{"id":3146,"date":"2020-11-30T14:10:09","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T19:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/?p=3146"},"modified":"2020-11-30T14:10:09","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T19:10:09","slug":"a-love-for-learning-brings-mikheil-abashidze-class-of-2021-and-his-cooking-from-georgia-to-darden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/2020\/11\/30\/a-love-for-learning-brings-mikheil-abashidze-class-of-2021-and-his-cooking-from-georgia-to-darden\/","title":{"rendered":"A Love for Learning Brings Mikheil Abashidze (Class of 2021) \u2013 And His Cooking \u2013 from Georgia to Darden"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><span class=\"has-dropcap\">B<\/span>y Abigail Quinn<\/p>\r\n<p>Mikheil Abashidze, a member of Darden\u2019s class of 2021, is a citizen of Georgia, nestled in the Caucuses region of Eurasia. He came to Darden because of a fellow coworker he met while working in Tbilisi, Georgia: Mikheil heard his colleague\u2019s reviews of Darden\u2019s faculty, small class sizes, case method and career placement successes, inspiring him to move to Charlottesville with his wife to pursue his MBA at the Darden School.<\/p>\r\n<p>Mikheil earned his Bachelors of Finance while he lived in Georgia, where his family owns a vineyard. Though he has family roots in the country, he was eager to gain experience in other parts of the world. \u201cI wanted to move to a larger country and gain exposure to global business transactions\u2026. I always wanted to have an American experience before getting my MBA in the U.S.,\u201d he said. Thus, he moved to New York with his wife and went to work for Bank of America in a client-facing role. The move to the U.S., he said, was challenging as he \u201cfelt like [he] was learning and starting from the beginning.\u201d \u201cI always like challenges, though,\u201d he said, and learning about American culture and corporate attitudes was a major obstacle that he eventually overcame as he worked in sales, built a new and helpful social circle, and even became a father. After two years in that role with Bank of America, still driven by his goal to work in finance, he decided it was time to get his MBA.<\/p>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_3149\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3149\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3149 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/files\/2020\/11\/GFF19-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/files\/2020\/11\/GFF19-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/files\/2020\/11\/GFF19-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/files\/2020\/11\/GFF19.jpg 629w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3149\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mikheil prepared the grilled Georgian food at the 2019 Global Food Festival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<p>Recruiting and challenging coursework filled his first year at Darden, but a light during this busy period came in the form of the Global Food Festival, hosted every year by the Global Business and Culture Club (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.darden.virginia.edu\/mba\/culture-community\/clubs-organizations\/global-business-culture\">GBCC<\/a>). \u201cWhen I heard about the festival, I knew I wanted to show my country,\u201d he said. Along with his wife and another Georgian classmate at Darden, he created assorted dishes for students and faculty to try at the festival, including khinkali, which are meat-filled dumplings, and khachapuri, a cheese bread. The group from <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/2019\/09\/13\/2019-global-food-festival-showcases-cultural-diversity-at-darden\/\">Georgia won the Best Food Award<\/a> at the festival, and the incredible event solidified Mikheil\u2019s interest in becoming more involved in GBCC. As his first year at Darden came to a close, Mikheil considered which organizations he wanted to seek leadership positions, and his positive experience with GBCC\u2019s programming immediately came to mind. \u201cI knew that I wanted to continue my contribution to this club,\u201d he said. \u201cI also wanted to continue learning about different cultures, and I love meeting people from different backgrounds,\u201d he said. Mikheil now contributes his passion for global learning and cultural inclusion by serving as GBCC\u2019s executive vice president in his second year at Darden.<\/p>\r\n<p>This year brought challenges for student club leaders, not least GBCC; having a large, in-person Global Food Festival, GBCC\u2019s hallmark event, was simply not possible during the COVID-19 pandemic. The GBCC board decided to put the event entirely online; \u201cwe knew we couldn\u2019t just cancel such a popular event,\u201d Mikheil said. Transitioning the Global Food Festival to the virtual environment <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/2019\/09\/13\/2019-global-food-festival-showcases-cultural-diversity-at-darden\/\">was a huge success<\/a>, and positive feedback from their online events encouraged them to continue providing online events. This year, GBCC began to create city guides for international Darden students \u201cto help them see what different U.S. cities have to offer, especially as they recruit for jobs all over the country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\r\n<p>Mikheil is also thinking about in which city he may be next. \u201cMy idea is to go into the finance field, gain experience, and then start my own business,\u201d he said. He likes the idea of combining finance and consulting to help clients navigate complex financial decisions and he attributes this dream to his Darden classes, especially those in entrepreneurship, that gave him the tools he needs to make his entrepreneurial venture a reality. No matter where Mikheil goes next, he will take his love of learning &#8211; and, of course, his cooking and culture \u2013 with him.