Discovering Strength – Leipzig Summer 2018

Discovering Strength – Leipzig Summer 2018

When I started planning out my college years, I really had no intentions or plans to take time to study abroad. I didn’t want to go away for an entire semester, and it didn’t seem like it would make a lot of sense with my major, but last spring I was meeting with my...
Summer 2018 in Leipzig with COBA

Summer 2018 in Leipzig with COBA

Words cannot merely measure up the experience I had studying abroad in Leipzig, Germany. Summed up in a couple of words, studying abroad to me was: a life-changing adventure. The relationships, cultural awareness, application to business, breathtaking beauty, and...
Honors Abroad – Leipzig Summer 2018

Honors Abroad – Leipzig Summer 2018

“Hallo!” My name is Mariah Broadbent, and this past summer, I studied abroad in Leipzig, Germany with ACU’s Psychology Department. I lived in Leipzig for about five weeks and also traveled to the Czech Republic, Switzerland, and Italy during that time. To try to write...
Setting Expectations – Summer 2018

Setting Expectations – Summer 2018

Anthony Bourdain once said, “Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart,...
Honors Abroad – Costa Rica Summer 2018

Honors Abroad – Costa Rica Summer 2018

When I first heard about this trip, I wasn’t sure I wanted to go. This study abroad/mission trip was with COBA where we would be taking business classes. I was unsure of going because I was not a business major and had never taken any form of business class. I decided...
A Tale of Two Classes – Summer 2018

A Tale of Two Classes – Summer 2018

I took two classes while abroad in Europe: one taught by Dr. Lemly, the other by life itself. The one that Dr. Lemly taught was entitled “The Rhetoric of Public Memory,” and what my three classmates and I did was study how the public in different countries, starting...