by Mary Leigh D | Aug 31, 2018 | Asia, Commerce & Business, Faculty-Led, Summer
Exposure is a tricky thing. Exposure to the western world and it’s ideas, products, and way of life has always seemed like a beneficial thing in my eyes. Who wouldn’t want what we have? Who wouldn’t want to have access to everything we do? The healthcare, the free...
by Jennifer F | Aug 23, 2018 | Arts & Sciences, Asia, Faculty-Led, Summer
Our professor instructed my group of four students to be in the lobby of the hotel by 11am for a local family visit. With no information about the family, where we were going, or what we would be doing I anxiously got ready for the day hoping to make a good first...
by Tyler M | Aug 8, 2018 | Arts & Sciences, Asia, Commerce & Business, Engineering, Faculty-Led, Summer
My study abroad class consists of 17 University of Alabama students who are all but one in the STEM-Path to the MBA program. I graduated this past May with a BS for Environmental Science and am now entering my first and only year in the Manderson School of Business. ...
by Laura L | Aug 1, 2018 | Asia, Commerce & Business, Faculty-Led, Summer
The most prominent aspect of India is the people. Spending three weeks traveling to four different cities in northern India gave me a broad range of people to experience. They say that every 100 miles the language, dress, and people changes in India, and they are...
by Laura L | Aug 1, 2018 | Asia, Commerce & Business, Faculty-Led, Summer
Returning back home after three weeks abroad was like a breath of fresh air. I was ready to be back in my own bed, not rooming with anyone else, to have different food options besides Indian food, and to wash clothes in a washing machine instead of in the sink....
by Caleb W | Jul 31, 2018 | Asia, Commerce & Business, Faculty-Led, Summer, _
While I enjoyed my experience in India, I’m certainly glad to be back in the United States, where people actually mean it when they set prices and where drivers actually use lanes! When I got home, I felt a bit like Tony Stark in Iron Man getting back to the...
by Sudarsan M | Jul 30, 2018 | Asia, Commerce & Business, Faculty-Led, Summer
Now back among the familiar sights and smells of Tuscaloosa, I am excited to apply all that I have learned from my study abroad experience. An incredible trip, the UA STEM-MBA Study Abroad experience in India has taught me so much about myself and the way the business...
by Mackenzie D | Jul 30, 2018 | All Year, Arts & Sciences, Asia, Exchange
It’s almost time for my study abroad journey here in Japan to end, and I must say that I’m rather sad about it. I’ve made plenty of friends here over the year, and though a lot of them are going to leave while I’m spending the week in Tokyo,...
by Mackenzie D | Jul 30, 2018 | All Year, Arts & Sciences, Asia, Exchange
It seems like lately there’s been one thing after another in Japan. After the earthquake in Osaka that cancelled classes, we ended up with rain that lasted for about a week. It made it pretty difficult over the weekend since all the rivers had filled up and were...
by Mackenzie D | Jul 30, 2018 | All Year, Arts & Sciences, Asia, Exchange
Perhaps one of the best times to be in Japan is spring; right around the time the new school semester started, we were able to see the cherry blossoms begin to bloom around Kyoto. Though I was sad to have to start school again after getting to spend so much...
by Mackenzie D | Jul 30, 2018 | All Year, Arts & Sciences, Asia, Exchange
Moving backwards just a little bit into my time over break. I was lucky to have been able to visit a whole new country rather than returning home! At first I wasn’t sure what it was going to be like, but my friend that I’ve known for about 2 years was more...
by Sudarsan M | Jul 24, 2018 | Asia, Commerce & Business, Faculty-Led, Summer
At this point, our group and I have been in India for close to two weeks. We have spent the past two weeks in Delhi, Jaipur, and Agra, visiting a myriad of cultural and historical sights like the Taj Mahal and the Red Fort. This has allowed us to understand how this...
by Tyler M | Jul 18, 2018 | Arts & Sciences, Asia, Commerce & Business, Engineering, Faculty-Led, Summer
I landed in New Delhi, India on July 6, 2018 at 11:40pm. I had traveled for 24 hours from Atlanta, Georgia with stops in Philadelphia and London. After going through customs & immigration and meeting up with my driver, we began the 30-minute trip to the hotel. ...
by Caleb W | Jul 18, 2018 | Arts & Sciences, Asia, Commerce & Business, Faculty-Led, Summer, _
The first thing that stuck out to me as odd when I initially arrived in New Delhi was that traffic in India was much now disorderly than in the United States. Our contacts in India had arranged for taxis to pick up students as they arrived at the airport. As we were...
by Laura L | Jul 14, 2018 | Asia, Commerce & Business, Faculty-Led, Non-traditional, Program Type, Region, Summer
One of the first things I thought about when I first entertained the notion of studying abroad is what my family would think of my trip. Prior to my trip, I had never even been on an airplane, much less traveled out of the country. Surprisingly, my family was...
by Caleb W | Jul 4, 2018 | Asia, Commerce & Business, Faculty-Led, Summer, _
I am very fortunate to have the opportunity to study abroad in India with the STEM Path to MBA: Reverse Innovation program this summer. I have known for quite some time that I would like to study abroad, because I think it is important to be exposed to a wide variety...
by Mackenzie D | Jun 18, 2018 | All Year, Arts & Sciences, Asia, Exchange
I’ll include my winter posts soon, so please be looking out for those, but I would like to begin with everything that has happened thus far this month. For the first time in a while, I was able to travel to Osaka after school. While Kyoto is a lovely and quiet...
by Sudarsan M | Jun 17, 2018 | Asia, Commerce & Business, Faculty-Led, Summer, _
Study abroad experiences alway provide a very unique perspective of a country new or old. Based on this, I knew that I wanted to study abroad somewhere where I had already spent some time on my own. This would allow me to get a very new perspective on a country that I...
by Knox A | May 27, 2018 | Asia, Commerce & Business, Faculty-Led, Summer, _
Made it back to America. I’m actually pretty sad about returning home, but I’m excited to see what the future holds for a global economy. I made some great friends, tried some pretty strange food, and had a blast learning that the American standard on...
by Elizabeth B | May 24, 2018 | Asia, By College, Commerce & Business, Faculty-Led, Non-traditional, Program Type, Region, UA-Affiliate, _
The study abroad faculty-led program that I chose took us around China and Vietnam. We started in Shanghai, China where we learned about the cultural aspects of China and its people. We also visited one of Colgate’s factories: Colgate Sanxiao in Yangzhou City. Then,...
