by Kathryn Crawford | Nov 4, 2022 | Honors Abroad
In the fall of 2021, I embarked on the experience of a lifetime. My high school self would never imagine that I would turn twenty, get on a plane with fourteen other students, and spend an entire semester five thousand miles away from home. Yet here I am, in the end,...
by Darby Ice | Nov 4, 2022 | Honors Abroad
My heart racing, my palms sweating, my tears swelling, and my breath panting. Those were my visceral reactions during take-off. The culmination of anxiety, restlessness, excitement, and relief flooded my senses during that take-off from the Dallas airport. I felt...
by Michelle Oliver | Nov 3, 2022 | Honors Abroad
Studying abroad has always been a dream of mine. I don’t exactly remember at first what it was about it that was so appealing to me, but the urge to get away from home and from what I knew was getting increasingly strong. Oxford, England is drastically different from...
by Allee Casey - Oxford Fall 2021 | Jul 13, 2022 | Honors Abroad
So many things have happened since I first arrived in England, dead on my feet after being awake close to twenty-four hours. I’ve toured so many places in England, Wales, and Scotland, and I was even allowed the opportunity to travel for thanksgiving break outside the...
by Noah Henderson | Jul 1, 2022 | Honors Abroad
Last spring break, I journeyed to Turrialba Costa Rica with the Social Enterprise Consulting class. There were 10 students and 2 professors on the trip. We worked with RETUS, a local tourism network that specializes in rural eco-tours. While there, we visited small...
by Emma Conatser | Jul 1, 2022 | Honors Abroad
Studying abroad in Oxford for the Spring semester of 2020 was an experience I’ll not soon forget. Granted, this is likely due to the fact that our semester was cut short after Covid-19 began spreading around the globe at a rapid rate, but the short time we had in...
