Student Bloggers

Before you buy your plane ticket with some Italian romance in your eyes, I have to let you in on a few essential parts of studying abroad. See, there is this thing some professionals like to call “the emotional stages of studying abroad,” or as I like…

Homesickness is a real thing that you deal with when you are abroad. It can be challenging but know that it gets better. Here are my views on my homesickness so you can get a sense of what it might be like abroad.

Upon arriving in Perugia I was blown away by all of the beauty that surrounded me; the food, fashion, architecture, and above all else the beautiful people. The women of Perugia always seem to have tan, glowing and dewy skin (compared to the sweat that…

Every day the people around you go on trips, to new places you haven’t been, and have new experiences. And the only way you’re going to get in on it is by inserting yourself. It seems hard and super awkward when you’re talking to a friend and they say…

The thing about Rome is that it’s not a conventionally beautiful city. Most apartments are not freshly painted in the creamy pale shades that you will find outside the Spanish Steps, and the streets are not cleanly swept anywhere you’ll go. The sidewalks…

“Have fun storming the castle,” I yell to my twin sister as she walks toward airport security. My parting words seem odd to the strangers around me, but Cady immediately breaks into a smile. The line is a reference to the 1980s cult film (and family favorite)…

To begin, I’d like to introduce myself the best way I know how: I’m a reader.  I have been one my entire life.  It probably has something to do with genetics – my great-grandmother aspired to be a journalist and collected hundreds of books throughout…

By Tiffany D., Arcadia in London Summer, England Many people come back from studying abroad and say that it was a wonderful experience, their best decision ever, and that their time abroad was rather life changing. Students end up giving broad overviews…

I want to take a moment and talk about something we all have, and we all use: smartphones. They can make you feel like you’re right next to someone 10,000 miles away, but they can also completely detach you from something happening not 5 feet in front…