Tucked in the northern reaches of Sweden, the city of Skellefteå carries an energy that feels quietly ahead of its time. Today, our cohort visited Skellefteå University for a workshop unlike anything I had experienced in a traditional classroom setting and fittingly, that contrast became the entire point. The workshop brought together a mix of […]
18 Hours and 9 Time Zones: Orange County to the Arctic Circle
Posted on June 1, 2026 Written by
By Henry Carey, with more to come from Matt Ho. I left Orange County’s freeways, strip malls, and donut shops behind on May 30, and didn’t stop moving for 18+ hours. A transatlantic flight, a layover in Stockholm, then one final short hop north. Nine time zones ahead of Pacific, and by the time I […]
The Land of the Midnight Sun: Study abroad Scandinavia 2026 course
Posted on May 31, 2026 Written by
Hello readers, Donald and Rose are here live in Sweden currently. We are eager to introduce ourselves to the community. We our both in the Chapman MBA Flex program. Our blog name is Sunshine, and we are looking forward to shine some light on our time here with all the readers. We are both international […]
From L.A. to Scandinavia: Selling Green and What We’re Here to Find Out
Posted on May 31, 2026 Written by
Hi everyone! We’re Heba Baker and Josh Garcia, and we’re excited to introduce ourselves before we head out on this trip. Heba joined Chapman’s MBA flex program in Spring 2025, and Josh has been at it since Fall 2024. Between the two of us, we bring backgrounds in operations, business development, and marketing, along with […]
From L.A. to the Land of the Vikings: Our Trip to Scandinavia
Posted on May 29, 2026 Written by
Hi everyone, we’d like to introduce ourselves to the online world! Our names are Vincent Tapia and Arman Kayhan-Mahd, and we are also known as the AV Post. We both joined the MBA flex program at Chapman in August of 2024. We are both expected to complete our MBA program in December 2026. We have […]
Welcome to California!
Posted on June 13, 2024 Written by
After two weeks, two countries, and several cities, our journey through Scandinavia has come to a close. While we learned much on this trip, the Valhalla Visionaries will continue our quest for knowledge and hope to bring back a little bit of Scandinavia with us in our daily lives. This experience has left us wondering: […]
Farewell to Finland
Posted on June 13, 2024 Written by
We’re writing our final blog post while waiting to leave Helsinki airport! What an adventure Helsinki was. After landing in Helsinki, we explored the popular downtown area and got pizza together with a large group. We were surprised to learn that there was a less distinct downtown area like we had seen in areas of […]
Last Stop – Helsinki!
Posted on June 13, 2024 Written by
The last but not least stop on the trip was Helsinki! We visited two businesses in Helsinki which provided us with information about immigration and innovation in Helsinki. Business Helsinki is located in the heart of the city and specializes in business development. They offer services in R&D, connections with investors, and hold events to […]
AI and Modern Art?
Posted on June 12, 2024 Written by
Hi everyone, it’s been a while since our visit to Linköping University and Imagimob. We were so busy exploring Sweden that we didn’t get a chance to sit down and give you a recap of what happened so far. Linköping was a little town with “such a cute square” while Stockholm was much bigger and […]
Scandinavia’s Sustainable Servers
Posted on June 12, 2024 Written by
Today, hundreds of millions of terabytes of data are generated by users everyday. On top of that, extra space and computational power are needed to store, pull, and process said data to generate the information, utilities, and entertainment we take advantage of daily. As consumers, we often don’t worry about the physical location of our […]
