After growing up in Rome, then living in Sydney, Australia, and New York City, moving to Kokomo was a bit of a culture shock for Flavio Zampilli. “I’m still looking for skyscrapers,” he said, laughing, but said that he found the right place to enhance his professional skills, earning a bachelor’s degree in Medical Imaging Technology from Indiana University Kokomo.

The campus provided the lifestyle he needed to focus on his studies, as well as caring professors in the Division of Allied Health Sciences and staff in the Office of International Student Services who helped him succeed. He previously earned a degree in radiological technology in his native Italy, and said the professors there are not readily accessible to students.