Part of my daily routine involves researching things that may have an impact on our students in Ireland. Along with my colleague Tom, we have been doing this for quite some time and the last few months, with no students on the ground, has been no exception… More
Each year at midnight mass I am always grateful to call Inniskeen my home county in Ireland. As soon as the reader (usually someone who reads Kavanagh very well) hits the podium, I know it is Christmas. Patrick Kavanagh from Inniskeen in County Monaghan… More
Once upon a time (in March of this year), a study abroad office of staff, busy at their desks in Dublin were told to pack up and go home! Our students had already been directed by their own government officials to return to the States but now staff in… More
A few years ago I completed Mental Health First Aid training as an employee of the University. Since the training, they send out regular updates on mental health related topics and this week I would like to share some of those. In their recent update… More
FOMO, the fear of missing out, was added to the Oxford dictionary in 2013 and is, according to many sources as “a feeling of anxiety or insecurity over the possibility of missing out on something, as an event or an opportunity”. Back in March, before… More