<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2020/giacomo-cantoni-year-in-italy.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>02/24/2020</pubDate><title>The Benefits of Beginning My College Career Abroad</title><description>It has been a little over a year since I spent my first semester as a student at the University of New Haven’s campus in Tuscany, Italy. Looking back, I formed new friendships, gained independence, and developed an appreciation and understanding of other cultures, as I took part in an experience that will impact me long into the future.</description><hide-description/><author>Giacomo Cantoni ’22</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>February 24, 2020</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/news/non-college-specific/blog/2020/first-year-italy.jpg" alt="Image of Giacomo Cantoni ’22"/></image><image-caption>Cantoni visited Paris, France while abroad.</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>year-2020</tag></tags></item>