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Tips for a regenerative—not just sustainable—study abroad experience

2023-10-02T11:09:07-07:00

Want to know how you can make your study abroad travel sustainable? Here are some actionable tips to help you study abroad with as little impact as possible and strategies to leave the community abroad a little better when you're gone.

Tips for a regenerative—not just sustainable—study abroad experience2023-10-02T11:09:07-07:00

How Study Abroad Helped Me Embrace the Complexities of All My Identities

2023-10-02T11:09:40-07:00

Learn how studying abroad through Latin America helped one student discover, protect, and finally embrace her identities as a multicultural queer Latina to take her place as family historian.

How Study Abroad Helped Me Embrace the Complexities of All My Identities2023-10-02T11:09:40-07:00

3-minute travel guide: Barcelona, Spain

2023-10-02T11:10:00-07:00

Ever wonder what it's like to study abroad in Spain? Read Claudia Waldman's advice on where to live, what to eat, and unforgettable weekend trips to take in the Basque country. Claudia shares what to pack, what to leave behind, and what to buy while you're in Barcelona.

3-minute travel guide: Barcelona, Spain2023-10-02T11:10:00-07:00

5 Tips to Incorporate Your Identity Into the Study Abroad Experience

2023-10-02T11:10:31-07:00

As an undergrad, Ramil spent multiple semesters studying abroad in Southeast Asia and Argentina. Ramil shares tips to help student incorporate their identity(ies) in the study abroad experience.

5 Tips to Incorporate Your Identity Into the Study Abroad Experience2023-10-02T11:10:31-07:00

11 Steps to a Career Abroad, Starting with Study Abroad

2023-12-05T09:57:34-08:00

Wondering how to get a career abroad after graduation? Sierra Alef-Defoe has some useful advice for you and it starts with study abroad. Through fellowships, working summers, and graduate work abroad (saving loads of money), she has spent years of her career abroad and has never looked back.

11 Steps to a Career Abroad, Starting with Study Abroad2023-12-05T09:57:34-08:00

Dear future study abroad kid

2023-10-02T11:12:02-07:00

If you're wondering why you would leave behind the life you worked so hard for back home, Elena Mateus has some advice to offer. Study abroad won't always be easy and it won't always look like the perfect Instagram posts, but it will be worth it and just might be the best decision in your life.

Dear future study abroad kid2023-10-02T11:12:02-07:00

3-minute Travel Guide: Galway, Ireland

2023-10-02T11:12:34-07:00

Wonder what it would be like to study abroad in Ireland? Read Tatiana's advice on Irish day trips as well as favorite places to eat, how to find a comfortable place to live, and what to pack. Don't forget a swimsuit if you want to jump off a diving tower into the cold Atlantic ocean.

3-minute Travel Guide: Galway, Ireland2023-10-02T11:12:34-07:00

What I Learned as a Korean American Studying in South Korea

2023-10-02T11:13:02-07:00

Study abroad at Yonsei University was something Brandon Yoon dreamed of since middle school. Why? Because he owes his existence to that school and its study abroad program. Here's what he learned about his Korean American identity studying abroad in Korea.

What I Learned as a Korean American Studying in South Korea2023-10-02T11:13:02-07:00
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