Inspiring Longhorns to Explore the World
Inspiring Longhorns to Explore the World
Studying biology and French at The University of Texas at Austin is a dream come true. I’ve developed so much as a person over the past two years as a Longhorn. However, I recently caught myself running in the rat race of…
I have many times received — and never quite understood — the advice to “slow down” and “take a breath.” To me, this has always seemed like a waste of time and energy, a fake solution I was sold to fix…
Right now, I’m in the heart of the mountainous cloud forest of the Tropical Andes in a small ecotourism town called Mindo, Ecuador. What’s crazy is that if you had told freshly graduated-from-high-school Kaitlin that I would be working a five-week internship fully in Spanish in…
I distinctly remember my first official day of my program. I walked out of my hotel room after dropping off my bags and walked down the stairs to meet a couple of other students who had arrived earlier. Despite knowing…
“I want to participate in the program at Oxford where students compare race and education in the U.K. and U.S. because it will give me a more sophisticated perspective on educational theory.” I wrote those words in October of 2022…
Did you know that Spain has been inhabited since the Paleolithic era? Spain has a long and incredibly rich history encompassing massive shifts in kingdoms, religions, and culture. This has shaped the nation’s cultural identity and left fascinating relics all…
Follow Camren Morgan, a psychology junior, Gilman Scholar, and first-generation student at The University of Texas at Austin, as he shares his experience studying abroad in Barcelona, Spain. Camren reflects on how living and learning abroad expanded his perspective and…
Through studying and living abroad, I’ve learned to navigate uncomfortable and unfamiliar situations. This summer has been my first time leaving the United States, and my first time being somewhere where the language and customs are not the ones I was raised…
Before I could even introduce myself, I was asked a simple question: “B’sukar aw bla sukr?” (With sugar or without?) Every morning in Rabat, Morocco, began with a glass of atay (tea), and every evening seemed to end the same way. Before I ever finished one…