Student Bloggers

You’ve just touched down at the Sydney Airport after a grueling flight of stiff legs and a sore back. The time has finally come for the best semester of your life. But first things first; you have to go through Arcadia orientation. Here are 5 things that…

I knew when I started college that studying abroad was something I wanted to take advantage of. When it came time to plan and prepare, I found myself more nervous than excited. I knew that exploring another country for the first time was more important…

When I first pictured studying abroad in Italy, I envisioned warm weather, relaxing on gorgeous beaches, and spending weekends exploring the sun-drenched countryside. While I knew this would not be true for all of my time abroad, I did not consider just…

Always have a backup plan!Traveling around London is very easy….most of the time. Coming from a small rural town with zero public transport to a massive system that has overground trains, subways, and buses was quite the welcome change for me. At first…

How is education abroad different than at home? What has studying abroad taught you about yourself and others?  In the United States, I attend Colgate University, a liberal arts college with about 3,200 undergraduate students, located in a very rural…

You can taste the rainbow. In the US you sometimes hear people argue over which skittle tastes the best, but I think they all taste the same. In Scotland I could actually taste the difference between each skittle in a regular bag of skittles. Aldi is…

John, George, Ringo, and (my personal favorite) Paul. It is without a doubt that the Fab Four put Liverpool, UK, on the map. These witty and talented young men went from singing in sweaty clubs to not being able to perform live without crowd screams drowning…

The following is a repost from The Ohio State University Buckeye's Abroad page, which shares a mid-semester reflection from Addi Obermeyer, a current ISI Perugia - the Umbra Institute Student: “Studying abroad while I am young is very important to me…

Early on in my semester abroad in Christchurch, New Zealand, I didn’t know what to say when asked why I chose the country over other programs. I would usually ramble about just wanting to get far away from home and living some place else I hadn’t been…