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Abigail Quinn Mikheil Abashidze, a member of Darden\u2019s class of 2021, is a citizen of Georgia, nestled in the Caucuses region of Eurasia. He came to Darden because of a fellow coworker he met while working in Tbilisi, Georgia: Mikheil heard his colleague\u2019s reviews of Darden\u2019s faculty, small class sizes, case method and career [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":3150,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[90244,36749,36733,79136],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe-russia","category-international-affinity-club","category-international-student","category-student-perspective","post_format-post-format-image"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.10 (Yoast SEO v28.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A Love for Learning Brings Mikheil Abashidze (Class of 2021) \u2013 And His Cooking \u2013 from Georgia to Darden - Center for Global Initiatives<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"30 November 2020 By Abigail Quinn Mikheil Abashidze, a member of Darden\u2019s class of 2021, is a citizen of Georgia, nestled in the Caucuses region of Eurasia. He came to -\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/2020\/11\/30\/a-love-for-learning-brings-mikheil-abashidze-class-of-2021-and-his-cooking-from-georgia-to-darden\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Center for Global Initiatives - A Love for Learning Brings Mikheil Abashidze (Class of 2021) \u2013 And His Cooking \u2013 from Georgia to Darden\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"30 November 2020 By Abigail Quinn Mikheil Abashidze, a member of Darden\u2019s class of 2021, is a citizen of Georgia, nestled in the Caucuses region of Eurasia. He came to -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/2020\/11\/30\/a-love-for-learning-brings-mikheil-abashidze-class-of-2021-and-his-cooking-from-georgia-to-darden\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Center for Global Initiatives\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-11-30T19:10:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/files\/2020\/11\/Headshot1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1003\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"724\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lauren Wallace\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Lauren Wallace\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/international\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/30\\\/a-love-for-learning-brings-mikheil-abashidze-class-of-2021-and-his-cooking-from-georgia-to-darden\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/international\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/30\\\/a-love-for-learning-brings-mikheil-abashidze-class-of-2021-and-his-cooking-from-georgia-to-darden\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Lauren Wallace\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/international\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/221cc390ec8caf7d1ce141f0e8038278\"},\"headline\":\"A Love for Learning Brings Mikheil Abashidze (Class of 2021) \u2013 And His Cooking \u2013 from Georgia to Darden\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-11-30T19:10:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/international\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/30\\\/a-love-for-learning-brings-mikheil-abashidze-class-of-2021-and-his-cooking-from-georgia-to-darden\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":707,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/international\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/international\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/30\\\/a-love-for-learning-brings-mikheil-abashidze-class-of-2021-and-his-cooking-from-georgia-to-darden\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/international\\\/files\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/Headshot1.