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Mia Marroquin | Friday, March 20, 2020
For many students, a semester abroad is characterized by months of growth and adventure, but those who studied abroad this semester had their experiences cut short as COVID-19 spread internationally. Due to the fast-paced nature of the virus, many students’ semester abroad came to a halt seemingly overnight. “There had been speculation that we would
Maeve Filbin | Monday, March 2, 2020
The Roman Forum sat empty under a clouded gray sky Sunday morning, the few visitors passing beneath the ancient stone arches wearing face masks. The Colosseum, one of the most visited monuments in Italy, was similarly vacant. Students from Saint Mary’s made their last rounds through their favorite historical spots in Rome Sunday, preparing to
Erin Grimes | Tuesday, October 15, 2019
I spent all of sophomore year studying abroad in Innsbruck, Austria. It was wonderful and challenging, super fulfilling and really, really hard. My journey there ended, and now I’m back in the States, readjusting to life in the Midwest again and trying to process that year. It’s been four months since I came home and
Gina Twardosz | Wednesday, January 16, 2019
From the streets of Seville, Spain; Rome, Italy; and Ifrane, Morocco, a wave of Belles have returned home to Saint Mary’s this week. Despite the snow and ice, many Belles say they are happy to be back. Sophomore Cassidy Miller said she always knew she wanted to study abroad, but it was not until she
Sara Schlecht | Thursday, February 1, 2018
Saint Mary’s is offering a new destination for summer study abroad programs this summer: Jamaica. “We’ve been wanting to get a summer study abroad program in Jamaica for three years,” Aaron Bremyer, the director of the Saint Mary’s Writing Center and the Jamaica study abroad program, said. The program was originally supposed to begin in the
Colleen Zewe | Friday, September 1, 2017
This fall marks the 40th anniversary of the Maynooth, Ireland, program at Saint Mary’s, making it the longest-running study abroad program at the College, Karen Chambers, associate professor of psychology and faculty coordinator of the Ireland program said. A week-long celebration of the program’s anniversary is planned in Ireland, Chambers said, including a visit from College President
Gina Twardosz | Friday, November 18, 2016
Stephen Mandal, Ph.D., co-founder of the Blackfriary Community Heritage and Archaeology Project, visited Saint Mary’s on Thursday night to speak about the archaeological dig held in Trim, Ireland. Saint Mary’s student Nina Zeiger, who studied abroad in Trim and participated in the dig, said she found a lot of interesting things while digging. “I found
Stephanie Snyder | Wednesday, August 24, 2016
Kathryn Mathews and Alice Yang thought there might be a lack of diversity in Saint Mary’s study abroad programs. So they decided to do some research. Mathews, a senior, and Yang, associate director for international education, presented the results of their research concerning the shortage of ethnic diversity in the College’s study abroad programs at
Stephanie Snyder | Thursday, March 17, 2016
After a year of planning and coordinating, the directors of the Saint Mary’s Travel Writing in Jamaica summer study abroad program decided to postpone the trip due to a warning issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) concerning the Zika virus outbreak. Directors Aaron and Dionne Bremyer implemented the three week summer