fall semester

One of the things I was most excited about for study abroad was the chance to live in a big city. Growing up in the midwest, I’ve never lived in…

One of the biggest adjustments (but let’s be honest, lots of things when you study abroad are big adjustments) when you go abroad is balancing being a student with traveling,…

I think one of my first childhood idols (besides Hannah Montana) was Hermione Granger from Harry Potter. I not only have her curly hair, but I was always the brightest…

Athens, Greece: a concrete jungle containing over half of Greece’s population. Concrete buildings that go on for miles and that I can never stop staring at. Places filled to the…

Salzburg, Austria is really centrally located in Europe, so you can get just about anywhere quickly (and cheaply) if you take a train or bus, which is what I’ve relied…

I remember my first day arriving in London. It feels like it was yesterday. It was about 90º F outside as I lugged my suitcases up four flights of stairs…

One of the most beautiful aspects of traveling is the opportunity to pick and choose parts of other cultures to adopt as part of your own lifestyle. Every culture has…

As an English major, I could never have expected how much I would fall in love with Argentina and South America. Here are 5 reasons you should study abroad in…

As a student participating in the AIFS program, I was placed into dorms provided by The American College of Greece for my study abroad housing in Athens. There are four…

Everyone always told me I’d be a different person after returning from 5 months of studying in Buenos Aires, Argentina. I believed them, but I had no idea just how…