Rachel Sweningson | Major: English Education | Semester: January Intersession 2024 My friends and I have a running joke that I’m too communicative for my own good. Put me in a room, and I gravitate to the person who needs to talk about their day. Catch me on a long...
Author: Grace Martin | Majors: Chemical Engineering, Food Science | Semester: January Intersession 2024 I had a plethora of reasons for wanting to study abroad in Montevideo, Uruguay and Buenos Aires, Argentina. I wanted to practice Spanish, I wanted to learn...
Author: Victoria Savage | Majors: International Studies, Asian Studies | Semester: January Intersession 2024 Hi! I am Victoria Savage and this January intersession, I participated in Korea University’s Winter International Campus and took Beginner Korean I. I am a...
Author: Blake Sooter | Major: Industrial Engineering | Semester: January Intersession 2024 For a history buff and engineering student, one would be hard-pressed to plan a better start to the new year than studying abroad in Rome. Its immense history as one of the...
Author: A.J. Navarro | Major: Finance | Semester: January Intersession 2024 I’ve always been surrounded by Korean friends growing up. Since high school, they would always chat in Korean together and would try to include me by teaching me some basic words. It was a fun...
Author: Kevin Zhao | Major: Biology | Semester: January Intersession 2024 While abroad in Prague, I took the class “Czech Culture, Food, and Brewing Tradition.” I chose this program specifically because of this unique class it offered. Although one can experience any...
Author: Amanda Thomsen | Major: Economics, Mathematics | Semester: Fall 2023 If you’re a prospective traveler to the Netherlands, you may across the word “gezellig” in many of the travel blogs about things and terms to know about Dutch culture you Googled before...
Author: Maddox Townsend | Major: Architecture | Semester: Fall 2023 My semester at the University of Arkansas Rome Center has been unlike any other. As a required aspect of the bachelor’s degree in architecture, I chose to go to the Rome in my fifth-year fall semester...
Author: Steicy Lopez | Major: Economics | Semester: Fall 2023 The National Model United Nations serves as a global competition providing students with valuable exposure to research, negotiation, public speaking, and critical thinking skills. Students engage in...
Author: Hyunseo Seok | Major: Biomedical Engineering | Semester: Winter 2023-2024 Academics In 2002, I was born in South Korea. However, due to my father’s employment, our family immigrated to the United States when I was about two years old. Ever since, I visited...