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Category: Identity

Study Abroad with the Gilman Scholarship!

Grant Allen Study Abroad Too Expensive? Try The Gilman Scholarship! I had always known that I wanted to study abroad. Coming from a military...
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Alone in Seoul: Becoming Independent

Written By: Kiana Staples, WCAS ’22 As a first-generation low-income student who had never left the United States before, I was nervous to study...
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Coursework at Humboldt Universität

Located in the buzzing Mitte neighborhood, Humboldt Universitat is central to the city of Berlin. For example, when I step outside to enjoy my...
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A True Immersion into German

Though I have experience with learning a language, namely Portuguese, I have very little experience with learning a new language that is dissimilar to...
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Finding Pieces of Home

Growing up, I always loved traveling to new places with my family, from going on a day trip to a preserve an hour away...
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The Blue City—Yes, It’s Literally Blue

Chefchaouen, also known as the Blue City, is a city in the mountains of northwest Morocco which—as you must have guessed already—is washed in...
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Couscous Friday

“It’s couscous Friday!” my friends and I would proclaim when we started to think about what we would be having for lunch on a...
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Not Europe

Upon sharing my plans to study abroad in Morocco, most reactions consisted of something like “Wow!” “You chose a great country,” and “You’ll have...
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The Eiffel Tower, Champs-Élysées, and Chicken McNuggets?

Rachael Goldberg, Study Abroad ’19, Northwestern ’20 Economics, French Leading up to my study abroad experience in Paris, I constantly daydreamed about what it...
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Sharing Perspectives

One of my favorite things about Ewha Womans University is the fact that its a feminist institution in a traditionally old-fashioned society. It is...
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