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...
Deutschland Diplomacy
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...
Seoul Searching
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...
When In Rome: Life Lessons from Studying Abroad
Author: Anna Mathis | Majors: Agriculture Communications, Agriculture Leadership | Semester: Fall 2023 I have officially been home for a week from my study abroad experience, so I feel prepared to wrap up my last blog of the semester with the aid of family time, extra...
The S is Silent: Navigating Language and Life in France
Author: Sophie McAdara | Major: Political Science | Semester: Fall 2023 In French, like any language, there is a never-ending list of rules in pronunciation and grammar. However, the biggest lesson I learned during my program was to turn away from my typical...
An Unforgettable Fall in Florence
Author: Maggie Green | Major: Journalism | Semester: Fall 2023 Ciao! My name is Maggie Green. I am a Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences Journalism major, and I studied in Florence, Italy for a whole semester with CIS Abroad! In the fall of 2023, I studied travel...
Finding My Place
Author: Jennifer Sandoval | Major: Interior Architecture and Design | Semester: Fall 2023 Now that I have returned home and have had time to reflect on the past semester that I spent in Rome, I am finally able to put into thought and words just how amazing of an...
Ciao Bella!
Author: Eden Isbell | Major: Interior Architecture and Design | Semester: Fall 2023 It's currently 9:14pm on a Friday night and as I struggle to find the perfect words to describe my experience studying abroad I find there are simply not enough words to do the...
A Successful Semester in Rome
Author: Erin Fleming | Major: Supply Chain Management | Semester: Fall 2023 Hi, my name is Erin Fleming! I am a Junior Walton Honors Student majoring in Supply Chain Management with minors in Information Systems and Economics. I spent a semester abroad in Italy at the...
New Experiences and Perspectives in Aix-en-Provence, France
Author: Tyler Kuper | Major: Computer Science | Semester: Fall 2023 My experience studying abroad this past fall semester was my first time leaving the country and I had no idea what to expect. Sure I did my research and watched all the YouTube videos, but I hadn’t...