Author: Matthew Wilson | Major: Architecture When arriving to Rome, it was very stressful to get through the airport since I had never been there before and listening to the employees not speaking English. Throughout the first week of the semester, walking around and...
Author: Isai Castaneda | Major: Architecture Ciao! My name is Isai Castaneda, and I am a fifth-year student studying architecture at the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design. I just recently returned from an absolutely magical and eye-opening semester abroad in...
Author: Benjamin Ebbesmeyer | Major: Architecture Walking towards St. Peter’s Cathedral in Vatican City I looked at my roommate and said, “pinch me, I must be dreaming.” As cheesy and cliché as it sounds, I truly felt that I may have been dreaming. I was in Rome,...
Author: Hannah Gray | Major: Architecture One of the main reasons I was so drawn into the architecture program at the University of Arkansas was the required semester abroad. I was determined before I even got accepted that I would spend that semester in Rome and I...
Author: Kayla Ho | Major: Architecture Honors College Fellow Kayla Ho spent a semester studying abroad in Rome, Italy at the University of Arkansas Rome Center. During the fall 2021 semester, she had the opportunity to live in and learn about the city, with its unique...
Author: Shiloh Bermis | Major: Architecture I don’t believe that I will ever forget my very first impressions of the Eternal City of Rome. Fresh off a charter bus from the airport and battling intense jetlag, myself and my roommates were spit out onto the sidewalk,...
Author: Emily Wilcox | Major: Architecture …and neither was my study abroad experience. To address this blog, I decided to keep a weekly blog of my experiences. I would like to share some excerpts to sum up my time in Rome. Week One Everything here is different. Every...
Author: Kristin Rouse | Major: Architecture My name is Kirstin Rouse, and I’m a 5th Year architecture student in the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design. My study abroad experience took place in the Summer of 2021 in Rome, Italy. I am very excited at the...
Author: Angela Brown | Major: Architecture My name is Angela Brown, and my college is the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design. I am an architecture student pursuing a minor in interior design and a second minor in history of architecture and design. For ten...
Author: Mary Beth Barr Major: Architecture Academics A study abroad semester is required by my major, but I had the choice between studying in Mexico City or Rome. I chose Rome because of its immense architectural history...