Author: Aly Blackwell | Major: Food, Nutrition and Health| Semester II 2024 Since my last blog post, my study abroad experience has become even better by the second. During session two of my DIS summer, I began a new course titled Postcolonial Europe: Narratives,...
Author: Maci Brouillette | Major: Biological Engineering | Semester: Summer 2024 In the two weeks I spent in Ghent, Belgium in May as part of the Sustainability in the European Food System program, my outlook on how to implement sustainable practices has changed...
Author: Courtney Wilmoth | Major: Chemical Engineering | Semester: Summer 2024 Relaxing with my feet in a koi pond under the spring sun, eating ruby red strawberries, and feeling decadent chocolate melt on my tongue. These were not the experiences I had imagined when...
Author: Sierra Cates | Major: Biological and Agricultural Engineering | Semester: May 2024 In just two short weeks, my time in Belgium has irrevocably changed my perspective as an upcoming biological and agricultural engineer. I chose to attend this course because of...
Author: Gwen Keith-Powell | Major: Environmental, Social, and Water Science | Semester: May 2024 Sustainability has always been something I knew I would go into, as I have been passionate about climate issues and environmental activism since middle school. However, I...
Author: Sydney Talley | Major: Environmental, Soil, and Water Science | Semester: May 2024 In May 2024, I spent two weeks in Ghent, Belgium. Those two weeks felt like both two seconds and two months simultaneously. During that time, my class of eleven traveled to...
Author: Kyla Clouthier | Major: Agribusiness | Semester: Summer 2024 From the moment my study abroad cohort left the Brussels Airport in Belgium, it was a surreal experience. Cobblestone streets and gothic architecture gave the impression we had traveled back in time...
Author: Samantha Edwards | Major: Food Science | Semester: May 2023 Intersession Hello! I am Samantha Edwards, and I am a food science major in the Bumpers college! This past 2023 May intersession I studied abroad in Ghent, Belgium through the Sustainability in the...
Author: Catherine Warren | Major: Biological Engineering | Semester: May 2023 Intersession Before attending college, I knew that I wanted to study abroad, and I am so grateful that the Honors College has given me the opportunity to achieve this dream of mine. Going...
Author: Owen Collins | Major: Environmental, Soil, and Water Science | Semester: May 2023 Intersession My study abroad program in Belgium was focused on topics of sustainability, particularly in Europe’s food system. I decided to apply for this program because as an...