by Madeleine Luther | Sep 12, 2023 | Africa, Arts & Sciences, Education, Faculty-Led, Non-traditional, Social Work, Summer
Recently I spent one week in Sunyani, Ghana doing service learning as a part of UA in Ghana. Being a French major, my service learning placement was shadowing a French teacher at a local Montessori school where I observed her teach the language while interacting with...
by Madeleine Luther | Sep 12, 2023 | Africa, Arts & Sciences, Faculty-Led, Summer, _
We’ve been in Ghana for two weeks now, and we’re coming to the end of our trip. Our last stop before we head back to the Capital city of Accra and head home is Cape Coast, Ghana, a beautiful coastal town on the Gulf of Guinea. The scenery is beautiful, with many beach...
by Madeleine Luther | Sep 12, 2023 | Africa, Arts & Sciences, Faculty-Led, Summer, _
While the UA in Ghana: Service Learning trip comes with some work, it comes with fun too! A few days ago, we took a day trip to some pretty amazing sites around the country, starting with the Boabeng Fiema Monkey Sanctuary. Home to over 700 monkeys said to be the...
by Natasha S | Sep 11, 2023 | Arts & Sciences, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer, _
When I was younger, I used to look at the walls in my families houses, lined with photographs, canvas’, books and memories of the places they had been. The remnants of their memories filled me with wonder and hope that one day I would have my own adventures and see...
by Alyxandra Ratcliffe | Sep 8, 2023 | Arts & Sciences, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer
It has been slightly over a month since my return to America, and it has been an optimal amount of time to gather my thoughts on the summer semester. While in Ireland, it felt like I lived most of my days in a postcard, and now it seems like it was a dream. As soon as...
by Tiffany Hill | Sep 8, 2023 | Arts & Sciences, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer, _
I’ve only flown twice in my entire life on very brief flights, and I was incredibly irritable and nervous for both trips. So, I decided that I’d use this trip to Holland as an opportunity to to get past my fear of flying. I flew out of Birmingham to Amsterdam with a...
by Samantha Flaute | Sep 8, 2023 | Commerce & Business, Europe, Honors College, Summer, UA-Affiliate, _
Florence is a lively city, with a rich history and vibrant environment. As a self-proclaimed “local” who has lived in Florence for a little over two months I can assure you that around every corner you can find tons of hidden gems from history to food to shopping....
by Samantha Flaute | Sep 8, 2023 | Commerce & Business, Europe, Honors College, Summer, UA-Affiliate, _
As I make my way back to the US I am very bittersweet but utterly grateful that I studied abroad in Florence because of the ease and affordability of traveling on weekends. Disclaimer, my affiliate program, API, had several excursions prepared for us on weekends where...
by Benjamin Iboshi | Aug 29, 2023 | Arts & Sciences, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer, _
On my Study Abroad in Italy, I love being a tourist—riding a gondola in Venice, buying pasta-themed socks at the souvenir shop, taking that photo of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Going into my trip, though, I also had the goal of eventually shedding that tourist label. I...
by Benjamin Iboshi | Aug 29, 2023 | Arts & Sciences, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer
On my Study Abroad in Italy, I was psyched with how many cities we got to visit: Venice, Padua, Verona, Milan, Ravenna, Florence, Bologna, Pisa, Rome, Pompeii. Most of these cities were on the regular itinerary, but a few (Bologna, Pisa, and Pompeii), I got to see as...
by Benjamin Iboshi | Aug 29, 2023 | Arts & Sciences, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer
Part of the reason that my Study Abroad experience in Italy has been so amazing is the number of cities I’ve been able to visit (10 in total!). Because we move around so much, the challenge becomes to cram as much activity as we can into each location. The most...
by Megan Lawson | Aug 29, 2023 | Arts & Sciences, Europe, Faculty-Led, Honors College, Summer, _
by Megan Lawson | Aug 29, 2023 | Arts & Sciences, Europe, Faculty-Led, Honors College, Summer, _
by Abigail Yarbrough | Aug 17, 2023 | Arts & Sciences, Europe, Summer, UA-Affiliate
While studying abroad in southern Italy, I have had the privilege of taking many different day and weekend trips around the country and around Europe as a whole. The transportation system present in Europe, with the presence of high-speed trains and budget airlines,...
by Samantha Samler | Aug 17, 2023 | Arts & Sciences, Central America, Faculty-Led, Summer
Pre-departure Stress Before my study abroad trip to Guatemala I was very nervous about a lot of things. I felt like I knew no one who was going, I had no idea what to pack, and I was so scared that I would hate my time abroad because I had never known anyone who had...
by Samantha Samler | Aug 17, 2023 | Arts & Sciences, Central America, Faculty-Led, Summer, _
Midterms Halfway through week two in Guatemala we had midterms for our two classes we have been taking while abroad. Our classes are Politics of Developing Nations and Politics of Latin American Countries. While studying for midterms me and a couple of my classmates...
by Kayleigh Kopidlansky | Aug 17, 2023 | Arts & Sciences, Faculty-Led, South America, Summer, _
Adjusting to my old life in the United States after six weeks in Colombia has involved reverse culture shock, confusion surrounding languages, and missing my time abroad. I knew that reverse culture shock was common, but the strangest things are what caused it. The...
by Kayleigh Kopidlansky | Aug 17, 2023 | Arts & Sciences, Faculty-Led, South America, Summer, _
My favorite part of my six weeks in Colombia was my trip to Medellín. Medellín is a beautiful city in the mountains of western Colombia. Because the elevation is so high, the temperature is much more moderate than the Caribbean cities of Barranquilla, Santa Marta, or...
by Sarah Scarcliff | Aug 11, 2023 | Arts & Sciences, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer, _
What’s taken me by surprise as I’ve been back home I expected there to be a lot of cultural nuances that took getting used to as I studied abroad in France. What I didn’t expect, though, was to be shocked anew as I re-entered the U.S. There are...
by Caleb W. | Aug 10, 2023 | Commerce & Business, Europe, Summer, UA-Affiliate, _
Over your study abroad experience, you will likely experience a wide range of emotions towards both your host and home countries. For myself and many of the people I live with abroad, the period leading up to returning home is especially varied from person to person....
