Virginia O'Connor, Author at UCEAP News and Features

3-minute travel guide: Bologna, Italy

by Virginia O'Connor | Oct 11, 2017 | Choosing a Program, Europe, UCLA

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3-minute travel guide: Hong Kong

by Virginia O'Connor | Oct 10, 2017 | Asia, Choosing a Program, UCLA

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12 Signs you studied abroad in Ghana

by Virginia O'Connor | Sep 13, 2017 | Africa and the Middle East

Because you studied abroad in Ghana, you can spot the colors and patterns of Kente cloth a mile away. You take life as it comes now—with or without running water or electricity. You drive your friends nuts making peanut soup with rice balls. And whenever you hear...

3-minute travel guide: Buenos Aires, Argentina

by Virginia O'Connor | Aug 28, 2017 | Americas, Choosing a Program, UC Merced

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How I successfully studied abroad with a disability

by Virginia O'Connor | Aug 21, 2017 | Asia, Health and Wellness, UC Irvine

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