Tim Markey ’12 – Orientation for students at the University of York has finally ended, and on Monday the academic adventure begins. Of course, I’ve already had quite an adventure getting here […]
Study Abroad
Terence Sullivan ’12 – I live in a castle … My study abroad experience is, guaranteed, completely different than any other student’s. I am studying at Harlaxton College in Grantham, about ninety […]
Marc Parroquin ’12 – The most difficult thing about coming here is knowing that I will soon have to leave it behind. Buenos Aires has made me appreciate many things that I […]
Jake Peacock ’12 – Black pudding is definitely NOT pudding, at least in the conventional American sense of pre-packaged little cups which are sack-lunch diet staple. I learned that the hard way […]
Reed Hepburn ’12 – Stereotypes are wonderful things. Yes, I realize that this sounds like exactly the kind of perspective that studying abroad is supposed to dismantle. But if you don’t believe […]
A series of adventures in Toledo and Barcelona. Featuring Michael Opieczonek ’09.
At precisely 9:00 in the morning, my cell phone blares some digitized jingle while vibrating furiously. The window is open but the shades are drawn—allowing just enough of the cool morning air […]
The similarities between “extranjero” (foreigner) and “extraño” (strange) are becoming increasingly obvious. I am in a different world.
How exactly am I going to be getting to Valencia tomorrow?
As mentioned in the previous note, I’ve been spending my summer at the East China Normal University in Shanghai. I picked this place because I thought it would be a great environment […]
Cliff Hull ’11 – I recently returned from my semester abroad studying in the Netherlands. After I finished my exams, I left Leiden with a couple of friends . Through the non-profit […]
It’s already been two weeks since I moved to East China Normal University in Shanghai to work on my senior seminar research. I try to spend my time here in a productive […]