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Europe &amp; Russia\",\"International Affinity Club\",\"International Students\",\"Student Perspective\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/international\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/30\\\/a-love-for-learning-brings-mikheil-abashidze-class-of-2021-and-his-cooking-from-georgia-to-darden\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/international\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/30\\\/a-love-for-learning-brings-mikheil-abashidze-class-of-2021-and-his-cooking-from-georgia-to-darden\\\/\",\"name\":\"A Love for Learning Brings Mikheil Abashidze (Class of 2021) \u2013 And His Cooking \u2013 from Georgia to Darden - Center for Global Initiatives\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/international\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/international\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/30\\\/a-love-for-learning-brings-mikheil-abashidze-class-of-2021-and-his-cooking-from-georgia-to-darden\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/international\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/30\\\/a-love-for-learning-brings-mikheil-abashidze-class-of-2021-and-his-cooking-from-georgia-to-darden\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/international\\\/files\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/Headshot1.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-11-30T19:10:09+00:00\",\"description\":\"30 November 2020 By Abigail Quinn Mikheil Abashidze, a member of Darden\u2019s class of 2021, is a citizen of Georgia, nestled in the Caucuses region of Eurasia. He came to -\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/international\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/30\\\/a-love-for-learning-brings-mikheil-abashidze-class-of-2021-and-his-cooking-from-georgia-to-darden\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/international\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/30\\\/a-love-for-learning-brings-mikheil-abashidze-class-of-2021-and-his-cooking-from-georgia-to-darden\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/international\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/30\\\/a-love-for-learning-brings-mikheil-abashidze-class-of-2021-and-his-cooking-from-georgia-to-darden\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/international\\\/files\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/Headshot1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/international\\\/files\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/Headshot1.png\",\"width\":1003,\"height\":724},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/international\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/30\\\/a-love-for-learning-brings-mikheil-abashidze-class-of-2021-and-his-cooking-from-georgia-to-darden\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/international\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"A Love for Learning Brings Mikheil Abashidze (Class of 2021) \u2013 And His Cooking \u2013 from Georgia to Darden\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/international\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/international\\\/\",\"name\":\"Center for Global Initiatives\",\"description\":\"Enhances global business education at Darden\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/international\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/international\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/international\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"UVA Darden School of Business Global Voices\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/international\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/international\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/international\\\/files\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/darden_mngrm_shrt_h_rgb_200x500-01.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/international\\\/files\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/darden_mngrm_shrt_h_rgb_200x500-01.png\",\"width\":1042,\"height\":417,\"caption\":\"UVA Darden School of Business Global Voices\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/international\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/international\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/221cc390ec8caf7d1ce141f0e8038278\",\"name\":\"Lauren Wallace\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/08b8ed72c962d6a22d8f369cf1d79a4fbc84ac4894a56e50f3d8fbb32aaffc31?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/08b8ed72c962d6a22d8f369cf1d79a4fbc84ac4894a56e50f3d8fbb32aaffc31?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/08b8ed72c962d6a22d8f369cf1d79a4fbc84ac4894a56e50f3d8fbb32aaffc31?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Lauren Wallace\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/international\\\/author\\\/wallacel\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"A Love for Learning Brings Mikheil Abashidze (Class of 2021) \u2013 And His Cooking \u2013 from Georgia to Darden - Center for Global Initiatives","description":"30 November 2020 By Abigail Quinn Mikheil Abashidze, a member of Darden\u2019s class of 2021, is a citizen of Georgia, nestled in the Caucuses region of Eurasia. He came to -","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/2020\/11\/30\/a-love-for-learning-brings-mikheil-abashidze-class-of-2021-and-his-cooking-from-georgia-to-darden\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Center for Global Initiatives - A Love for Learning Brings Mikheil Abashidze (Class of 2021) \u2013 And His Cooking \u2013 from Georgia to Darden","og_description":"30 November 2020 By Abigail Quinn Mikheil Abashidze, a member of Darden\u2019s class of 2021, is a citizen of Georgia, nestled in the Caucuses region of Eurasia. He came to -","og_url":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/2020\/11\/30\/a-love-for-learning-brings-mikheil-abashidze-class-of-2021-and-his-cooking-from-georgia-to-darden\/","og_site_name":"Center for Global Initiatives","article_published_time":"2020-11-30T19:10:09+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1003,"height":724,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/files\/2020\/11\/Headshot1.