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Reverse Culture Shock: Adjusting to Life at Home After Study Abroad

2023-12-05T10:31:46-08:00

Story highlights: Reverse culture shock can be as disorienting as the culture shock you experience when arriving in a new place. Incorporate favorite parts of [...]

Reverse Culture Shock: Adjusting to Life at Home After Study Abroad2023-12-05T10:31:46-08:00

3-minute Travel Guide: Seoul, South Korea

2023-10-02T11:07:51-07:00

What would it be like to study abroad in Seoul, South Korea? Read Griselda Carolina Torres' advice on where to study, classes you have to take, and must-try local dishes. Griselda shares tips on what to pack, what to leave behind, and how to fit in.

3-minute Travel Guide: Seoul, South Korea2023-10-02T11:07:51-07:00

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

2024-09-30T14:23:05-07:00

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 Abroad2024-09-30T14:23:05-07:00
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