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MY YEAR IN THE U.S. WAS A REMARKABLE EXPERIENCE
Meet BAFF Professional Internship Program alumnus Linas Medelis, who recently returned from his internship at a construction company …
BAFF RESEARCH SCHOLAR LINDA LANCERE ON HER PROGRAM EXPERIENCE
My name is Linda Lancere and in July 2020 I returned from Baltic American Freedom Foundation Scholar program…
MARTIN ROOTARE’S EXPERIENCE IN REAL ESTATE SECTOR IN NEW YORK
For the past 9 months, I have been working in New York City as a Sales and Acquisition Associate for a boutique real estate brokerage firm in…
ADVENTURES IN SAN DIEGO // FALL ENRICHMENT TRIP 2019
San Diego had the ideal weather and gorgeous seaside for the activities the interns had for their Enrichment Trip…
LEADERSHIP ACADEMY MEETS D.C. ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN BALTIC AND AMERICAN AFFAIRS
At the tail end of their NY/DC excursion, the 2018 Leadership Academy students were the honorary guests at a briefing…
LEADERSHIP ACADEMY 2019 – IN THE WORDS OF ANGELA MELLY KULAVIIR.
Coming to America is a dream come true for me and while I tend to dream big, setting my high expectations, I know that thoughts and reality are two different things…
SEA DOGS BISCUITS, DANCE CAMS AND SLUGGER!
July 11th, the 4th day of BAFF Leadership Academy, was the day we were assigned to develop our first project during the program for a Minor League baseball team called Portland Sea Dogs…
LEADERSHIP ACADEMY’S LAST VISIT AT CIEE: PRESENTS NEW BUSINESS IDEAS
Friday, July 26th, the students teamed up and presented their new business ideas to a panel of judges…
LEADERSHIP ACADEMY MEETS ALBERT ZULPS FROM SKANSKA
On Monday, July 22nd, the Leadership Academy Students had the opportunity to meet Albert Zulps, Regional Director of Virtual Design, Innovation and Construction at Skanska, USA…
AMERICA FROM BALTIC EYES: FIRST IMPRESSION AND PERSONAL THINGS – IN THE WORDS OF AGNE STAUPELYTE
The most interesting thing for me being here is to observe how people act. Is there something I should learn from them…
LEADERSHIP ACADEMY UP BRADBURY MOUNTAIN: IN THE WORDS OF GABRIELA LENERTA
On 14th of July BAFF Leadership Academy students including me went on a hike to a hill. We arrived there in the morning.
LEADERSHIP ACADEMY PRESENTS SEA DOGS PITCH
Today, the Leadership Academy students held presentations on finding solutions to make Portland, Maine’s baseball team, the Sea Dogs, popular…
LEADERSHIP ACADEMY LEARNS IMPROV: IN THE WORDS OF AGNES STAUPELYTE
Leadership Academy students started off their second day of the BAFF-funded Entrepreneurship course by with an introduction to basic improvisation skills, led by design thinker/ improv performer Dan Ryder…
SWEET SOUTHERN GETAWAY: 2019 ENRICHMENT TRIP IN CHARLESTON, SC
The next two days were innovation management training with Arnaldo Arnal from IXL Center, assisted with BAFF PIP Intern, Regita Zeila…
RESEARCH SCHOLAR STUDIES ERGONOMICS AND INSPIRES
Latvian Research Scholar, Henrijs Kalkis, had an enriching experience at Pennsylvania State University in the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering department…
ADVENTURES AT BRAND ASSEMBLY, NYC: AN INTERN’S EXPERIENCE
It would not be possible without the Baltic American Freedom Foundation that enabled me to experience big city life and have my hands on fashion industry
2018 NASHVILLE ENRICHMENT TRIP
BAFF Fellows enjoyed a lively four-night stay in the grand city of Nashville, Tennessee for the Fall 2018 Enrichment Trip…
MY BAFF PROFESSIONAL INTERNSHIP HELPED ME TO LEARN MORE ABOUT MY OWN COUNTRY AND ITS HISTORY
Before leaving for her one-year long internship to New York, Agnieška Avin had imagined learning more about the sometimes complicated American history and lose herself in the bustling streets of the Big Apple…
A DAY FOR PORTLAND SEA DOGS: IN THE WORDS OF LA PARTICIPANT, RASMUS KALEP
Hi, blog! Today was a really fun day. Like every other day, this one was special as well. Today we focused on a baseball team – the Portland Sea Dogs…