. There are a lot of other reasons too. Listen and find out
Justen Bethel talks Salzburg 2018, the friends he has made and what this summer trip did for him. That trip was Justen’s first flight and trip out of the country. You can guess he was extremely excited. Now, he is finishing his college career in Supply Chain Management and really hopes to be working for Cisco... His dream job!!
Dr. Amin Asfari of Wake Tech discusses Islamophobia and touches on the high profile 2015 triple murder case in Chapel Hill, NC. His cousin along with his cousins wife and his cousin’s wife’s sister were murdered by a white neighbor over parking. This event sparked rallies locally, nationally and worldwide. Hear him talk on the podcast.
Forbes Dixon teaches economics at Wake Tech and for the two past summers has taught with me in Salzburg Austria. He loves Austria! Hear his overview on how the trip impacts student success.
Nobody to date on this podcast sounds more excited to talk about studying in Salzburg Austria! Aubrey, who lives in Raleigh but is from Toronto Canada cannot stop thinking about and talking about that three week trip. Trust me, you will hear it on this episode!
Damanpreet went with us to Salzburg in 2017 and is a recent graduate of William Peace University. She is looking into getting her Masters in the fall. She was a 2017 participant to Salzburg and loves travel. She is from India and loves Canada of which she has been there now 10 times. At Wake Tech she ran a very successful international friends club and coordinated two major shows full of talented singers, dancers and guest speakers. Hear her thoughts on being a traveler.
Claudia Martinez Lopez was our 2017 Wake Tech tour guide in Cuba and was awesome! Claudia talks Cuba culture, touring Americans around the island, education in Cuba and what Cuba has done to curve the Covid 19 pandemic.
Jeff Myers interview on the Michael Eure show 3-3-2020. Jeff Myers answers questions about Wake Tech’s study and travel abroad programm
If you have ever traveled with me and Wake Tech you probably know Mr. Clark. Tyler is a character who loves to travel the world. Hear his thoughts on travel and what it has done for him. (Tyler Tours!!!!!!)
Want to know what’s this podcast is about? What about the differences between travel and Study abroad? How much are the trips? How do we decide where to go? How do I get prepared for a trip? Are the trips safe? How do I sign up? Get your answers to the most common questions on this episode of Let’s Talk Wake Tech Travel
Jackson is known as the mystery man! He loves to go to those places that for most are the unknown, such as Bulgaria. Jackson has been to about 20 countries since 2017 and spent one month in Turkey and Northern Cyprus. Hear where else he plans on traveling when the pandemic is over
Fiaunna Shivers went with us to Eastern Europe back in 2013 and since then has traveled to Brazil, Gambia and Senegal. Fiaunna Shivers was our 2014 Wake Tech graduation commencement speaker and was one of my students early 2012-2013. She has big big plans on moving to Africa in the next couple years. She has a lot to share in this podcast about how she sees travel.
Julian David loves travel and caught the travel bug big-time. Julian overall loved Austria but did experience a few examples of racism in Europe. Julian is planning on seeing the world and is currently getting his pilots license so he can see the world.
Simon is the General Manager of the company that took me into North Korea back in 2007. Simon has been to North Korea 175 times, more than any other Westerner. He organized and helped get Dennis Rodman into the country for the big basketball match back in 2014 and also leads incredible adventure tours to Far East Russian, Mongolia, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan.
Samantha Cinelli has now been to 20 plus countries since her 2014 trip to Qatar including Israel three times. She is a graduate of UNCW and majored in International business. Samantha talks all about how the class, the trip to Qatar shaped her future!
Kelly Rawers has been traveling since going on her first trip with us back in 2012. She has been to Western Europe, Southeast Asia, Costa Rica-Nigaragua and in 2017 CUBA!
In 2014, Wake Tech and William Peace University along with 12 students and three faculty members got to experience the world’s richest country, Qatar. We will look briefly at the country of Qatar, then we will hear from the past participants who were lucky enough to go and camel ride, participate in a desert safari, tour the Islamic museum and get to take a class at the Qatar University. I took the history of oil class!
Nick Bonner is the founder of Koryo Tours and has taken thousands of westerners into the DPRK (North Korea). Nick is also a world renown film maker and has produced award winning films on the country and including working with Michael Palin on the Michael Palin in North Korea documentary. My talk with Nick Bonner is an honor and it was great to reconnect.
No student has had more of an impact from Study Abroad. Anna Grace Wynekan is addicted to Europe and has been back multiple times since 2017. She has nannied and has passed on the travel bug to her dad who loves Portugal. Here her talk about how travel has shaped her future.
Dr. Shirley McLaughlin is an extensive traveler and is so fun to travel with. She has traveled with Wake Tech three times to South Korea, Dubai and Salzburg Austria. Dr. Shirley shares her experiences around the world. She is a Professor at NC Wesleyan College.
Ali Adams, the first student to sign up on our study abroad Salzburg trips back in 2015, talks travel and it’s impact on her.
Grant Smith talks about his travel with Wake Tech to Costa Rica/Nicaragua and Dubai plus he shares what has motivated him to get a Masters Degree in International Business!
Magen talks about her experiences with the travel abroad trips, all 5 of them with Wake Tech and one solo with EF tours. Megan keeps adding up those countries and is a lot of fun to travel with.
Billy Poole talks about not only his experiences with traveling with Wake Tech but what he has decided to do as a career, thanks to all his traveling with us!
This podcast series is all about traveling with Wake Tech Community College in Raleigh,NC. My name is Jeff Myers and I teach and coordinate their travel and study abroad programs. I will be talking with past travelers from students, faculty, staff and community members that have been on one of our many trips since 2012. I will also be discussing upcoming destinations, how to prepare for studying abroad, coming back home as well as look at many topics internationally that affect our travels good and bad.
McKinna has been to 27 countries including our 2016 Salzburg study abroad and our 2017 trip to Havana Cuba! She has a way with her words and can describe places like a pro.
Jackie Henderson has been on four Wake Tech travel abroad trips including Western Europe, Spain, Asia and most recently, the Ireland, Wales and England trip in 2019. Both Jackie and her husband Ivan are addicted to traveling and have most recently done a European summer tour of 10 countries in 2019.
Jimmy has gone now to 27 countries and has traveled with Wake Tech travel abroad to Western Europe, Asia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Cuba, Peru and Dubai
Courtney was one of our first travelers with Wake Tech Travel Abroad. Courtney has gone with us on four trips and is addicted to travel.
Chuck has visited Costa Rica three times and went with Wake Tech to Peru back in 2018. Chuck loves Central America.
Just an introduction to what is about to come including past testimonials from student experiences on study and travel abroad trips