A Little Bit About China's Hospitals
Posted July 13, 2015
Wow 3 weeks have passed in a flash! It’s so weird to think that the first session of classes is almost over. I’m amazed...Category: Career
Back to Beijing
Posted June 27, 2015
Hi! I’m Lisa. I’m a chemical engineering junior. The reason I decided to come to China is probably different from everyone else’s because I...
Give Me My Pen
Posted June 23, 2015
On the second night of our homestay in HaMakuya, a rural village in northern Limpopo Province, Kaley, Duncan and I donned the traditional clothing...
Onward and Outward
Posted June 22, 2015
Hey! I’m Kevin, a freshman in SESP studying social policy and economics. I am from Clearwater, Florida, and I have never left North America....
Thoughts from the Teddy Bear-Covered Couch
Posted June 22, 2015
I intended on writing this blog during the 8 hour layover between my flight from New York City to Amsterdam. Instead, I’m writing this...
Berlin, hey whats up hello?
Posted June 22, 2015
The thought of spending the summer in Berlin invokes some pretty wild emotions within me. On one hand I’m super excited to learn what...
First peek at Peking!
Posted June 20, 2015
When I was younger, my mother prepared a homemade workbook of Chinese characters for me to learn and copy. In my attempts to avoid...
Saving Individuals, Not the World: 900 Children of Hangberg
Posted June 18, 2015
In the community of Hangberg, a part of the greater Cape Town area, the population struggles with drug addiction, mental health problems, crowded living...
All Things Go
Posted June 14, 2015
This is the story of a girl: who has never been out of the country before (although I was an hour from Canada once). who is...
“Winter” Is Coming?
Posted May 14, 2015
So the other day, I was talking to a few other people in the program about our upcoming trip to the Garden Route (along...