A Domestic Absence

by | Aug 19, 2016 | Arts & Sciences, Asia, Faculty-Led, Summer

I’ve been home from my time in China for a while now and I must say, I miss it. I never would have imagined missing a country so different from my own with people so different from myself. By the end of my trip, I definitely was ready to come back to the United...

Now That I’m Home…

by | Aug 17, 2016 | Asia, Faculty-Led, Nursing, Summer

Wow. I’ve been home from East Asia for a couple weeks, and in that time I’ve had the chance to reflect on all that I saw and learned while abroad. I’m definitely missing the city I was in, the family and group of nationals that we worked with each...
Across the Globe

Across the Globe

by | Aug 12, 2016 | Asia, Commerce & Business, Faculty-Led, Summer

As I begin to pack for my trip across the globe, I can’t help but feel both excitement and a slight sense of apprehension. I know that great adventures await me in India, a country that in my mind is as unique as it is distant. Its culture and customs are highly...

Missing Moscow

by | Aug 3, 2016 | Arts & Sciences, Asia, Europe, Semester, UA Non-Affiliate

  I’ve been home for about a while now and I’m getting ready to head back to Alabama for the fall. So I have used this time to reflect on my time in Russia. Now it seems so far away and its weird to think that I’ve spent a semester there. At first I wasn’t sure...

Beating Anxiety Abroad

by | Jul 28, 2016 | Arts & Sciences, Asia, Faculty-Led, Summer

I am in the throngs of my China trip and, miraculously, nothing terrible has happened. No earthquakes, no kidnappings, no allergic reaction, I began to feel like I was on top of the world! The fact that I stared my anxiety down in the face and came on this trip was...

The End of the Chapter: China

by | Jul 27, 2016 | Asia, Commerce & Business, Faculty-Led, Summer

Right when I landed back in the US, I still couldn’t get my head wrapped around how I’ve been away for a month. I knew that once I got home I’d be behind in my friend’s life and my families, even though we tried to talk every day, it was limited due to the internet I...

Learning to Problem Solve

by | Jul 27, 2016 | Asia, Engineering, Semester, UA-Affiliate

Studying abroad is one of the best learning experiences for a student out there. It can teach a person so many different things. Not just about the world at large, but about themselves as well. One of the biggest skills I have noticed that many students learn, is...

Anxiety Abroad

by | Jul 27, 2016 | Arts & Sciences, Asia, Faculty-Led, Summer

“I’m going to China.” I have been repeating this mantra in my mind since I decided to go on this trip back in November. Frankly, I don’t even know how I ended up here. I was simply walking out of my Chinese 101 class when my teacher said, “You should go to China.” My...

Sad Seoul

by | Jul 12, 2016 | Asia, Commerce & Business, Exchange, Semester

안녕 Sitting in a coffee shop in the middle of Seoul and finally realizing that in exactly a month, I will be back in Alabama, is filling me with nothing but sadness. It seems impossible that four months have already passed of my study abroad experience, and it is now...

One day until China!

by | Jun 14, 2016 | Asia, Faculty-Led, Nursing, Summer

When I entered school at The University of Alabama, I wanted to study abroad more than anything. But after finding out that with the nursing curriculum couldn’t be transferred abroad, I gave up that dream. Then I found out about the Medical Abroad trips and knew...

Before I Board

by | Jun 14, 2016 | Asia, Faculty-Led, Nursing, Summer

Traveling. It’s something I’ve always loved. Jesus. He’s someone I’ve always loved. Nursing. It’s something I’ve come to love. Now let’s throw those three things into a pot and mix them all together. During the fall semester...

Learning How to Speak Again

by | May 24, 2016 | Asia, Engineering, Semester, UA-Affiliate

“Ano….Sumimasen, ichi onegai shimasu”. I said confidently to the staff member behind the counter. I knew she would understand what I was saying. A little cavemanish, but definitely passable, or so I thought. Oh no, she was giving me that look, that look I had seen so...

Heart of Seoul

by | Jan 7, 2016 | Asia, Commerce & Business, Exchange, Semester

  안녕 – (anyong) – hello/goodbye In less than two months, I will be studying abroad at Yonsei University, one of the top 3 universities in Seoul, South Korea. Honestly, the preparation that came with trying to study abroad was enough to distract me from the actual...

America, Home of the Free

by | Aug 19, 2015 | Asia, Faculty-Led, Nursing, Summer

Though my time in Cambodia was nearing its end I was experiencing mixed emotions about leaving the country that had been my home for the last 10 days. It was hot in Cambodia – my sweat glands had become little orifices of Niagara Falls. I wanted to see my...

A MARBLE-OUS ADVENTURE!

by | Aug 17, 2015 | Asia, Commerce & Business, Faculty-Led, Summer

Wow, it’s been almost a week since we’ve been back in the States and I’m still in shock with how well the trip went. It is honestly such a good feeling to come back from a three week trip that we’ve been dreaming about for a year now, knowing that it went WAY better...

We’ve Got it Good

by | Aug 17, 2015 | Asia, Faculty-Led, Nursing, Summer

Upon arriving in Cambodia it was apparent what poverty the country lives in. On the way to the hotel from the airport I could see people on the side of the road doing business out of there homes; keep in mind we did not arrive in Cambodia until about 1 o’clock...