Student Bloggers

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…

When I first learned my Theatre class was going to see Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest at the National Theatre, I had doubts as to whether I would actually enjoy the two hour and forty five minute production. Once the show began, though…

When I finalized my decision to study abroad, the first thing I knew I definitely wanted to do wasto go on a solo trip. Living in a new country is one hurdle, but I wanted to give myself the experience of traveling fully on my own, without program coordinators…

I am a student-athlete playing lacrosse at Tufts University, and studying abroad has always been something I dreamed of doing. However, after finishing the spring season just before the fall I had planned on going abroad, my team competed in the National…