Author: Virginia Hammond | Major: Architecture | Semester: Spring 2023 For my 4th year of architecture school, in the Spring of 2023, I moved to Italy. I chose the Rome program for multiple reasons. I was interested in the historic architecture and art culture, as the...
Why I Love the Deutsche Bahn
Author: Michelle Clark | Majors: Biological Engineering, German | Semester: Fall 2022 One thing you will never hear Germans say is that they love the Deutsche Bahn. The Deutsche Bahn is the company in charge of intercity trains and is the source of many Germans’...
A Semester in Rome
Author: Vinny Gemmiti | Major: Architecture | Semester: Spring 2023 This program was chosen for me as it is perfect in fitting with my major and my degree path. Architecture is a very old and intelligent profession, and is a culture and form of art passed down through...
Take the Leap!
Author: Victoria Best | Major: Architecture | Semester: Fall 2022 Studying abroad was nothing I had ever considered much before. I am a person of habit. I like for things to be familiar and stay the same. So, studying abroad just never really crossed my mind. But,...
That Time when St. Peter’s Basilica was my Neighbor
Author: Ani Sudhakaran | Major: Architecture | Semester: Fall 2022 The Rome Center Architecture Program is really what sets the Fay Jones School of Architecture + Design apart from many other undergraduate architecture programs and a major reason why I chose the...
A Change in perspective: An Architecture Students Rome Study/Adventure Abroad
Author: Noah Berg | Major: Architecture | Semester: Fall 2022 As a requirement for graduation, the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design mandates that its students engage in a study abroad experience. Initially, I was uncertain as to the motivation behind this...
Exploration in Italy
Author: Andrew Popp | Major: Architecture | Semester: Fall 2022 My name is Andrew Popp. I’m an architecture student at the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design and I spent the fall 2022 semester abroad in Rome, Italy. I chose this program because it offered me...
A Semester in Rome
Author: Camila Salgueiro Ponce de Leon | Major: Architecture | Semester: Fall 2022 The past four months studying abroad in Rome was like experiencing a whole new world. I was thousands of kilometers away from anything I knew. Choosing the Rome architecture program was...
Experiencing and Photographing a Cohousing Community
Author: Kayla Ho | Major: Architecture | Semester: Spring 2022 My name is Kayla Ho and my capstone is about the lived social experience of a cohousing community. I’m doing a case study of Yulupa Cohousing in Santa Rosa, California using interviewing and photography as...
Community Engagement in Rural American Towns
Author: Cecellia Musgrove | Major: Bachelor of Architecture Rural communities face special issues related to loss of cultural identity, limited transportation options, limited economic opportunities, and opposition to growth. Revitalization efforts are often...