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Category: Academics

Pre-Departure: Les Plans

I’m writing this post while on the Intercampus shuttle home after my last full day of work this summer. In my backpack are a...
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International Kids

Hello all, I have realized that I am horrible at keeping you wonderful readers updated so please spare me. WELL, this week is the...
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Traditional Chinese Medicine: Cups and Needles!

As one of the field trips for the Traditional Chinese Medicine course, we were able to visit the Traditional Chinese Medicine department of a...
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Oh, The Cafes You'll Go

From Monday to Friday, classes fill up our schedule: 9:00-12:00 Chinese, 12:00-1:00 lunch, 1:00-4:00 class (Public Health/Political Science/IMC). Trying to study and finish homework...
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Day 39 of 42

Hey again… I’m almost at the end of my trip and I am in disbelief that it is so close to being over. These...
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After two weeks…

Two weeks have past since I started the Public Health program in Beijing and already so much has happened. I expected a greater amount...
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Hallo Humboldt!

Hey hey coming at you live from officially the second half of this wild ride called study abroad! This week it really hit me that...
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Moving from Beijing to Hangzhou

On Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning, we took our final exams for Public Health and Chinese, wrapping up the first part of our trip...
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A Typical Day in Beijing

It has been exactly one week since I’ve arrived in Beijing, and it honestly feels like I have been here for so much longer....
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Woah, We're Halfway There

I have been in China for three weeks now and I am realizing that this is the halfway point of my six-week program… it...
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