Author: Savannah Busch | Major: Public Health Throughout the spring 2022 semester, I completed thesis work to fulfill honors requirements for Public Health majors in the Health, Human Performance, & Recreation Department of the College of Education and Health...
A Hot Spanish Summer
Author: Eva Allen | Major: Public Health Despite the European heat wave of the century, Spain was the perfect place for me to spend the summer going into my senior year of college. I chose to study Spanish at Nebrija University in Madrid. As a Spanish minor, I wanted...
Adaptation: Not Just a Biological Phenomenon
Author: Tyler Merreighn | Majors: Public Health and Biology My name is Tyler Merreighn, and I am a senior in the College of Education and Health Professions and Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences. I am majoring in public health and biology with a minor in medical...
Currachs and Crosses: Connections Made in Ireland
Author: Peyton Jobe | Major: Public Health Introduction to the Folklore and Ethnology of Ireland– from the name of the class, I expected fairy tales and old wive’s tales. While I did learn about fairies, and their surprisingly dark history, the most memorable lessons...
Summer in Salzburg
Author: Emerson Kaiser | Major: Public Health I chose AIFS Summer in Salzburg as my study abroad experience because my study abroad advisor pointed it out to me and explained how other U of A students had been and had great things to say about the program. I had still...
Future Public Health Leaders Program
My most significant project during my time there was applying for a grant involving funds for behavioral health services for refugees.
The Lessons Learned Along the (Gal)way
Author: Alex Maldonado-Lopez | Major: Public Health “Is traveling really for me?” During my lifetime, I’ve left the state of Arkansas only to ever venture to Barcelona, Texas, Missouri, and drove through Mississippi and Alabama to get to Florida. My first year of...
Finding Normal in Madrid
Author: Savannah Busch Major: Public Health Hi, my name is Savannah Busch and I am a Public Health major with a Spanish minor on the pre-medical track. After my junior year, in July of 2021, I studied abroad with the company API on a program titled Summer...
The In-Between
Author: Peyton Jobe Major: Public Health According to most, I got lucky. I love my classes and my professors at the U of A more than I could have ever expected, to the point where I have never once considered changing my major. To some, this may...
Cadavers, Cathedrals, and Checkpoints in Cyprus: A blog about my multidimensional study abroad experience
Author: Tyler Merreighn Majors: Public Health and Biology Situated in the eastern Mediterranean Sea only an hour’s flight from Athens and the Middle Eastern cities of Beirut and Tel Aviv, Cyprus’ history has largely been shaped by an interplay of...