In my study abroad trip, I went with ACU’s College of Business to China to study about global entrepreneurship and business law. It was a really awesome, eye opening experience and I don’t think there is a study abroad experience that could have benefited me more than China did in terms of...
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posted by Rachel Jones
Final Thoughts of an American Abroad Rachel Jones I’m trying to think of what I would be doing if I didn’t go to Study Abroad. What would I be doing right now? Probably working, at home, or spending time with friends- nothing close to seeing parts of the world I have never laid eyes on...
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posted by Anna Hornell
This summer I was blessed with the opportunity to study abroad in the lovely town of Leipzig, Germany. I did not know very much about Germany, but I chose the trip over other locations because of the ease of travel across Europe from the centralized location of this country....
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posted by Traci Bricka
When people ask me to describe my month in Europe, I am consistently left at a loss for words. How do I succinctly describe a month in which I was challenged with new experiences, faced with big decisions, and out of my comfort zone every single day? It’s extremely difficult to summarize. In...
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posted by Grace Lim
Beautiful Buchenwald One of my favorite places that I had the opportunity of visiting in Germany was the Buchenwald campsite, which I thought was an interesting and conflicting place. Unlike most other concentration camps used by the Germans for their prisoners, who were imprisoned in...
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posted by Tiffanie Birrell
Cultures. How do we differentiate one from another? The most common answers are the music and dancing, the food, and the religions and celebrations observed. Before I came to Uruguay, I would have said the same thing. However, as I traveled around in South America, I began to form a different...
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posted by Raiden Sawyer
Study Abroad changed my life. Cliché, I know, but it’s nigh impossible to come up with any other way to put it. This semester has been a strenuous, wonderful, exhausting, and exhilarating experience. I have been constantly challenged, and had to adapt and grow in ways I didn’t feel possible...
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posted by Rachel Weber
Fifteen hundred euros to escape from the only life you’ve ever known, but even that life is mostly gone now, a blurry outline of a memory that is quickly fading, just as you have now mysteriously vanished from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan to set foot on the “stone of light,” Hellas, Greece....
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posted by Kaitlyn Saucedo
Study Abroad is an experience like no else. I have grown and learned in so many new ways over this semester. I have learned what communal living is all about and how to love people in such close quarters. I have learned although you may not know the language of the country you are in,...
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posted by Alyssa Cox
This semester in Oxford has been absolutely amazing! I don’t even know where to begin. I have loved every minute of living in Oxford, from visiting the weekly markets to walking around the parks. I have been blessed with amazing travel opportunities, and during my time here I have gone to...
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posted by Cameron Ludwig
My experience abroad was a truly unforgettable experience. I had the enriching opportunity to venture to Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Italy, and England all in one amazing 7 week experience. While I was in England, I even had the awesome chance to spend a couple days with one of my best...
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posted by Olivia Dahl
This past summer I studied abroad in Leipzig, Germany and traveled to other nearby countries over a period of two months. During this time I experienced a culture that was much different from my own. Besides the obvious language barriers that I encountered, I immersed myself in a culture that...