First Generation Students
Rebar, Ritual, and Roots
Author: Elliot Ruegsegger | Major: Biology | Semester: Summer 2025 After one delayed and three sleepless flights later, I had arrived in my first country overseas. India. I got through customs and filled out a missingluggage form. It was only when I stepped into...
Irish I Could’ve Stayed Forever
Author: Victoria Hudson | Major: SEVI | Semester: Summer 2025 This summer, I studied abroad in Dublin for eight weeks, while interning at a local nonprofit. I worked Monday through Thursday, so while I was in the office four days a week, I was still able to travel...
Summer in Sorrento
Author: Zachary Johnson | Major: Biology | Semester: Summer 2025 Just a few weeks ago I was spending time at home with my family in Fayetteville, Arkansas. When I think back to that time it seems really crazy to think that I have traveled so far and experienced so...
Castles, Monasteries, and Guinness. Oh My!
Author: Gabriella Miller | Major: Anthropology | Semester: Summer 2025 This summer I had the amazing opportunity to participate in an archaeological field school program with the Irish Heritage School, located in Birr County Offaly, Ireland. Ireland has always been...
My Scandinavian Summer
Author: Camilla Green | Major: Interior Architecture : Semester: Summer 2025 As of May 2025, I had never left my home country (the United States), much less my home state (Arkansas). Stepping on board my first international flight, I was filled with every emotion...
Living the Myth: It Doesn’t Get “Feta” Than This
Author: Zaynab Eubanks | Majors: English, History | Semester: Summer 2025 While scrolling through the HogsAbroad page, one program instantly caught my eye: Classics in Greece, led by Dr. Daniel Levine and George Paulson. I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect—just...
Learning about the Renaissance through Exploration
Author: Meghan Lucas | Majors: History, Anthropology | Semester: Summer 2025 My name is Meghan Lucas, and this Summer 2025, I traveled to Rome, Italy for five weeks. I went to the University of Arkansas’s Rome Center to participate in the new Self-Fashioning in...
Health and People in Ireland
Author: Zaqariah Qureshi | Major: Biochemistry | Semester: Summer 2025 This summer, I had the opportunity to participate in a faculty-led study abroad trip to Ireland. We surveyed the healthcare system of Ireland and toured interesting, unique projects in the...
Irish I Could’ve Stayed Forever
Author: Victoria Hudson | Major: Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Venture Innovation | Semester: Summer 2025 This summer, I studied abroad in Dublin for eight weeks, while interning at a local nonprofit. I worked Monday through Thursday, so while I was in the office...
Blastoff on the Emerald Isle!
Author: Bryan Le | Major: Computer Science | Semester: Summer 2025 Cold, rainy, and overcast. Many foreigners, and even the Irish, associate those three words with typical day-to-day life in Ireland. However, if you’re lucky during your visit or stay for two months...
