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-78 posts tagged "study abroad"
Show Some Skin | Thursday, January 17, 2019
What did you take with you? This is the question I wish people would ask when inquiring about the experiences of those returning from an abroad program. Too often I hear unchallenging questions like “how was it?” Questions like this are often followed by a glorified account that too often mirrors the superficiality of social
Erin Grimes | Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Hallo from Innsbruck, Austria! It’s been a whirlwind three months abroad. I’ve been learning to successfully navigate a new city, new classes and a new culture as well as adapting to being separated by an ocean and seven hours from the people and places I consider home. Even after these three months, there is still
Tom Naatz | Monday, September 3, 2018
I’ve always hated the first-day-of-school question, “What was the highlight of your summer?” Why? Because my life in the Maryland suburbs is a snoozefest. The closest I’ve come to being “edgy” is when I forgot to brush my hair after getting out of the shower one morning. This fall, however, I was ready for this
Tom Naatz | Monday, April 30, 2018
I haven’t missed a home football game in my two years at Notre Dame, nor have I left any games early. I’m a fiercely loyal sports fan who loves Notre Dame football. Nevertheless, last November game days felt like a bit of a hassle. To be fair, I neither drink nor particularly enjoy tailgating, and
Lauren Fox | Wednesday, April 25, 2018
When your communication skills are limited, you become a much better communicator. In my context, limited communication skills means living in a foreign-speaking country. Side effects of this condition include diminished ability to comprehend someone unless watching his or her mouth move and frequent demanding of a slower speaking rate. I’ve been abroad in Angers,
Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, April 25, 2018
“Berlin SONAR: Past, Present, Future” is the celebratory culmination of a course predicated on the belief that one must immerse oneself in a city’s geographic, historic and architectonic to glean a robust appreciation for the city. According to German art historian Karl Scheffler, “Berlin is a city condemned always to become, never to be.” Indeed,
Abigail Piper | Wednesday, April 11, 2018
Notre Dame International is giving students a chance to be their own “Galway Girl,” or “Galway Guy” if you prefer, with a new study abroad program in Galway City, Ireland. The first cohort of Fighting Irish, nine students in total, will be on the west coast of the Emerald Isle this coming fall. “You’re blazing
Davis Gonsalves | Wednesday, February 21, 2018
I said to myself when I agreed to write my column from abroad that I would not actually write about being abroad. How many times do you need to hear how Europeans don’t eat until midnight, how much fun you can have while still staying in a hostel or that capitalism is a farce because
Soren Hansen | Monday, February 5, 2018
As the snow falls upon our beautiful home, wrapping the trees in white blankets, the quiet of the winter months is appreciable. But though the cold has descended lightly and softly upon our hushed campus, the weather is not the only reason for the aural change — a large number of students, juniors mostly, have
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