Author: Natalie Ross | Majors: Political Science and Latin American & Latino Studies I have dreamt of studying abroad for years, and I am grateful for the Honors College Study Abroad Grant for giving me the opportunity this summer. I studied Spanish in Granada,...
Cate Mertins Summer in Spain at Saint Louis University Madrid Campus for Walton College of Business
Author: Cate Mertins | Majors: Accounting and Food Science I chose to do the summer program at Saint Louis University Madrid Campus because of the school’s international student population, its option to live with a host family, and my personal familiarity with the...
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...
A Traveler, not a Tourist
Author: Lily Racassi | Majors: International Business and Supply Chain This summer, I participated in the University of Arkansas’s Spanish in Madrid study abroad program to study Spanish at Universidad Antonio de Nebrija. I took a total of 4 courses (12 credits) that...
Learning Day by Day
Author: Mackenzie Mollner | Majors: Spanish and Political Science Arriving in Madrid, I was immediately taken aback by the richness of the city, a city covered in layers. The weight of being a young constitutional monarchy, while also existing as a country for over...
Madrid Shenanigans
Author: Carson Haller | Majors: Environmental, Soil, & Water Science and Psychology From the first moment I arrived in Madrid, the vivacity of city-life has been coursing through my veins. Cacophonously honking horns, chirping crosswalks, and humming metros have...
Abroad in Barcelona
Author: Chloe Bowen | Major: Economics I chose this program because I wanted to gain cultural exposure and learn to grow outside of my comfort zone. I took two classes at UAB: International Economics and City Planning and Architecture. International Economics helped...
Eskerrik Asko, A Summer in Donosti
Author: Cecelia Schneider | Major: Psychology Donosti, the Basque word for San Sebastían, is where I spent the Summer of 2022! I had no idea when choosing my program that I’d get to experience the synthesis of two different cultures: Basque and Spanish. Since Donosti...
My Summer in Spain: Surfing, Siestas, and Spanish
Author: Rae Woods | Major: International Business Marketing As an international business marketing student in the Sam M. Walton college of business, studying abroad seemed to me an incredible opportunity to take what I learned in the classroom and exercise its...
Ordinary Culture
Author: Mackenzie Crook | Major: Psychology My name is Mackenzie Crook, and I am a senior honors student in the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences. I am majoring in psychology and minoring in Spanish, and I hope to be a pediatric physical therapist. I...