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Lauren Wallace","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Lauren Wallace","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/2020\/11\/30\/a-love-for-learning-brings-mikheil-abashidze-class-of-2021-and-his-cooking-from-georgia-to-darden\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/2020\/11\/30\/a-love-for-learning-brings-mikheil-abashidze-class-of-2021-and-his-cooking-from-georgia-to-darden\/"},"author":{"name":"Lauren Wallace","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/#\/schema\/person\/221cc390ec8caf7d1ce141f0e8038278"},"headline":"A Love for Learning Brings Mikheil Abashidze (Class of 2021) \u2013 And His Cooking \u2013 from Georgia to Darden","datePublished":"2020-11-30T19:10:09+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/2020\/11\/30\/a-love-for-learning-brings-mikheil-abashidze-class-of-2021-and-his-cooking-from-georgia-to-darden\/"},"wordCount":707,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/2020\/11\/30\/a-love-for-learning-brings-mikheil-abashidze-class-of-2021-and-his-cooking-from-georgia-to-darden\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/files\/2020\/11\/Headshot1.png","articleSection":["Europe &amp; Russia","International Affinity Club","International Students","Student Perspective"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/2020\/11\/30\/a-love-for-learning-brings-mikheil-abashidze-class-of-2021-and-his-cooking-from-georgia-to-darden\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/2020\/11\/30\/a-love-for-learning-brings-mikheil-abashidze-class-of-2021-and-his-cooking-from-georgia-to-darden\/","name":"A Love for Learning Brings Mikheil Abashidze (Class of 2021) \u2013 And His Cooking \u2013 from Georgia to Darden - Center for Global Initiatives","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/2020\/11\/30\/a-love-for-learning-brings-mikheil-abashidze-class-of-2021-and-his-cooking-from-georgia-to-darden\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/2020\/11\/30\/a-love-for-learning-brings-mikheil-abashidze-class-of-2021-and-his-cooking-from-georgia-to-darden\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/files\/2020\/11\/Headshot1.png","datePublished":"2020-11-30T19:10:09+00:00","description":"30 November 2020 By Abigail Quinn Mikheil Abashidze, a member of Darden\u2019s class of 2021, is a citizen of Georgia, nestled in the Caucuses region of Eurasia. He came to -","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/2020\/11\/30\/a-love-for-learning-brings-mikheil-abashidze-class-of-2021-and-his-cooking-from-georgia-to-darden\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/2020\/11\/30\/a-love-for-learning-brings-mikheil-abashidze-class-of-2021-and-his-cooking-from-georgia-to-darden\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/2020\/11\/30\/a-love-for-learning-brings-mikheil-abashidze-class-of-2021-and-his-cooking-from-georgia-to-darden\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/files\/2020\/11\/Headshot1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/files\/2020\/11\/Headshot1.png","width":1003,"height":724},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/2020\/11\/30\/a-love-for-learning-brings-mikheil-abashidze-class-of-2021-and-his-cooking-from-georgia-to-darden\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"A Love for Learning Brings Mikheil Abashidze (Class of 2021) \u2013 And His Cooking \u2013 from Georgia to Darden"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/","name":"Center for Global Initiatives","description":"Enhances global business education at Darden","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/#organization","name":"UVA Darden School of Business Global Voices","url":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/files\/2022\/01\/darden_mngrm_shrt_h_rgb_200x500-01.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/files\/2022\/01\/darden_mngrm_shrt_h_rgb_200x500-01.png","width":1042,"height":417,"caption":"UVA Darden School of Business Global Voices"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/#\/schema\/person\/221cc390ec8caf7d1ce141f0e8038278","name":"Lauren Wallace","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/08b8ed72c962d6a22d8f369cf1d79a4fbc84ac4894a56e50f3d8fbb32aaffc31?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/08b8ed72c962d6a22d8f369cf1d79a4fbc84ac4894a56e50f3d8fbb32aaffc31?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/08b8ed72c962d6a22d8f369cf1d79a4fbc84ac4894a56e50f3d8fbb32aaffc31?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Lauren Wallace"},"url":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/author\/wallacel\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}