by Elayne Smith | May 15, 2017 | Australia/New Zealand, Comm & Info Sciences, Exchange, Semester
While the buzz of life on campus restarted, while my friends started filling their agendas and while others studying abroad started taking off for their adventure, I have been stuck in a weird kind of limbo. As a future exchange student at the Queensland University of...
by Spencer Main | May 15, 2017 | Comm & Info Sciences, Europe, Exchange, Semester
Once I stepped off the plane at London Gatwick, I felt as if I was in the middle of dream. Everything was different. The people talked funny and the signs I had to follow were different than the ones in America. Flash forward almost an entire month and I still feel as...
by Sarah F | Apr 5, 2017 | Europe, Exchange, Semester, _
I have lived in France for a little over three months now, and every day is still an adventure. My exchange program is placed in Tours, France, and idyllic and quaint French town about an hour train ride outside of Paris. This little town, located along the Loire...
by McKenzie M | Apr 3, 2017 | Australia/New Zealand, Exchange, Semester, _
Lemonade is actually sprite. Thongs are flip flops. Toasties are sandwiches. And everyone screams “Yeeew!” when they’re excited. Tim Tams are delicious and Aussie guys will make any girl swoon! This first week in Australia was nothing less than...
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by Emily P | Mar 25, 2017 | Asia, Commerce & Business, Exchange, Semester, UA-Affiliate
Traveling to other countries has always been a dream of mine. As a child and teenager, I did not have the fortunate opportunity to travel the world like some people I know; however, I did not let that deter me away from challenges. When I entered the university, I...
by Linnet K | Jul 12, 2016 | Asia, Commerce & Business, Exchange, Semester
안녕 Sitting in a coffee shop in the middle of Seoul and finally realizing that in exactly a month, I will be back in Alabama, is filling me with nothing but sadness. It seems impossible that four months have already passed of my study abroad experience, and it is now...
by Christina I | Jun 24, 2016 | Comm & Info Sciences, Europe, Exchange, Semester
I’ll start off this blog post with a cliché but oh-so-true sentence: Studying abroad was one of the best decisions I have ever made. I saw so many amazing places, met so many amazing people, and made memories to last a lifetime. Through ups and downs I...
by Christina I | May 2, 2016 | Comm & Info Sciences, Europe, Exchange, Semester
One of the best perks of Study Abroad is the Abroad part of the experience, especially the travel abroad. By choosing to go to school at Leicester University, I had the opportunity to pack my life in a backpack for a five week Easter break. I did...
by Hunter B | Apr 28, 2016 | Australia/New Zealand, Comm & Info Sciences, Commerce & Business, Exchange, Semester
It’s absolutely crazy to me to think that I have already been in Australia for over a month! The time sure does fly out here… And what an exciting month it has been! One of the cool things about college (or as the Aussies call it, “uni”) in...
by Christina I | Mar 24, 2016 | Comm & Info Sciences, Europe, Exchange, Semester
Hello, my name is Christina Irion, and I am going to share my experience with preparing for my Exchange experience. I knew from my freshman year that I wanted to take the opportunity to study abroad before I graduated. I was unsure of the place or time...
by Hunter B | Feb 15, 2016 | Australia/New Zealand, Commerce & Business, Exchange, Semester
“Australia?” (The past two months, I’ve been getting that response a lot.) “What are you going to be doing in Australia?” (I’ve always wanted to make up a fun story about fulfilling my dream of becoming a professional kangaroo rider or something.) After explaining...
by Vyt P | Jan 14, 2016 | Commerce & Business, Europe, Exchange, Semester
What a semester it has been. 5 months, 10 countries, and a bucket full of memories later, I am now back home in Tuscaloosa, AL sitting in my kitchen. At times when I am reminiscing over my semester long adventure in Europe I feel as though it was a dream that I did...
by Linnet K | Jan 7, 2016 | Asia, Commerce & Business, Exchange, Semester
안녕 – (anyong) – hello/goodbye In less than two months, I will be studying abroad at Yonsei University, one of the top 3 universities in Seoul, South Korea. Honestly, the preparation that came with trying to study abroad was enough to distract me from the actual...
by Julia H | Dec 4, 2015 | Arts & Sciences, Europe, Exchange, Semester
Is it really my 3rd month in France? Wow how time flies. I have one month left in Tours and I can’t believe my time here is coming to an end. It’s been an amazing adventure traveling and settling into this cozy French city, and I have to admit I will miss all of it...
by Hadley S | Dec 4, 2015 | All Year, Engineering, Europe, Exchange
In France, there is a long fall break of about one week at the end of October called Toussaint. French students from around the country leave in mass exoduses to various countries in and around Europe for a week of exploration before the weather turns grey and foul in...
by Vyt P | Nov 3, 2015 | Commerce & Business, Europe, Exchange, Semester
As I sit here contemplating how I can describe the blessing that has been the last three months I find myself flipping through memories of beautiful sights and friendships that I have made along the way. Being given the opportunity to explore this round ball we call...
by Hadley S | Sep 22, 2015 | All Year, Engineering, Europe, Exchange
I am an engineering major. Well, I am a Computer Science major to be precise. Over the last seven years, from middle school and well past high school, I have studied the French language. Since I was small I have known that I have wanted to study abroad in France,...
by Julia H | Aug 27, 2015 | Arts & Sciences, Europe, Exchange, Semester
I guess to start off I should include a lil’ intro about myself… I’m a junior this year double majoring in French and International Relations (roll tide). I’m from Alabama and have lived there for my entire life. That being said, I have had...
by Vyt P | Aug 6, 2015 | Commerce & Business, Europe, Exchange, Semester
As I sit here on my laptop in the middle of my parents kitchen I begin to reflect on my life starting at the young age of 11. I was brought to Tuscaloosa in the 4th grade when my dad received a job offer to be an engineering professor at The University of Alabama....
by DJ H | Jul 23, 2015 | All Year, Arts & Sciences, Asia, Exchange
Living in Japan has been an amazing experience in more ways than one. Although there is little time left before I return home, there is still so much I want to do before leaving. I want to climb Mt. Fuji, visit Kyoto, eat some of Jiro’s sushi – the list goes on. But,...
