Taking Time To Listen
Posted July 2, 2019
After five days of embracing sweat as a state of being, the Hanoi weather seemed to cool off (to a cool 90 degrees) just...Category: Identity
A Journey to Global Citizenship
Posted June 7, 2019
Joel Alvarez-Rinconeño, Study Abroad ’17 & ’18, Northwestern ’19 Sociology, English Going into Northwestern, I never expected to go abroad, let alone THREE times....
A Deeper Understanding of Myself
Posted June 4, 2019
Rekhia Adams, Study Abroad ’17, Northwestern ’20 Theatre, International Studies Studying abroad was something I was excited about and very comfortable with, as I...
More Than A Sentence
Posted May 14, 2019
Sabrina Matsuda, Study Abroad ’17-’18, Northwestern ’19 Linguistics, German I always have a difficult time answering the question, “How was study abroad?” because, well…...
Cats and ’Cats Abroad
Posted May 2, 2019
Andrea Biancalana, Study Abroad ’17, Northwestern ’19 Biological Sciences, Spanish When I first began choosing a study abroad program, I was entirely focused on...
Go Maties!
Posted February 14, 2019
In America we love, obsess over, and even dedicate an entire day of the week to one sport: football. I grew up not only...
Thought to Action
Posted January 7, 2019
My concerns about Tel Aviv have proven true thus far. However, I have reconsidered my concerns, (mentioned in my first blog post), through a new...
Back home?
Posted December 20, 2018
It’s been a pretty consistent theme in my life that I don’t feel an intimate connection to a home, a place of belonging, nostalgia,...
Within Reach
Posted November 27, 2018
Max Sigal, Study Abroad ’18, Northwestern ’20 Integrated Science Program, Chemistry, Biological Sciences When I first entered Northwestern, I never dreamed that I would...
Life-Changing Experience
Posted November 2, 2018
During these past couple of weeks, things have been coming full circle for me. I’ve been really thinking about what the implications of ‘othering’...