@Lakievia Johnson, MBA, CAPM, PMP I am two weeks into BUSI887. I just turned in Task 1 and I am submitting Task 2 to Ryan this week. I will say that the highlight of my academic career has been traveling with LU Send. The Semester at Sea was a blast and the only way to take classes. I taught Entrepreneurship at Tel Aviv University and was able to get credit for an International Business course. Israel was awesome. I was able to travel with the school to Lebanon, Syria, The West Bank, Palestine, and Jordan. We had IDF escorts and watched ISIS and HAMAS village from a mountain top. We drove through mine fields and one Jeep slid off the road. It was crazy cool. And, everything we hear about the Middle East in the U.S. is an outright lie. I served over there in the Army as well so that might be why I liked it so much. Israelis want to earn a living, feed their families, and educate their kids. Palestinians want to earn a living, feed their families, and educate their kids. Would you like to guess how Palestinians do all those things? They do it in Israel. The average Palestinan loves Israel. And, vice-versa. Israel is the number 1 provider of Healthcare, education, and jobs for Palestinans. Palestinian women are not allowed to go to school. Their parents send them to Israel for their education. I sat in on a meeting with HAMAS. It was crazy. They don't hide their goal at all. Destroy Israel and kill the Jews. That is their one goal. And the Palestinans want no part of it. HAMAS holds them hostage. Palestinians are not allowed to travel to other Muslim countries. How many times did you hear that while people ran around in the U.S. supporting HAMAS. Anyway, if you get a chance to travel, jump on it. They have short trips as well. I think most are a week long. But, I love travel so I spent several semesters doing it. And you can get credit if you do it right. Let me know if you have any questions. Todd

@Lakievia Johnson, MBA, CAPM, PMP, I want to note that you can be very creative with LUSend. Liberty is highly flexible, allowing students to design programs aligned with their career goals. The credits for the courses I completed through LUSend were not included in my program. I was able to make up my own courses and get course swaps for some of them. Israel - International Business Semester at Sea - International Study Abroad Week-Long Business Cruise - Cross-Border Commerce Southern Brazil - International Business Internship with ISA (International Studies Association These are a few of the trips I took. I also received funding for these trips. Albeit, you are responsible for locating the funding. It is feasible, and you can design it so it appears on your transcript. Most doctoral programs worldwide require graduates to demonstrate fluency in at least two languages. This means you can learn a language overseas as part of your studies. And, receive financial aid to do it. Good luck in your search. Again, if you need help, let me know.

Oh crap, Guys. I apologize. When Ryan and I met this weekend, I wrote down Wednesday for Office Hours. I will not be able to make it tonight. I scheduled a meeting for tonight. I will be there for Office Hours Saturday and for the Colloquium Sunday. I apologize. Ryan, I will just send you Task 2 via messenger here. Again, I apologize.

I have told you this before, but this program is already light years ahead of every other program I have seen or been involved with during my academic journey. These new refinements appear to widen that already expansive gap.