Author: Mary Claire Stewart | Major: Animal Science | Semester: Summer 2022 Hi! My name is Mary Claire Stewart, I am in the Dale Bumpers college of Agricultural, Food, and Life Sciences. I interned abroad with API and spent the summer of 2022 based in Sydney,...
A Summer in Kenya: Experiencing Life without a Time Table
Author: Jenova Kempkes | Major: Biomedical Engineering | Summer 2022 I recently spent the summer of 2022 in Kisumu, Kenya. When I left the country, I quite frankly had no idea what I was going to be doing for the next two months. After arriving in the country, I was...
A Summer in Amman: Learning about Female Empowerment through Economic Development Policy
Author: Karlie Barnett | Majors: Political Science and History | Semester: Summer 2022 Loud honking, masses of moving cars, yelling in Arabic: all of these sensations met me as I made my journey into the city center of Amman, Jordan. I was, frankly, overwhelmed, but...
Working from Around the World
Author: Caroline Johnson | Majors: Criminology and Sociology | Semester: Spring 2022 Hi everyone! My name is Caroline Johnson, and I’m double majoring in criminology and sociology in the Fulbright college here at the University of Arkansas. This past semester, I was...
Interning Abroad: The Challenges and Laughs that Last for a Lifetime
Author: Abigail Joray | Major: Communication Sciences and Disorders | Semester: Spring 2022 My name is Abigail Joray and I am a third-year student majoring in Communication Sciences and Disorders and minoring in Medical Humanities within the College of Education and...
Making the Most of Africa Online
Author: Maegan Pelletier | Major: Business Management Academics This summer I was given the opportunity to participate in a virtual internship with the Eswatini Cane Growers Association. I volunteered at a non-profit organization in 2018 in Kenya and was thrilled at...
Wanting to visit the Eternal City? Don’t Forget a Laptop Charger!
Author: Katie Strickland Major: International & Global Studies; Political Science It was a January afternoon in Fayetteville, Arkansas (so naturally, it was 70 degrees and sunny). It was only the second week of classes for the Spring...
A Techy Farmers Market: Interning for EcoLocal in Barcelona
My name is Taylor Caudle and I currently have a virtual international internship with EcoLocal, a tech startup located in Barcelona, Spain! EcoLocal focuses on connecting their shoppers to local artisans and farmers near them through their app EcoLocal Market. The...
Learning More than Expected
Author: Raiyan Syed Major: History, Economics Hi, my name is Raiyan Syed. I’m a History and Economics double major with a Spanish Minor. I spent part of my summer from July 1, 2018, to July 31, 2018, interning at Grameen Bank in Dhaka, Bangladesh. My internship was...
Saving Local Coffee in Spain
Author: Casey Campbell Major: Accounting In Valencia, Spain, I worked for Barissta, a young start-up company for 8 weeks. It’s an app that offers an online platform for independent specialty coffee shops to compete with large chains such as Starbucks and Dunkin...