As Will Cooper, from Norristown, PA, enters his junior year at James Madison University, he is excited to further explore his passions in writing and screenplay as part of his curriculum. This study abroad trip presented him with an opportunity to do just that. As an Intercultural Communications Studies major, Will held a timid skepticism of how he could develop his writing and communications skills entering the Urbino project, considering the project is focused on Media Arts and Design. Now, as the writer for his group, Will has found a smooth cooperation between his prior experience and the new aspects of media he is learning and he is starting to understand how the two work in tandem with each other. Another aspect of Will’s enthrallment with the program lies in his desire to have new experiences while traveling. Will has never left the east coast of the United States in his life, and was looking for a way to, quite literally, expand his horizons. Will is grateful for the opportunity to be immersed with Urbino culture and surrounded by great friends and professors.
