Student Bloggers

In big, bold, black letters on the Arcadia website, the headline to entice the reader to consider the program at University of the Western Cape (UWC) reads “Study where student activism made powerful democratic change.” As a Georgetown University student…

I cannot believe that it has been 2 weeks since I have arrived in London. Time has passed so quickly and it feels like home already. I have never lived in a city, so that has been a really big adjustment. I have dodged traffic, walked over 10 miles every…

Believe it or not, I am the third member of my family to study abroad in South Africa. It’s probably a pretty cool place to travel, right? I figure, both my brother and sister can’t be lying when they say this country changed their lives. So, I figured…

My home school, St. Mary’s College of Maryland is a quaint college in a small town and only has about 2,000 students. The transition from my home school to the enormous, fast pace city of Rome will be a crazy experience that I am tremendously ecstatic…

As I sit in my flat enjoying a cup of coffee and a gorgeous sunny morning in Galway, I can’t help being grateful for how well these first few days have gone. As many of my friends and family were aware, I was a ball of nerves before my arrival in Ireland…

I can’t believe it’s already been a week since my journey has begun! Exactly a week ago, I was sitting on a plane, leaving the US for the first time and en route to Europe. After a week of unpredictable sleep schedules and numerous orientation talks…

I’d be lying if I said I’ve started packing. I’ve started...thinking about it. That counts, right? I’m not quite in “frantic packing mode” just yet, but give it another week and I’m sure I will be. The study abroad folks at The College of Wooster (my…

As I sat down to write this first blog post, I began to reflect about the exciting adventures I will have during my study abroad experience in Scotland. I’ve been dreaming about the opportunity to study abroad since I was in high school, though trying…

The beginning of a new year always seems to be accompanied by a slew of New Year’s Resolutions featured in blog posts and shared on various social media, with this year being no exception. However, among my young adult friends I noticed a common trend…